2015 Schedule
Interactive: March 13–17  •  Film: March 13–21  •  Music: March 17–22

Will Wearables Bring New Purpose to Fashion?

Monday, March 16
11:00AM - 12:00PM

JW Marriott
Room 206
110 E 2nd St

The fashion industry is ripe for disruption: old industrial models are increasingly unsustainable in a world that needs less consumption and more equality.

How can emerging technologies, new materials and the open design movement change the way fashion works, bringing a new set of principles in to play that have a social and cultural focus, moving beyond the individual and more about our collective futures? Can wearables help fashion to redirect itself, without people losing their self-expression and personal style?

Hashtags

#sxsw #WearPurpose

Presenters

Alastair Parvin

Dir

WikiHouse

Alastair Parvin is a designer / civil rights inventor.

He is co-founder of WikiHouse Foundation and a member of architecture & strategic innovation studio, 00 based in London, UK. He is current...

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Beatrice Pembroke

Dir

Creative Economy Team

Beatrice Pembroke is Director, Creative Economy, at the British Council. She works with a global network of pioneers to produce interdisciplinary collaborations, support local talent and tackle the...

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Cassie Robinson

Co-Founder

Techforgood.tv + The Point People

Natsai Audrey Chieza

Founder

Studio Natsai Audrey

Details

Access
Interactive Badge, Gold Badge, Platinum Badge
Type
Solo / Dual / Panel
Theme
Fashion and Wearable Tech
Level
Advanced

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