Today is the day! Please join us tonight for the live stream of Moving Fashion Forward - A Conversation with NFW + CFDA at 6:40 p.m. CST featuring CFDA President, CaSandra Diggs and NFW Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Marcia Masulla.
This engaging program, presented in partnership with Go West Creative, will focus on the next steps in building a viable fashion industry ecosystem in Middle Tennessee and beyond. It will also be available to watch on the Nashville Fashion Week Facebook page (CLICK HERE) and recorded to watch on our website post event.
CaSandra Diggs is an innovative thinker with a strong understanding of organizational and business operations. CaSandra is a veteran to the organization and fashion industry, having joined the CFDA in 2001. She served as CFDA’s Chief Administrative and Financial Officer before being named CFDA President in 2020. As President, she is charged with developing strategy and making decisions that further the CFDA’s purpose to champion, educate, and support its membership and the fashion industry-at-large.
"Nashville is an amazing cultural destination that lends itself to the equitable, sustainable, and commercial tenants of fashion. The community is poised for building a thriving fashion economy that creates opportunities for both entrepreneurs and professionals who desire to be a part of an enormously creative and innovative industry. CFDA with its Connects, regional program, is excited to join with Nashville Fashion Week and support its fashionable evolution to business trade leader. " - CaSandra Diggs, President, Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)
The Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc. (CFDA) is a not-for-profit trade association founded in 1962, whose membership consists of 477 of America’s foremost womenswear, menswear, jewelry and accessory designers. The mission of the CFDA is to strengthen the impact of American fashion in the global economy. Nashville Fashion Week was selected in 2021 by the CFDA as one of twelve regional organizations nationwide that were invited to join and benefit from their new CFDA Connects initiative.
It's not too late to join us tonight for the networking mixer and live-recording of Moving Fashion Forward - A Conversation with NFW + CFDA from 6 - 8 p.m. at The Studio Collection at Go West, 528 Rundle Avenue.
The conversation will be followed by a Q & A opportunity for audience members to participate. Only a few $30 tickets remain. Proceeds will benefit the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.
Light bites will be provided by The Pink Hermit at The Hermitage Hotel with refreshments from Tito's Handmade Vodka and Love & Exile.
We look forward to seeing you there!