Women for Women's Wear

06/24/2026

Quiz time! Test your knowledge about sustainable fashion, thanks to EarthDay.org.

The fashion industry is responsible for approximately 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions - comparable to the carbon output of the economies of France, Germany and the United Kingdom combined. If the industry does not accelerate its response to climate change, by 2030 it will produce twice the vol...

04/24/2026

Join me April 25 at the DC Climate Week event “Community Mending in Montgomery Park”! We'll be repairing clothes and building community from 3 pm to 4:30 pm on Montgomery Park in Old Town, Alexandria

Here’s what I’m mending? What will YOU mend?

Read Instructions and register here: https://luma.com/gvh29r73
Close out DC Climate Week in STYLE! 🤩

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04/15/2026

One week until the Fashion Showcase!
- NEW! Featured designers Kristin Adair and Troy Anthony
- NEW! Happy Hour 4:30 - 5:30 pm thanks to Lutron & Loops Labs!

04/08/2026

DC CLIMATE WEEK EVENT #1- Curious about what it really takes to build a career that helps clean up fashion? On April 21 at 11:30 am brings professionals who have integrated sustainability ♻ and fashion👗 together in their careers to share their trajectories during DC Climate Week 🌸 in downtown Washington, DC. This is our first of 2 events that day!

👉Register today - link in Comments. If you want to address fashion's contribution to sustainability in your current job, to change jobs or start new careers, or to make a difference in your daily life, join us!

The day includes a roundtable among the experts and audience plus networking. Feel free to bring your lunch. Refreshments will be served. (Due to space limitations, attendance is subject to approval.)

Confirmed speakers:

🌞 Marianna Sachse, Founder of America’s first circular children’s clothing brand Jackalo
🌞 Elle Carberry, Co-founder and Board Member, EarthDNA.org and The Footwear Collective
🌞 Nancy Rhodes, Founder and CEO, fashion tech startup Alternew
🌞 Aly Demirdjian, International Trade Specialist, U.S. Dept. of Commerce’s Office of Textiles and Apparel

In collaboration with the new DMV chapter of Retail Women in Tech (RWIT) 🌷

Many thanks to Madeleine Danzberger of Steve Madden for inspiring us to develop this session! 🙏 and to team members Beth Elliott, Maria Carlton, Javi Sanchez, Taruna Anil

04/06/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT- Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove will join the panel FASHION AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS on April 21 at 3:00 pm during DC Climate Week! This is the 2nd of two events we are running on April 21!

Whether you’re a designer, startup founder, policymaker, or simply passionate about a sustainable future for fashion — get a front-row seat 💺 to the future of fashion innovation, technology and policy in the nation’s capital 🌸.

👉Register today - link in Comments. (Due to space limitations, attendance is subject to approval.)

The day includes a policy and innovation panel and a fashion showcase of local sustainable designers 👗 on April 21 from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm! Learn how innovation, entrepreneurship, and emerging policies are shaping the future of fashion. 🔭

Confirmed panelists:

🌞 , Co-founder, Congressional Recommerce Caucus and founding member, Slow Fashion Caucus

🌞Nancy Rhodes, Founder and CEO, of fashion tech startup

🌞Lidia Guzmán Fernández, Fashion and Nature Policy Specialist

🌸Fashion designers to be revealed! 🌷

Co-hosted by Javi Sanchez of Loop Labs in collaboration with Beth Elliott, Maria Carlton of Retail Women in Tech, and Jason Schwartz of Lutron Electronics

03/27/2026

MAPPING GEORGETOWN REDUX. Cherry blossoms🌸🌼 are here and it's almost Earth Month (April) 🌎 so time to update our mapping of the DC neighborhood, which has the highest concentration of ethical and sustainable ♻🌳 women-led brands for clothes, jewelry, shoes 🌷🌞

Reformation3033 M St.
catbird 3066 M St.
COS 1200 Wisconsin Ave.
M.M.LaFleur 1344 Wisconsin Ave.
Shop Made in DC 1304 Wisconsin Ave.
The Phoenix1514 Wisconsin Ave.