The future of the industry is being decided in a metaphorical crucible where labor and automation are currently burning. To understand what's coming in this wild and unpredictable reaction, we invited a panel of experts in the field of Workforce Development to discuss their initiatives and the general state of labor and automation in the American fashion business. <ul> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/leewellington/">Lee Wellington</a> is Executive Director of <a href="https://urbanmfg.org/">The Urban Manufacturing Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahkrasley/">Sarah Krasley</a> is Founder and CEO at <a href="https://shimmy.io/">Shimmy Technologies, Inc</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisafutterman/">Lisa Futterman</a> is the Regional Director in New York City for <a href="https://wdiny.org/">The Workforce Development Institute</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/libby-mattern-0a68b21a/">Libby Mattern</a> is the Founder of <a href="https://courseoftrade.com/">Course of Trade</a></li> </ul> CFDA resources: <a href="https://cfda.com/resources">https://cfda.com/resources</a> Sewist, noun, a craftsperson who cannot be replaced by automation. - - -&nbsp; To access our older episodes, go to <a href="https://americanfashionpodcast.com/">https://americanfashionpodcast.com/</a> and click on "Archives" in the main menu to subscribe to the archives and support the show.

The future of the industry is being decided in a metaphorical crucible where labor and automation are currently burning. To understand what's coming in this wild and unpredictable reaction, we invited a panel of experts in the field of Workforce Development to discuss their initiatives and the general state of labor and automation in the American fashion business. Lee Wellington is Executive Director of The Urban Manufacturing Alliance Sarah Krasley is Founder and CEO at Shimmy Technologies, Inc Lisa Futterman is the Regional Director in New York City for The Workforce Development Institute Libby Mattern is the Founder of Course of Trade CFDA resources: https://cfda.com/resources Sewist, noun, a craftsperson who cannot be replaced by automation. - - -&nbsp; To access our older episodes, go to https://americanfashionpodcast.com/ and click on "Archives" in the main menu to subscribe to the archives and support the show.

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Deb Waterman Johns is Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder at Scout. A former Vogue editor with a fine arts background, she turned a Chinatown discount store find into an upgraded staple. <a href="https://www.scoutbags.com/">https://www.scoutbags.com/</a> - Find more episodes of America Fashion Podcast by clicking "Archives" in the main menu at <a href="https://americanfashionpodcast.com/">https://americanfashionpodcast.com/</a>&nbsp;

Deb Waterman Johns is Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder at Scout. A former Vogue editor with a fine arts background, she turned a Chinatown discount store find into an upgraded staple. https://www.scoutbags.com/ - Find more episodes of America Fashion Podcast by clicking "Archives" in the main menu at https://americanfashionpodcast.com/&nbsp;

Simple, Reusable, Chic - Scout Bags Elevate The Tote Task

Jessie Willner was an artist with a dream of wild wonderful ethically-produced leather statement jackets. Together with her best friend Hanover Savas and the occasional "Hadidas" moment, they're making it happen in Los Angeles, and now around the world, with The Mighty Company. -- <a href="https://themightycompany.com/">https://themightycompany.com/</a> Follow The Mighty Company on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/themightycompany/">https://www.instagram.com/themightycompany/</a>&nbsp; To subscribe to American Fashion Podcast's Archives and support the show, visit <a href="https://americanfashionpodcast.com/">https://americanfashionpodcast.com/</a> and click "Archives" on the main menu.

Jessie Willner was an artist with a dream of wild wonderful ethically-produced leather statement jackets. Together with her best friend Hanover Savas and the occasional "Hadidas" moment, they're making it happen in Los Angeles, and now around the world, with The Mighty Company. -- https://themightycompany.com/ Follow The Mighty Company on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themightycompany/&nbsp; To subscribe to American Fashion Podcast's Archives and support the show, visit https://americanfashionpodcast.com/ and click "Archives" on the main menu.

