Fashinnovation held a successful panel discussion on July 11th at WeWork in NYC, introducing their new concept “Fashion Is To Love”, which derived from its mission of showcasing innovations via ways of technology which are shaping the fashion industry. This served as the countdown to its 3rd edition of the conference, which will be held on September 4th, 2019.
The evening consisted of a mix of entrepreneurs, innovators, influencers and fashion veterans, as they sipped on wine and exchanged ideas at WeWork, NYC. The awe-inspiring speakers for the evening were: Sandra Campos – CEO, Diane Von Furstenberg; Michael Ferraro – Executive Director FIT/INFOR DTech Lab; Jaclynn Brennan – Founding Partner eSTYLAR and Jordana Guimaraes – Co-founder, FASHINNOVATION. An announcement was made, promoting the idea that Fashion is the voice to represent love – a blue heart being its symbol.
After hosting two successful events in the past year – during NYFW – with speakers which included: Google, J. Crew, NASA, FIT, EBY, Levi’s, Havaianas, UN Global Compact, IBM, etc., Jordana & Marcelo Guimaraes (Founders at Fashinnovation) saw a common tie in all of the talks: LOVE!
“Based on where all of the trends in the fashion industry are nowadays – transparency, storytelling, sustainability, collaboration, inclusivity, etc. – love is the emotion that it all stems from” says Jordana Guimaraes. “We are excited to keep growing this community of innovators, who are shaping the fashion industry via technologies” continues Marcelo Guimaraes. The 3rd edition on Sept 4th, 2019 will be a full-day event inaugurating New York Fashion Week, bringing together innovation & technology in the Fashion Industry via panel talks, fashion show, brand features & tech activations, red carpet interviews, and much more.”
There will be 50+ diverse speakers, in the mission of inspiring & sharing knowledge, including Susan Rockefeller, Shelley Zalis: CEO, The Female Quotient, Carry Somers: Founder, Fashion Revolution, Brie & Nikki Bella: The Bella Twins, Burak Cakmak: Dean of Fashion at Parsons, Bill Wackermann: CEO at Wilhemina, Dana Davis: VP of Sustainability at Mara Hoffman, The RealReal and so on.
Hernaldo Turrillo is a writer and author specialised in innovation, AI, DLT, SMEs, trading, investing and new trends in technology and business. He has been working for ztudium group since 2017. He is the editor of openbusinesscouncil.org, tradersdna.com, hedgethink.com, and writes regularly for intelligenthq.com, socialmediacouncil.eu. Hernaldo was born in Spain and finally settled in London, United Kingdom, after a few years of personal growth. Hernaldo finished his Journalism bachelor degree in the University of Seville, Spain, and began working as reporter in the newspaper, Europa Sur, writing about Politics and Society. He also worked as community manager and marketing advisor in Los Barrios, Spain. Innovation, technology, politics and economy are his main interests, with special focus on new trends and ethical projects. He enjoys finding himself getting lost in words, explaining what he understands from the world and helping others. Besides a journalist, he is also a thinker and proactive in digital transformation strategies. Knowledge and ideas have no limits.