FASHION REVOLUTION
Luxembourg

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Daniel Tarazona is a journalist and interior decorator by profession who is currently embarking on a career as an upcycling fashion designer. Daniel is radio host of the first fashion show on the radio in the country, INFashion Lëtzebuerg, co-founder of the project "Upcycling Fashion Show" and was also a participant of the campaign Rethink Your Clothes in the Pop-Up "Let'z Refashion", by Caritas Luxembourg.

Manon is the new intern in the team of Fashion Revolution Luxembourg. Originally from Luxembourg, she grew up watching her grand-mother sewing and upcycling her own clothes, fueling a deep passion for fashion. Feeling very moved by the history and messages of many brands, she started a blog in 2017 on which she was free to share her interpretations of various brands’ collections. Eager to know, even more, Manon began questioning the industry two years ago when she moved to Montreal to study International Management at McGill. She started to go to various conferences on fashion sustainability, opening up her eyes to many issues and challenges in the fashion industry. Fashion Revolution is, therefore, not only a great experience to learn more, but it is also an opportunity to be part of a global change. The industry is taking a turning point for more transparency, sustainability, and ethics, and she is excited to be actively involved in this fashion revolution.

Finance professional with extensive experience in various functions and countries. Flexible and adaptable, Milijana worked for large multinationals, leading regional corporates, NGOs and a start-up. She joined Fashion Revolution Luxembourg in 2018 and is now in charge of the budget and other finance-related tasks. She loves luxury fashion and smart casual style; she has an affinity to pre-loved items and is dedicated to never throw anything away. Beautiful items must be reused and loved again. When not working, she enjoys spending time outdoors with her family.

Francesca works for the finance industry but wants to make an impact not only in her day to day life but also more globally by raising awareness and getting involved in making the change happen. Fashion is a way of expressing oneself and should not be dictated by the fast fashion industry’s marketing machines at the expense of our environment and of workers. Francesca is a firm believer in a circular and sustainable economy. Francesca is an active member of Luxembourg’s first minimal waste shop, she supports a locally-based economic model of agriculture and food distribution and thoroughly enjoys the feeling of giving a piece of clothing a second and therefore longer life.

Armando is a political scientist with a specialization on industrial relations. After his studies, Armando started his professional career at the International Labour Organization where he developed interest towards multinational enterprises and the promotion of decent work for all workers in the supply chain. Armando served as focal point for ILO’s Technical Cooperation Projects in Bangladesh where he regularly travels to meet trade unionists and employers’ organizations and develop capacity building around issues such as occupational safety and health, negotiation skills, International Labour Standards and gender mainstreaming.

After studying and working in the impact finance industry, she soon realized the desire to start her own project. Chiara is an emerging entrepreneur who has been creating an haute couture brand made in Italy and designed to promote circular economy and in close collaboration with all those actors behind it. To encourage an environmental sustainability-focused mindset while keeping a local focus, the brand explores only Italian fabrics. The use of newly-discovered agroindustry bio-fabrics in combination with locally sourced wool makes her brand innovation-oriented while being devoted to the use of land and traditional Italian craftsmanship. Chiara is also committed in the organization of local events aimed to create a community big enough to raise awareness around responsible matters related to the fast fashion industry.

Passionate about sustainability and social innovation, Pelagia has over 4 years of experience in the field of social entrepreneurship. Working within Nyuko, a non-profit organisation, she encourages and supports entrepreneurs developing a project with a social, ethical and environmental impact. Pelagia is an active member of a zero waste cooperative and loves everything about nature, plants, wellbeing, and minimalism. A vintage, second-hand lover and particularly interested in "Conscious Fashion", she is thrilled to be part of the movement and contribute to raising awareness for a better world.

Elise is a Sustainable Designer, a brand and marketing strategist who partners with CEOs, executives and entrepreneurs to grow their personal and professional brands, human-to-human. As winner of the Kering Award for Innovation in Sustainability 2016 at the London College of Fashion and after spending nearly a decade working and studying Interdisciplinary Design on 3 continents and in as many languages, Elise knows what truly drives trends and innovation. 

In addition to her extensive sustainable design and marketing experience, Elise believes in our power to engage, share, collaborate and ultimately do better with what we’ve been given. Elise holds a BA of Design and a MA Fashion Futures.

Drowning in his abundance of sneakers and clothes, he realised that his consumer choices not only directly affect his well-being, but that of the environment and especially that of the people who made his clothes. He no longer wanted part in mass-produced good that exploit both human and nature.

Andy changed his life(style) around by building his consumer-choices on the cornerstones of organic, fair, local, seasonal and sustainable and went from mass-consuming sneakerhead to an ethical thinking and living citizen, who voices his views for a more egalitarian world via humanitarian projects, protests and social media.

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Freelance fashion designer specialized in upcycling, Shirley had the opportunity to work on various projects (dance troupe "Cabaret", shows, creation of tailor-made clothing, accessories, hats, jewelery etc.)

To approach her passion in a more respectful way for the environment, she first turned a few years ago to organic and natural fabrics and since then, has designed and created several collections not only from more environmentally friendly fabrics but also from used clothes such as jeans, T -shirts, etc.

On 2015, this process gave rise to her brand of clothing and accessories called Risaïkourou -which means recycling in Japanese.