Bridgett Artise reinvents, reuses and recycles her skills in new and beautiful ways as designer of Born Again Vintage, professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology, sustainability mentor, fashion collaborator, Youtube teacher, titled Vintage Expert by the New York Times, published author of “Born Again Vintage” , owner of House of BAV and founder of Sustainable Fashion Week US. Bridgett Artise is responsible for creating one of the first sustainable classes for Fashion Institute of Technology. She has also been dubbed as ushering in Upcycled Clothing in our Fashion World.
BRIDGETT ARTISE, owner, author and designer of Born Again Vintage has pioneered Upcycled Fashion into the fashion world since early 2000s with her book BORN AGAIN VINTAGE. She created one of the first sustainable classes at FIT and has been dubbed Vintage Expert by NY Times. Her brand is 100% sustainable and has been from day one!
This free event showcases collections from emerging sustainable designers, student sustainable designers and vintage collectors. Unlike your typical Fashion Week, this platform also hosts a sustainable panel with sustainable fashion speakers, and more importantly, a platform for individuals from all backgrounds to share their vision of a sustainable fashion future. The fashion industry is in crisis, partly because of fast fashion and partly over consumption. We are producing at alarming rates and buying at equally alarming rates, what that creates is a recipe for disaster. How and where we make our clothes adds a toxic mix, making the fashion industry 2nd to oil as the most polluting industry!
Sustainable Fashion Week is a necessity to bring awareness to this ongoing problem while providing a platform to emerging sustainable designers that we are in desperate need of.
