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Digital fashion week is launched as a collaboration of leaders in the fashion industry, artists and entrepreneurs to provide an axis for the spokes of innovation in the fashion industry.
The Los Angeles team fuses together the OG’s of NYC and LA digital fashion and traditional brands.
CLARE TATTERSALL
Clare Tattersall is the founder of Digital Fashion Week, and the curator of The Drip – an haute couture digital fashion boutique. With over two decades of experience innovating at the intersection of fashion design x technology, she launched DFW to throw a spotlight on the possibilities in the fashion industry. An event platform, DFW explores innovation from design concept to consumer. Before founding Digital Fashion Week, she co-created a software to align the design-to-sales process into a single virtual experience and developed wearable technology products.
Founder, DIGITAL FASHION WEEK
TOM KEEFER
Tom Keefer is a veteran fashion and brand executive with four decades of experience at the intersection of style, commerce, and technology. As Int'l VP at L.A. Gear and K-Swiss, he helped build two of the era's defining fashion footwear brands. As General Manager of The New Mart — the West Coast's premier wholesale apparel destination — he oversaw 500+ global fashion brands across 100 showrooms and sits on the Board of the Fashion Business District. Co-founder of Fashion Techworks LLC and the Mélange conference, Tom has long championed the convergence of fashion and technology, creating platforms where designers, innovators, and commerce collide.
Co-founder FASHION TECHWORKS LLC
CEO FASHION TECHWORKSCINDY KEEFER
As the CEO and co-founder of Fashion Techworks LLC, Cindy Keefer has created a unique environment for designers and aspiring brand builders, providing unprecedented resources in the heart of the DTLA Fashion district located in the New Mart. A sculptor and fashion designer, Keefer, she co-launched the first Melange Expo known as a proactive supporter of any new technologies that improve the sustainability of apparel design and productions.
Fashion Techworks was recently honored during Los Angeles Fashion Week with a Certificate of Recognition from Mayor Karen Bass, who noted, "Based in the heart of the Downtown Los Angeles Fashion District, Fashion Techworks supports fashion, entertainment and technology entrepreneurs with in-house resources in order for their ideas to be discovered and successfully transformed into success stories."
Director FASHION WEEK BROOKLYNRICK DAVY
Rick Davy is the Director of Fashion Week Brooklyn and the BK STYLE FOUNDATION, whose mission is to assist emerging, underprivileged designers in honing their talent and growing their business, and to provide a professional forum to showcase their creations alongside other emerging designers from around the globe.
In addition to its commitment to design, BKSF extends its mission to the community as a whole, presenting innovative educational programs to young people interested in developing careers on the creative and business aspects of fashion and producing Fashion Week Brooklyn.