Date & Time: Live Session TBD
 
Instructor: Anna Cosentino
 
Course Description:
Your Big Idea Welcome to the new era of fashion—where style meets substance. As the fashion industry stands on the brink of transformation, it is the collective effort of individuals, brands, and educators that will pave the way forward. This class is not just a lesson; it's a call to action. By intertwining personal values with industry commitment, the seeds of change are sown, ready to blossom into a fashion landscape where sustainability and purpose thrive. The manifesto, once crafted, becomes not just words on paper but a pledge towards a more responsible, ethical, and beautiful industry. 
 
Instructor Bio:
Anna is part of the editors of The Carbon Almanac - the book, resources, and network created and led by Seth Godin. She is the co-founder of Connect the Carbon Dots, a digital map that connects solutions and resources on climate change and offers actions that transform individuals and organizations from bystanders into leaders for change. Producer, Creative Director, Curator, Branding Consultant, Solopreneur - these are some of the titles that have been printed on her business cards. She prefers to introduce herself as a generalist, a solutionist, an interpreter of ideas with an interest in social and cultural trends.
 
Her career began in the press and production department of designer Thierry Mugler. She then founded a photographic production agency and worked with extraordinary talents, including Mary Ellen Mark, Ruven Afanador, and Mark Seliger. As co-director of Marylou Luther's Trend Report for the Fashion Group International, she produced Focus on The Ones To Watch - profiles of new and up and coming talent. She is co-founder of spring, a gallery and store of contemporary design and art in Brooklyn, where she collaborated on projects with the Museum of Art and Design (MAD), Central St Martins and Royal College of London, and Parsons and Pratt. She curated about thirty exhibitions over the course of ten years on subjects that address social turmoil, living arrangements, slow design, and tech-wear. Born in Rome, Italy, she studied Modern Languages and Literature before moving to New York, a city that welcomed her with unexpected opportunities in its creative community and continues to be a source of inspiration.