Amidst COVID-19, Fashinnovation together with the United Nations Office of partnership and fashion icons standed together in solidarity on a mission to give hope and lifeline to start-ups, fashion designers, and entrepreneurs who need to survive and thrive through this difficult time.

Convened with support from the UN Office for Partnerships ,Fashinnovation assembled a 2 Day Summit “ONLINE” in partnership with the Conscious Fashion Campaign with a focus on the Sustainable Development Goals and response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

International leaders in the fashion & technology industries gathered from around the world to connect with one another as well as inspire start-up & scale ups on how the current crisis is affecting each sector of the supply chain and ways of adaptation to thrive during these times.

There were incredible activations  which took place throughout the summit:

• LIVE Mural: Artist/Creative Director,  Jason Naylor, was painting a mural in Brooklyn, NY , started on Monday AM at the opening of the summit – the final reveal took place on Tuesday EOD.
• “Virtual Blue Carpet” – Correspondent: Lucy J.Norris – interviewing the speakers, partners, supporters & VIPs on the Instagram “LIVE.”  @fashinnovation.nyc.
• FASHINNOVATION HUB – assembled a new Instagram page, which was live with emerging & scale-up brands (beauty, accessories & fashion) from all over the world that “give back” & are socially impactful in various ways.

“We must all join forces and take action, in order to stand up against a common enemy. Though we are being forced to remain physically distant, we have never been closer to one another as we are today mentally & emotionally – these are the strengths that will aid in getting through this in unity and strength”.

“Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life.” —Bill Cunningham.