Leather Needs a Revolution | Know Your Leather x Fashion Revolution Week

We are Slow Fashion Movement, a NGO (RSIN: 863512896) headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands with a global presence that creates local impact.Our mission is to educate and empower fashion consumers to make environmentally and socially conscious choices.This means we encourage consumers toSlow Down. Choose Consciously. Connect.Join us onInstagramandLinkedInto realise our vision of a fashion ecosystem that protects the physical well-being of the planet and its people.

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For Fashion Revolution Week '23 join us in conversation with Fashion Revolution teams about the revolution necessary in the leather industry

Know Your Leather

Join the Know Your Leather events from April 1st - 30th 2023 to explore the impact of leather production and consumption on the planet and people.

<h3>Do you own leather garments and accessories?</h3><h3>Have you wondered who they were made by?</h3><h3>Do you want to learn how you can protect leather worker rights?</h3>Join Slow Fashion Movement in conversation with Fashion Revolution local team representatives - Fernanda Simon of FR Brazil, Catherine Dauriac of FR France, Shruti Singh of FR India and Kathleen Grevers of FR USA and Italia about the revolution necessary in the leather industry to make it fair for the planet and people and learn how you can demand this change.<h3>SPEAKER PROFILES</h3><a href="https://www.instagram.com/feh_simon/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Fernanda Simon</a> is an activist, executive director of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fash_rev_brasil/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Fashion Revolution Brazil</a>, contributing sustainability editor at Vogue Brazil and advisory committee member of Conscious Fashion and Lifestyle Network (a joint initiative of the United Nations Office for Partnerships and the Fashion Impact Fund).Fernanda believes that fashion is a powerful tool of transformation. From an ecofeminist perspective she has produced projects, articles, events, books, courses and lectures. Her work presents an innovative vision where fashion is aligned with the climate, nature and women.<a href="https://www.instagram.com/cityzencat/?hl=en" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Catherine Dauriac</a> is the president of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fash_rev_france/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Fashion Revolution France</a> , the author of the book Fashion from the Tana Edition Fake or Not Collection, and an independent journalist.After 15 years of supporting young independent creators in textiles and fashion, Catherine chose to start a career as a journalist for the defence of the environment. Today, environmental and societal responsibility of the fashion industry are her major subjects, in her articles, digital communication agency and consultancy.<a href="https://www.instagram.com/shruti.s87/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Shruti Singh</a> is the Country Head of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fashionrevolutionindia/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Fashion Revolution India</a>, working at the intersection of education, fashion, craft, and public policy. She is also the founder of Designing Future Earth, an initiative to promote climate literacy and simplify sustainability careers.Shruti is a dedicated advocate for sustainability and transparency in the fashion industry. Some of her notable works include policy consulting for the Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Textiles, social sector advisory at PwC, research for the Fashion Transparency Index 2021, authoring a policy report on 'Reimagining the Craft Economy Post-Covid 19', and co-authoring ‘Gender Equity and its Impact on Sustainability in Cotton Farming (India)’. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleen-grevers/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kathleen Grevers</a> is the Director of Education for <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fash_revusa/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Fashion Revolution USA</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fash_rev_italia/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Italy</a>, programming for Arsutoria in Milan, Italy, and chair of curriculum advancement for international education in Florence, Italy. Kathleen is also the Global Director and founder of Seemore Global. With over 20 years of experience in Higher Education, Kathleen’s experience and connections have founded long-standing relationships within the material innovation, automotive, fashion, footwear, regenerative and circularity research, and design fields. <h3>ABOUT FASHION REVOLUTION WEEK 2023</h3><a href="https://www.fashionrevolution.org/frw-2023/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Fashion Revolution Week</a> is an annual campaign bringing together the world’s largest fashion activism movement for seven days of action.Fashion Revolution Week 2023 marks 10 years since the Rana Plaza tragedy. Using the 10 points of the Manifesto as building blocks, the Global Network of Fashion Revolutionaries in 75 countries are bringing people together to build a vision for radical change.<h3>ABOUT KNOW YOUR LEATHER</h3>K﻿now Your Leather is the third edition of Slow Fashion Movement's annual 'Know Your...' campaign. The campaign series aims to help consumers make better decisions about their garments and commit to a slow fashion lifestyle, by highlight the frontrunners and slackers in the fashion industry that create fabrics/garments.Running from April 1st - 30th 2023, K﻿now Your Leather will explore the impact of leather production and consumption, including:<ul><li>H﻿istory of Leather</li><li>P﻿roduction of Leather</li><li>A﻿lternatives of Leather</li><li>S﻿ustainability of Leather</li></ul>Join the Slow Fashion community on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/slowfashion.movement/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/slowfashion-movement/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a> to explore a sustainable and ethical fashion lifestyle.#knowyourleather #slowfashionmovement

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