The Mighty Company

To label <a href="https://amaioofficial.com/">Amaio</a> as a swimwear company is to miss the much larger picture of their "apr&egrave;s swim" approach, which is more of a total resort approach, as described in detail by founder and designer Samantha Khoury in this interview about her French couture-inspired Made In Los Angeles brand. Amaio:&nbsp;<a href="https://amaioofficial.com/">https://amaioofficial.com/</a> References: <ul> <li>Drip By Drip - NGO tacking water issues related tot he fashion and textile industries: <a href="https://www.dripbydrip.org/">https://www.dripbydrip.org/</a></li> <li>Women&rsquo;s Global Empowerment Fund: <a href="https://wgefund.org/">https://wgefund.org/</a></li> </ul> Help support American Fashion Podcast by subscribing to our Archives at <a href="https://americanfashionpodcast.com/">https://americanfashionpodcast.com/</a>

To label Amaio as a swimwear company is to miss the much larger picture of their "apr&egrave;s swim" approach, which is more of a total resort approach, as described in detail by founder and designer Samantha Khoury in this interview about her French couture-inspired Made In Los Angeles brand. Amaio:&nbsp;https://amaioofficial.com/ References: Drip By Drip - NGO tacking water issues related tot he fashion and textile industries: https://www.dripbydrip.org/ Women&rsquo;s Global Empowerment Fund: https://wgefund.org/ Help support American Fashion Podcast by subscribing to our Archives at https://americanfashionpodcast.com/

Amaio - High End Beyond Swimwear

Veronica Chou is Founder, Chairman, and CEO of <a href="https://everybodyeveryone.com/">Everybody &amp; Everyone</a>, a "big startup" "eco-innovative" women's clothing brand with a big vision and a heavy investment in the granular details of sustainability. <a href="https://everybodyeveryone.com/">https://everybodyeveryone.com/</a> References: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.commonobjective.co/">https://www.commonobjective.co/</a></li> <li><a href="https://eco-age.com/">https://eco-age.com/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.positiveluxury.com/">https://www.positiveluxury.com/</a></li> <li><a href="https://apparelcoalition.org/">https://apparelcoalition.org/</a></li> <li><a href="https://textileexchange.org/">https://textileexchange.org/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.microfibreconsortium.com/">https://www.microfibreconsortium.com/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.copenhagenfashionsummit.com/">https://www.copenhagenfashionsummit.com/</a></li> </ul> American Fashion Podcast <a href="https://americanfashionpodcast.com/">https://americanfashionpodcast.com/</a>

Veronica Chou is Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Everybody &amp; Everyone, a "big startup" "eco-innovative" women's clothing brand with a big vision and a heavy investment in the granular details of sustainability. https://everybodyeveryone.com/ References: https://www.commonobjective.co/ https://eco-age.com/ https://www.positiveluxury.com/ https://apparelcoalition.org/ https://textileexchange.org/ https://www.microfibreconsortium.com/ https://www.copenhagenfashionsummit.com/ American Fashion Podcast https://americanfashionpodcast.com/

To Create "Everybody & Everyone" Veronica Chou Left No Sustainability Stone Unturned

Lisa Pongrass, an Australian living in New York City, is Founder &amp; CEO of Canvas &amp; Hyde, a luxury handbag brand manufactured in the Brooklyn Navy Yard (and Italy). Lisa discusses how she made the move from her marketing background to designing accessories, how she thinks about sustainability, and what it's like to work in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. <a href="https://www.canvasandhyde.com/">https://www.canvasandhyde.com/</a> <a href="https://americanfashionpodcast.com/">https://americanfashionpodcast.com/</a>

Lisa Pongrass, an Australian living in New York City, is Founder &amp; CEO of Canvas &amp; Hyde, a luxury handbag brand manufactured in the Brooklyn Navy Yard (and Italy). Lisa discusses how she made the move from her marketing background to designing accessories, how she thinks about sustainability, and what it's like to work in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. https://www.canvasandhyde.com/ https://americanfashionpodcast.com/

