Yakampot: Fashion and Social Responsibility

Name: Yakampot: Fashion and Social Responsibility
Start: 2024-10-01T17:30:00-04:00
Location: 227 West 27th Street, New York, NY, United States, New York 10001

Schedule

Tue Oct 01 2024 at 05:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

227 West 27th Street, New York, NY, United States, New York 10001 | New York, NY

Concepción Orvañanos and Tanya Meléndez-Escalante
FREE | Katie Murphy Amphitheater
Concepción Orvañanos, founder and creative director of the Mexican brand Yakampot, will be in conversation with Tanya Meléndez-Escalante, senior curator of education and public programs at The Museum at FIT. They will discuss how fashion can be a vehicle for social change, whether through fair trade practices that promote the development of artisan groups or through ecological practices such as upcycling. This event is supported by INNSiDE by Meliá New York NoMad Hotel.
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Image: Yakampot dress, 2023 Circular Collection. Photography: Nuria Lagarde. Courtesy of Yakampot.

Fashion Culture Fall 2024 is made possible with the support of the Couture Council of The Museum at FIT. The Museum at FIT's programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.