{"id":11203,"date":"2011-03-31T01:59:30","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T05:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=11203"},"modified":"2011-03-31T02:01:24","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T06:01:24","slug":"afingo-fashion-forum-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=11203","title":{"rendered":"AFINGO FASHION FORUM NY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, April 01, 2011 from 9:30 AM &#8211; 5:00 PM<br \/>\nFashion Institute of Technology<br \/>\nSeventh Ave. at 27 Street, New York      \t\t\t\t\t\t<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/afingo.gif\" rel=\"lightbox[11203]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11204\" title=\"afingo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/afingo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>AFINGO empowers the fashion community by supporting fashion entrepreneurs and the businesses that serve them.<\/p>\n<p>The AFINGO FASHION FORUM is an industry event series hosting fashion  leaders and entrepreneurs to socialize and share their expertise.<\/p>\n<p>Friday, April 1st Registration: Opens at 9 AM<br \/>\n9:30 AM &#8211; 5:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>Katie Murphy Ampitheatre, FIT (Building D)<br \/>\nEvent Panels:<br \/>\n01 FASHION INNOVATION<br \/>\n02 SUSTAINABILITY + PHILANTHROPY<br \/>\n03 READY TO LAUNCH YOUR LINE?<br \/>\n04 SOCIAL MEDIA + PUBLICITY<br \/>\nICONIC WISDOM: NICK AXELROD IN CONVERSATION WITH CYNTHIA ROWLEY<\/p>\n<p>Panels and Schedule:<br \/>\nFASHION INNOVATION: Industry  iconoclasts turn the traditional business model on its head, bringing to  light new methods to build a business, reach consumers, and distribute  product. (9:30 &#8211; 10:30 AM)<br \/>\nBen Fischman, CEO, Rue La La (Moderator)<br \/>\nNeil Blumenthal, Co-Founder, Warby Parker<br \/>\nAndy Dunn, CEO and Co-Founder, Bonobos<br \/>\nJennifer Hyman\/Jenny Fleiss, Co-Founders, Rent the Runway<br \/>\nAslaug Magnusdottir, CEO\/Founder, Moda Operandi<br \/>\nDarren Schwartz, SVP, Groupon<br \/>\nYancey Strickler, Co-Founder, Kickstarter<\/p>\n<p>NETWORKING\/BREAK(10:30 &#8211; 11:00 AM)<br \/>\nSUSTAINABILITY + PHILANTHROPY:  Fashion specialists examine the balance of incorporating eco-friendly  and socially-responsible initiatives into the fashion business, finding  new ways to be &#8220;green&#8221; and philanthropic without sacrificing style &#8212; or  the bottom line. (11:00 AM &#8211; 12:00 PM)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jill Fehrenbacher, Founder, Inhabitat.com (Moderator)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jeffrey Costello &amp; Robert Tagliapietra, Co-founders &amp; Designers, Costello Tagliapietra<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Julie Gilhart, Fashion Consultant<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Melissa Kushner, Founder &amp; Executive Director, Goods for Good<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Summer Rayne Oakes, Eco-Model\/Activist and Founder, Source4Style<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lisa Salzer, Founder, Lulufrost.com<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Starre Vartan, Publisher, Eco-Chick\/Editor-at-Large, Coco Eco Magazine<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>NETWORKING\/BREAK<\/strong> (12:00 &#8211; 12:30 PM)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>ICONIC WISDOM: NICK AXELROD IN CONVERSATION WITH CYNTHIA ROWLEY<\/strong>:  A fashion icon illustrates her successful journey through the fashion  industry, recalling the knowledge and experiences that led her to design  collections that continue to make lasting impressions, season after  season.\u00a0 (12:30 &#8211; 1:15 PM)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>LUNCH BREAK<\/strong> (1:15 &#8211; 2:00 PM)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>READY TO LAUNCH YOUR LINE?<\/strong>:  Top designers and retailers share their stories and give practical  advice on how to effecitively make the leap from sketch to sales,  including how to avoid dangerous pitfalls to position a line for  success.\u00a0 (2:00 &#8211; 3:00 PM)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fern Mallis, Founder, Fern Mallis LLC (Moderator)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Steven Cox &amp; Daniel Silver, Co-Founders, Duckie Borwn<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Miguelina Gambaccini, Creative Director and CEO, Miguelina<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Adam Lippes, Designer, ADAM<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bibhu Mohapatra, Designer, Bibhu<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Randi Packard, Fashion Market Director, Real Simple<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>NETWORKING\/BREAK<\/strong> (3:00 &#8211; 3:30 PM)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>SOCIAL MEDIA + PUBLICITY<\/strong>: PR  professionals emphasize the importance of creating a signature identity  through publicity, highlighting the top tools for achieving highly  valuable exposure. (3:30 &#8211; 4:30 PM)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Christene Barberich, Editor-In-Chief, Refinery29 (Moderator)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Patrick Bradbury, Principal and Founder, Bradbury Lewis<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pam Bristow, Creative Consultant and Communications Strategist<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Michele Cerwin, President, HL Group<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Elizabeth Grinspan, Editor, Racked NY<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Keith Pollock, Editorial Director, Elle.com<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more info: <a href=\"http:\/\/affny.eventbrite.com\/\">http:\/\/affny.eventbrite.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, April 01, 2011 from 9:30 AM &#8211; 5:00 PM Fashion Institute of Technology Seventh Ave. at 27 Street, New York<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[5191],"class_list":["post-11203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events","tag-afingo-fashion-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11203"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11207,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11203\/revisions\/11207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}