Making Nice Bags In Brooklyn - Canvas & Hyde

Fashion photographer and media producer&nbsp;Michell McCormack set out to solve inefficiencies in the talent pipeline for fashion and entertainment brands, and the result is an app and platform called <a href="https://castingcoin.com/">Casting Coin</a>. <a href="https://americanfashionpodcast.com/">https://americanfashionpodcast.com/</a>

Fashion photographer and media producer&nbsp;Michell McCormack set out to solve inefficiencies in the talent pipeline for fashion and entertainment brands, and the result is an app and platform called Casting Coin. https://americanfashionpodcast.com/

Casting Coin Founder and CEO Michelle McCormack

Powering Fashion's Future: Technology Tools Impacting Today's Fashion Industry A panel discussion recorded as part of the Fashion Innovate program at the TexWorld USA 2020 trade show in New York City. Big thank you to Eileen Small from TexWorld for coordinating all of this leading up to the event. Big questions: <ul dir="ltr"> <li>What is the history here? How did this work five minutes ago? What are the now ubiquitous improvements of the last five or ten years?</li> <li>Who are the cool startups in this space, and what are they doing?</li> <li>What are the major players doing in this space?</li> <li>What does the &ldquo;science fiction endgame&rdquo; look like for an ultimate evolution in these technologies? If we are here, and innovators and startups are working on tomorrow, what&rsquo;s 5, 10, 20, or 50 years out?</li> </ul> Panelists: <ul dir="ltr"> <li>Natasha Franck (EON - <a href="https://www.eongroup.co/">https://www.eongroup.co/</a>)</li> <li>Teodora Nicolae (Lectra - <a href="https://www.lectra.com/en">https://www.lectra.com/en</a> )</li> <li>Melissa Rusinek (textile waste expert)</li> <li>Andrew Wyatt (CALA - <a href="https://www.ca.la/">https://www.ca.la/</a> )</li> </ul> Moderator: <ul dir="ltr"> <li>Charles Beckwith (@FashionTechGuru - <a href="https://charlesbeckwith.com/publications">https://charlesbeckwith.com/publications</a> )</li> </ul> References: <ul> <li dir="ltr">GRAILED - <a href="https://www.grailed.com/">https://www.grailed.com/</a></li> <li dir="ltr">STOCKX - <a href="https://stockx.com/">https://stockx.com/</a></li> <li dir="ltr">Behemoth: A History of The Factory and The Making of The Modern World (Get it on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/38AZ1y0">https://amzn.to/38AZ1y0</a>&nbsp;)</li> <li dir="ltr">Clo3D - <a href="https://www.clo3d.com/">https://www.clo3d.com/</a></li> <li dir="ltr">The Higg MSI (Materials Sustainability Index) - <a href="https://apparelcoalition.org/higg-msi/">https://apparelcoalition.org/higg-msi/</a></li> <li dir="ltr">Sewbots - <a href="http://softwearautomation.com/products/">http://softwearautomation.com/products/</a></li> <li dir="ltr">Klaviyo - <a href="https://www.klaviyo.com/">https://www.klaviyo.com/</a></li> </ul> Charles Beckwith's list of seven key overlapping and repeating phases of the fashion business product and sales cycles: <ol dir="ltr"> <li>Ideation and Design</li> <li>Sourcing and Costing</li> <li>Pricing and Financing</li> <li>Manufacturing and Production</li> <li>Marketing and Sales</li> <li>Distribution and Logistics</li> <li>Analytics and Analysis</li> </ol> (Plus HR, accounting, and normal business processes) More on that at... <a href="https://medium.com/@fashiontechguru/end-to-end-fashion-brand-operating-system-platforms-fashiontech-371fff3df795">https://medium.com/@fashiontechguru/end-to-end-fashion-brand-operating-system-platforms-fashiontech-371fff3df795</a> <hr> AMERICAN FASHION PODCAST As always, you can find us and the archive of past episodes at <a href="https://americanfashionpodcast.com/">https://americanfashionpodcast.com/</a>&nbsp;

