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IMPACT supports a more expansive and representative industry through: opening pathways to careers, nurturing creative development, and fostering community across disciplines.
Genesis House AAPI Design + Innovation Grant
This program continues to spotlight the incredible AAPI fashion talent, celebrating heritage and modernity, while providing a platform for designers to redefine fashion’s future through innovation.
CFDA X Google Fashion Equity Fellowship
The grant program connects the leading technology company’s resources and knowledge directly to designers and their brands to support their NYFW collections and showcases.
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The Hidden Cost of Color
The Next Era of Materials: Fur Free Fashion
This conversation reflects on the evolution of the fur aesthetic and explores how bio-based materials can replace animal fur without compromising creativity. The panel offers practical insights on sourcing and working with next-generation alternatives.
Local Manufacturing as Leverage: Why Proximity Is New York’s Competitive Advantage
Domestic production is becoming essential infrastructure to counter supply chain volatility and high return rates. By utilizing New York’s Garment District, designers can resolve fit issues and compress timelines in real-time. This proximity-based model ensures construction precision is established before a garment scales.
Sami Miró on Circular Design and Building Fashion’s Future Through Tech and Intention
At CES 2026, Miró explored how circular design and emerging technologies, from AI and material innovation to transparency tool, can transform fashion into a more responsible, regenerative system.
Goods Talks: The Language of Conscious Design
The sixth session in partnership with Theory explores how fashion’s leading voices redefine design through purpose and shared responsibility.
