Mana Fashion Invites the Entire Community for Earth Day with 3 Full Days of Sustainable Fashion Programming
Wednesday, 04/24/2024-04/26/2024, 04:00 pm-07:00 pm
Mana Fashion Services
15 West Flagler Street,
Miami, Florida, 33130
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Cost: Free
Celebrating Earth Day on Wednesday, April 24 – Friday, April 26:
Discussion on Augmented Reality
Mana Fashion Services will present a 3-day immersive event where guests can experience AR in its realest form, interacting with Microsoft 360 Hololens to learn about sustainable solutions in the fashion industry, presented by Arcadia Earth. This discussion and workshop will bring together an enlightening Virtual Reality moment with eco-conscious trailblazer and fashion industry veteran, Valentino Vettori, who will discuss verbatim issues within the fashion industry and resolutions on how to solve them.
Hands On Upcycle Workshops
Guests will have the opportunity to dive into creativity, interact and inquire in a hands-on immersive fashion-design experience. From upcycling jeans and shoes to a fashion exchange event with donated clothing, read on to see all the workshops happening April 24-26 at Mana Fashion. In the spirit of sustainability, guests are encouraged to bring a pair of shoes to get embellished, painted or customized in a partnership with the Miami Shoe Museum. Additionally, Mana Fashion Services will have Miami-based Denim Upcycle Artist, Jesus Pineda, who will help turn guests’ used jeans into something new on April 24th and 25th – from creating patchwork to turning long jeans to shorts – or maybe even making a denim tote bag! Last but not least, on Friday, April 26th 6pm-7pm in partnership with Global Fashion Exchange together with Remake and Healthy Fashion Consulting hosted by Taryn Hipwell – a clothing swap for the entire community! Guests will be invited to mix, mingle and bring up to 5 pieces of clothing they no longer want, but are in great condition (think of something one may gift to a friend). Up to 5 tickets will be given to each guest, for each piece of clothing donated and tickets can be used to pull pieces from the Fashion Exchange!
Sustainable Fashion on Display
The Earth Day window display at Mana Fashion Services are designed by Venezuelan-American multidisciplinary artist and sustainable fashion designer, Lisu Vega. Vega’s work explores the emotions we associate with memories through the allegory of “weaving,” both literally through the physical materials and metaphorically as a process. Learn more about Lisu Vega in an interview with Mana Fashion Services here.
Throughout the immersive space, Candiani and Triarchy will come together to story tell through visuals. Candiani are leaders in denim and triumph sustainability in fashion by creating denim from fibers grown sustainably. Candiani are Innovators in sustainability and pioneers in certifications. Learn more about Candiani by watching this video here.
Last but not least, discover how sustainable denim is made with the plastic free women’s collection presented by Triarchy.
