INSPIRATION
(Taken from blog post: The Future is Female and Ageless and Multicultural, 11/17/19)
It’s important that we stop seeing concepts as linear, black & white or systematic. The next BIG IDEA can come from anyone and anywhere. The next movement will be a force unexpected and powerful! BIG IDEAS have been generated out of failures, mishaps & misdirection. The important point is to grow from the mid-step and become powerful enough to benefit all!
BIG IDEAS
A Big Idea refers to core concepts, principles, theories, and processes that should serve as the focal point of curricula, instruction, and assessment.... A focus on these larger ideas helps people to see the purpose and relevance of content.
I have always been focused on NEW CONCEPTS and BIG IDEAS! As a Designer, Artist and Conceptual Believer, I bring culture, movement and empowerment to create FUTURE GROWTH!
IMPRESSIVE PEOPLE ORGANIZING CHANGE
Lena Waithe
Through story telling this PROUD member of the LGBTQ community has empowered the rich lives and diverse groups, which have not have not had a voice or platform in television and film. The main message in her platform is “We exist.”
Robert F. Smith
This Billionaire Tech Investor paid off the student loans of 398 graduates of Morehouse College. Putting each of the students in a position of gratitude, with the ability to pay it forward, offer enthusiasm in the students' next chapter of their lives be infused with motivation instead of ambiguity and debt. My personal hope is that this becomes a catalyst for change in education cost and the 1% of our population’s personal responsibilities to those whom impact the future.
Eckhart Tolle
With his expression to delve deeper into the spirit that brings us closer to happiness, Eckhart is asking you to focus on the present moment and appreciate each human being and what in their experience allows us to create a strong connection as human beings. We’re entering a phase where we’re better prepared to reach a higher realm and question what we as a society offer outside of greed, violence and egotistical behavior.
COMPANIES TO WATCH
Eileen Fisher
This company believes in Women’s Empowerment and Transparency which helps us to build a better world. With a Corporate Plan to be 100% Transparent from Seed Growth of Cotton & Natural Fibers thru to Ethical Production and Indigenous Tribe Respect & [Empowerment] to Final Store Product, they illustrate concepts more companies should consider standing!
Madewell
Initiatives in Fair Trade certified denim by directly contributing to a fund that benefits the people who help to produce their clothing. They decide how the funds will be spent to impact the producers’ families future.
Culture for the label is as important and the clothing itself. Providing inspiration manifestos for artist and incorporating the art back into the wears it offers not just better clothing but a better world.
PRPS Jeans
The cotton for this brand is grown especially and organically in Africa. Ugandan. Zimbabwe and Benin are regular sources for organic growth of cotton, for this brand. Africa, rich in natural resources is able to display a strong product and offer industry in countries outside the classic chain of commerce.
APotts
With the ever changing landscape of gender rolls, individual feel free to explore that which will make them happiest. The ability to feel truly free in your own skin and being able to express it however you please. With this in mind, clothing concepts of what is considered masculine or feminine is challenged. Garb is expressed to keep you happy and comfortable in yourself, not express someone else's understanding of gender rolls.
CLEAN TECHNOLOGY
Items created keeping sustainability in mind including biodegradable synthetics and bio elastomers.
Alternatives to thirsty cotton such as Lyocell & Refibra a type of Tencel made from the waste material from Tencel’s manufacturing process.
Recycling from discarded garments from the consumer OR wastage from the production of garments are shredded and rewoven to create a new fabric.
Nafeesa Muqtasid - I've wanted to be a designer since I was 9 years old. I remember lying across my mother's bed reading Vogue magazine; since that point-all I’ve ever thought about was Fashion-Fashion-Fashion!! My love of Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld, Norma Kamali, Diane Von Furstenberg and Donna Karan have fueled my passion and allowed me a constant window into fashion for which I’ll never become tired of staring. With a love for movies, music, entertainment and art I manage to formulate opinions which I’ll offer and share in this blog, Fashion-Art-Music-BAG!!