[PV NY Talk] The Crisis of Stuff Chapter 3: Immediate Solutions for Circularity The - Première Vision New York
14 January – 1 pm
15 January – 10 am
| Liz will be looking at ongoing innovation in the realm of fashion circularity. Brands, now more than ever, are facing challenges to support their goals. She will be unpacking some systemic issues and sharing real life practical solutions, including case studies, that prove the business case for circularity. – Value hierarchy: the optimal model to preserve the value of products and materials – Design for circularity: think of the end of a product’s life at the beginning of its life and how to choose environmentally preferred materials – Scaled post-consumer opportunities: systems that are in place to collect, sort, disassemble in order to reuse, recycle or down-cycle – Business cases for ESG: legislative and other triggers that incentivize brands today and tomorrow – Innovative technologies: entrepreneurs are using AI to support the transition to more sustainable products |
60-minute talk in English with Liz Alessi – Sustainability and circularity senior advisor
About Liz Alessi
Liz Alessi has been in the fashion world as a supply chain executive for over 20 years, beginning at
Limited Brands, then Coach, Marc Jacobs, and Tapestry, during the acquisition of Kate Spade and Stuart
Weitzman.
During her time as VP of Sourcing at Tapestry, she was a member of the Operations Executive Leadership
Team and oversaw all materials from concept to production and an international team of developers.
Under her management, the Coach Repairs Department launched the ReLoved program which has
become a model for revenue driving incremental sales using obsolete merchandise. As a founding
member of the Coachtopia team, she managed materials and circular solutions.
In 2021, she began her own consultancy firm, fed by her passion for sustainability. Her firm now studies
and applies innovative materials to product development through disruptive supply chain models with a
focus on circularity and sustainability across all fashion product categories. Through a circularity lens,
she advises brands and innovators on environmentally preferred design choices, extending a product’s
life span and end of life solutions. In the startup world she works on R&D, business development and
supply chain to bring innovations to market.
Join us in New York on 14 & 15 January 2025!