“Crafting Sustainability: How Tuscan Brands Are Combatting Fast Fashion,” my article for Remake, published on October 16 2024, scrutinizes five Tuscan fashion brands, Dot.zero, Zero Lab, Life Object, Rifò, and Flo Concept, that fuse environmental and ethical responsibilities with traditional artisanal practices. The article looks at their work in light of the European Union’s latest…
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Article about Immigrant Garment Workers in Prato and the Florence Area
My article for Remake, published on May 15, 2024, “Made in Italy: How Prato Became One of Fashion’s Biggest Manufacturers,” recounts the history and tells today’s story of immigrant workers in Italy’s fashion industry, with an emphasis on Prato and the Florence Area. The article includes my interviews with workers themselves.
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“Collaborare ad Alta Voce: Stories by Immigrant Garment Workers From Italy then and to Italy Now,” was an evening of multi-media story-telling and discussion about Italian and Jewish immigrants working in NYC’s garment industry at the turn of the XX century and today’s immigrant workers in Tuscany’s fashion sector. With Francesca Ciuffi, Maria Grazie Cotugno,…
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I read from my poem “Delicate Cycles” and from my recent research with Debora Florio about workers and alternative brands in the Florence-Prato fashion industry at “Unite for a Positive Change,” a panel discussion about how education, advocacy and collaboration can drive change in the fashion industry, organized by Debora Florio, the Italian Community Organizer…
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On May 6th, I presented one of my poems, “Ready to Wear,” which was also translated into Bangla, as part of the Rutgers University Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) Event “From Triangle To Rana Plaza To Temp Workers: Building Worker Power,” an international virtual panel discussion with: Moderator: Dina Siddiqi, Clinical Associate Professor, Global Liberal…
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Two of my poems, “Conundrum Dream Dialogue” and “Delicate Cycles,” appear in Social Fabric, an anthology of visual art and personal writing about textiles and apparel.
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