Fashion has a sustainability problem, and my talk addresses the main issue - over-consumption, and offers three actionable ideas that include regulation, technology and media, marketing and psychology.
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Dr. Neri Karra Sillaman is a fashion business consultant, entrepreneur, and author. As a Professor of Practice in Strategy and an Entrepreneurship Expert at the University of Oxford, she consults for both emerging and established fashion and luxury/lifestyle brands. She has guest lectured for companies including Apple and Credit Suisse, as well as for prominent institutions such as the London School of Economics, the Royal College of Art, Imperial College London, and was appointed as an Adjunct Professor at the New York University (NYU). She has been quoted for her opinion on the industry in the Financial Times, Newsweek, the Business of Fashion, and WWD. A fashion entrepreneur herself, Dr. Sillaman is also the founder of a global multimillion-dollar luxury leather goods brand, which manufactures products for leading Italian luxury labels. She holds a Ph.D. in Management Science from the University of Cambridge and her award-winning book is Fashion Entrepreneurship: The Creation of the Global Fashion Business (Routledge, 2021).
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