April 20, 2024 - April 27, 2024
SUSTAINABLE ECO-CHIC
RUNWAY | EDUCATION | POP UP SHOPS
Green is now more than just a color for the fashion industry!
Eco Fashion Week is an annual event produced by FABRIC during Earth Week. It is a week-long event created to educate the public on sustainable fashion and to celebrate, recognize, and support sustainable fashion brands. Every year, EcoFW includes sustainable fashion shows, pop-up shops, educational panel discussions, and highlights sustainable events that take place all over Arizona and at FABRIC.
All proceeds go to FABRIC Tempe, an Arizona non-profit organization that supports apparel entrepreneurs with sustainable resources.
This project is partially funded by a City of Tempe - Community Arts Grant
Saturday, April 20th, 2024
reFABRICate
Repurposed Jeans Fashion Show
- 6:30PM-Event Opens
- 7:00PM- Fashion Show and Award Ceremony
- Tempe Marketplace Main Stage
- 2000 E Rio Salado Pkwy, Tempe, AZ 85281
- Each year, FABRIC's reFABRICate Fashion Show features upcycled designs that have been repurposed and recreated by community members from various garments and cutting floor scraps.
- This year, and the past few years, the reFABRICate show has focused primarily on one of the industry's most unsustainable items....DENIM. FABRIC partners with Tempe Marketplace, Goodwill, Dave & Busters, and Green Living Magazine to engage the community in repurposing thrifted denim jeans items into new, runway-worthy creations. The jeans are redesigned/upcycled by FABRIC members (established and emerging designers & brands) as well as fashion teachers & students and are featured on the stage at Tempe Marketplace.
Past 2023 ReFABRICate Show
"RunzWithScissors"
Award
The "RunzWithScissors" award is a sustainable fashion award in honor of sustainable fashion designer Astrid Olafsen of the brand RunzWithScissors. Astrid was a talented upcycle designer who was very involved in FABRIC's reFABRICate program. One winner receives the RunzWithScissors Award every year.
Photo by Sung Moon
2022 Winner: LaMark Cole
2023 Winner: Zach Frisbie
Tuesday-Wednesday, April 23rd-24th, 2024
Sustainable Circular Fashion Summit
Private Industry Change Maker Event
We are hosting a summit to revolutionize the manufacturing process of the fashion industry, with On-Shore Manufacturers, Academia, NGO's, and Interest Groups working together to create a shared vision with Global Manufactures, Advanced Machine Manufactures, Banks/Funds and Brands/Retailers working together on a shared profitability model across the supply network, with dynamic optimization to service real time consumer demand.
Are you an Industry Change Maker (Fabric Mill, Factory, Suppliers)?
Thursday, April 25th, 2024
Behind The Seams
"Hey Fashion, We Need To Talk..."
6P-9P
A 2 part conversation from the sustainable forces who are shifting the narrative of the industry.
Featuring:
- Amanda Lee McCarty - The Clotheshorse Podcast
- Eco Fashion Park - Summit Panel of Experts
In Person and Online
Saturday, April 27th, 2024
Canvas
A VIP Phygital Fashion Experience
6P-9P
Experience the technology that puts the artistry and sustainability back in fashion.
WHO MADE MY CLOTHES?
EcoFW was inspired by the efforts of Fashion Revolution and every year we encourage our community to join the revolution and ask #WhoMadeMyClothes.
Fashion Revolution was founded in the wake of the Rana Plaza disaster in 2013. Since then, they have grown to become the world’s largest fashion activism movement, mobilizing citizens, brands and policymakers through research, education, and advocacy.
Learn more on www.FashionRevolution.org
Thank you to our Eco Fashion Week 2024 Sponsors