Powering Fashion's Future: Technology Tools Impacting Today's Fashion Industry A panel discussion recorded as part of the Fashion Innovate program at the TexWorld USA 2020 trade show in New York City. Big thank you to Eileen Small from TexWorld for coordinating all of this leading up to the event. Big questions: What is the history here? How did this work five minutes ago? What are the now ubiquitous improvements of the last five or ten years? Who are the cool startups in this space, and what are they doing? What are the major players doing in this space? What does the &ldquo;science fiction endgame&rdquo; look like for an ultimate evolution in these technologies? If we are here, and innovators and startups are working on tomorrow, what&rsquo;s 5, 10, 20, or 50 years out? Panelists: Natasha Franck (EON - https://www.eongroup.co/) Teodora Nicolae (Lectra - https://www.lectra.com/en ) Melissa Rusinek (textile waste expert) Andrew Wyatt (CALA - https://www.ca.la/ ) Moderator: Charles Beckwith (@FashionTechGuru - https://charlesbeckwith.com/publications ) References: GRAILED - https://www.grailed.com/ STOCKX - https://stockx.com/ Behemoth: A History of The Factory and The Making of The Modern World (Get it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/38AZ1y0&nbsp;) Clo3D - https://www.clo3d.com/ The Higg MSI (Materials Sustainability Index) - https://apparelcoalition.org/higg-msi/ Sewbots - http://softwearautomation.com/products/ Klaviyo - https://www.klaviyo.com/ Charles Beckwith's list of seven key overlapping and repeating phases of the fashion business product and sales cycles: Ideation and Design Sourcing and Costing Pricing and Financing Manufacturing and Production Marketing and Sales Distribution and Logistics Analytics and Analysis (Plus HR, accounting, and normal business processes) More on that at... https://medium.com/@fashiontechguru/end-to-end-fashion-brand-operating-system-platforms-fashiontech-371fff3df795 AMERICAN FASHION PODCAST As always, you can find us and the archive of past episodes at https://americanfashionpodcast.com/&nbsp;

The Best Fashion Technology Discussion You’ve Ever Heard

<a href="cuup.com/">CUUP</a> co-founders Abby Morgan&nbsp;and&nbsp;Kearnon O&rsquo;Molony talk about breaking out of the marking and grading mindset for making bras that make it so &ldquo;you would never have to compromise between fit, function, and style&rdquo; and using &ldquo;fit therapists&rdquo; to get it all just right. <a href="https://shopcuup.com/">https://shopcuup.com/</a>

CUUP co-founders Abby Morgan&nbsp;and&nbsp;Kearnon O&rsquo;Molony talk about breaking out of the marking and grading mindset for making bras that make it so &ldquo;you would never have to compromise between fit, function, and style&rdquo; and using &ldquo;fit therapists&rdquo; to get it all just right. https://shopcuup.com/

Ill-Fitting Intimates? After 2 Years of Research, CUUP Definitely Has Your Size.

Continuing our look at "<a href="https://medium.com/@fashiontechguru/end-to-end-fashion-brand-operating-system-platforms-fashiontech-371fff3df795">brand operating system</a>" platforms, this is a conversation with Suuchi Ramesh, Founder and CEO of <a href="https://www.suuchi.com/">Suuchi, Inc.</a>, a company in New Jersey which has created the Suuchi GRID, a digital platform that connects brands with &ldquo;a network of freelancers, factories, and suppliers&rdquo; in North and South America, and allows brands to manage their production flow from a digital dashboard. For more information about this and similar platforms see, this article on Brand Operating Systems: <a href="https://medium.com/@fashiontechguru/end-to-end-fashion-brand-operating-system-platforms-fashiontech-371fff3df795">https://medium.com/@fashiontechguru/end-to-end-fashion-brand-operating-system-platforms-fashiontech-371fff3df795</a>

Continuing our look at "brand operating system" platforms, this is a conversation with Suuchi Ramesh, Founder and CEO of Suuchi, Inc., a company in New Jersey which has created the Suuchi GRID, a digital platform that connects brands with &ldquo;a network of freelancers, factories, and suppliers&rdquo; in North and South America, and allows brands to manage their production flow from a digital dashboard. For more information about this and similar platforms see, this article on Brand Operating Systems: https://medium.com/@fashiontechguru/end-to-end-fashion-brand-operating-system-platforms-fashiontech-371fff3df795

