Fashion Commission launches ‘Fashion Futures’ platform with participation of global experts

Fashion Commission launches ‘Fashion Futures’ platform with participation of global experts

RIYADH “” The Fashion Commission has announced the latest of its key initiatives for 2021: Fashion Futures. Launched in Riyadh in 2019 as the Kingdom's first-ever dedicated fashion event, Fashion Futures is being re-engineered in 2021 as a digital platform. Accessible from anywhere in the world, the platform will launch on June 17 with Fashion Futures Live: Moving Towards Sustainability, Diversity & Innovation, broadcast live from studios in Riyadh and New York. Speakers and audiences will be able to join through a bespoke, interactive virtual platform and engage with the program assembled in collaboration with Fashinnovation, a global platform focused on sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship in the world of fashion. Speakers including Susan Rockefeller (Chair & Trustee, Oceana “” a nonprofit ocean conservation organization), Rebecca Minkoff (designer & author of upcoming book, Fearless), Oskar Metsavaht (environmental activist, Amazon guardian & founder of Osklen), Helen Aboah (CEO, Urban Zen), and Abrima Erwiah (co-founder, Studio 189), will discuss topics ranging from diversity and the Sustainable Development Goals, to entrepreneurship and innovation. Jordana Guimaraes (co-founder of Fashinnovation) will moderate the discussion in New York City, alongside TV presenter and journalist Taghrid Alhowish in Riyadh. Fashion Commission CEO, Burak Cakmak, said: "We are honored