Pure London, leading fashion trade show and festival of fashion to be held from July 21-23, 2019, at London, has announced fashion designer, social entrepreneur, and TV commentator Patrick Grant as keynote speaker. Brigitte Stepputtis, global head of couture at Vivienne Westwood will be ‘In Conversation With’ Tamsin Lejeune, CEO of Common Objective.
In a bid to promote lost skillsets such as sewing and the benefits of British manufacturing, Pure London will invite Patrick Grant to the Main Stage. He will reveal his journey from materials science engineering student to saviour of tailoring business Norton & Sons and ready-to-wear brand E. Tautz. Patrick has also helped to re-ignite British textile manufacturing with the launch of social enterprise Community Clothing and is co-chair of HRH The Prince of Wales’s charity ‘Future Textiles’, an organisation working to sustain skills and create jobs in the UK’s garment making industry. He is also well known for being a judge on BBC2’s The Great British Sewing Bee, according to a press release on the show.Pure London, leading fashion trade show and festival of fashion to be held from July 21-23, 2019, at London, has announced fashion designer, social entrepreneur, and TV commentator Patrick Grant as keynote speaker. Brigitte Stepputtis, global head of couture at Vivienne Westwood will be 'In Conversation With' Tamsin Lejeune, CEO of Common Objective.#
As a continuation of Pure London’s Power of One campaign to drive powerful and significant changes in the fashion industry, on July 22, 2019, Brigitte Stepputtis will be discussing sustainability, the path and progress of the Vivienne Westwood brand, new developments in the wider industry, how to tackle the challenges and where to take the chances.
Brigitte Stepputtis is the global head of Couture at Vivienne Westwood with over twenty-five years of experience in the fashion industry. She joined the label in 1990 and has since contributed to the success and growth of the brand, particularly the Gold Label collections. The Vivienne Westwood Couture service was launched at the Davies Street Boutique in Mayfair and she is currently implementing Green Carpet projects and initiating, supporting and coordinating various commitments of the brand’s sustainability strategy.
Brigitte is a director at the Ethical Fashion Forum and on the advisory board of Common Objective, a platform for sustainability in fashion. She is member of the Medinge Group, a think tank of brand experts and co-author of ‘Brands with a Conscience’ published by Cogan Page in 2016. (GK)
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