Suuchi - Helping Brands Manufacture Cost Effectively In The Americas

Keith Recker (now Editor and Chief of Table Magazine) is an author and expert who has a long history with color and natural processes. He discusses how all that ties together in his new book, True Colors: World Masters of Natural Dyes and Pigments (find it on Amazon here: <a href="https://amzn.to/38DR23f">https://amzn.to/38DR23f</a>&nbsp;), and just... so much more. An episode you don't want to miss. Keith Recker -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-recker-7221834/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-recker-7221834/</a> Additional references: <ul> <li>The International Folk Art Market - <a href="https://folkartmarket.org/">https://folkartmarket.org/</a></li> <li>Angel Chang - <a href="https://angelchang.com/">https://angelchang.com/</a></li> <li>Village Embassy - <a href="https://vimeo.com/villageembassy">https://vimeo.com/villageembassy</a></li> <li>Jota-Kena - <a href="https://www.jotakena.com/">https://www.jotakena.com/</a></li> </ul>

Keith Recker (now Editor and Chief of Table Magazine) is an author and expert who has a long history with color and natural processes. He discusses how all that ties together in his new book, True Colors: World Masters of Natural Dyes and Pigments (find it on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/38DR23f&nbsp;), and just... so much more. An episode you don't want to miss. Keith Recker -&nbsp;https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-recker-7221834/ Additional references: The International Folk Art Market - https://folkartmarket.org/ Angel Chang - https://angelchang.com/ Village Embassy - https://vimeo.com/villageembassy Jota-Kena - https://www.jotakena.com/ 

Color As Narrative

Andrew Wyatt is CEO and Co-Founder of Cala, an "operating system" for fashion brands. <a href="https://www.ca.la/">https://www.ca.la/</a> For additional analysis, see Charles Beckwith's <a href="https://medium.com/@fashiontechguru/end-to-end-fashion-brand-operating-system-platforms-fashiontech-371fff3df795">article about End To End fashion platforms on Medium</a>.

Andrew Wyatt is CEO and Co-Founder of Cala, an "operating system" for fashion brands. https://www.ca.la/ For additional analysis, see Charles Beckwith's article about End To End fashion platforms on Medium.

Meet Cala CEO Andrew Wyatt, and say goodbye to how fashion worked yesterday.

<a href="https://www.badgleymischka.com/">Badgley Mischka</a> founders Mark Badgley and James Mischka discuss their business and careers. With special guest co-host, Dana Thomas, author of the new book <a href="https://amzn.to/2QbslXn">Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes</a>. <a href="https://www.badgleymischka.com/">https://www.badgleymischka.com/</a>

Badgley Mischka founders Mark Badgley and James Mischka discuss their business and careers. With special guest co-host, Dana Thomas, author of the new book Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes. https://www.badgleymischka.com/

Badgley Mischka

Author Dana Thomas discusses her new book, <a href="https://amzn.to/2QbslXn">Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes</a>. Order Fashionopolis here: <a href="https://amzn.to/2sUzAbr">https://amzn.to/2sUzAbr</a>

Author Dana Thomas discusses her new book, Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes. Order Fashionopolis here: https://amzn.to/2sUzAbr

Fashionopolis - Ethical Fashion's New Bible

Seek Collective is a Brooklyn-based ethical fashion brand manufactured by artisan communities in India. Carol Militmore is the brand's founder. In this interview, the Parsons and Harvard-educated designer talks about the great lengths to which she has to go to work with traditional block printers on the other side of the world. <a href="https://www.seekcollective.com/">https://www.seekcollective.com</a>

Seek Collective is a Brooklyn-based ethical fashion brand manufactured by artisan communities in India. Carol Militmore is the brand's founder. In this interview, the Parsons and Harvard-educated designer talks about the great lengths to which she has to go to work with traditional block printers on the other side of the world. https://www.seekcollective.com

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