April 16–30, 2025: Fashion events in NYC
It's Earth Month, and things are heating up!
Things are heating up, and I’m not just talking about NYC Spring or global warming. I’m so enthused by what I saw at FIT’s 19th Annual Sustainable Business and Design Conference last week. I met so many founders, designers, and activists operating at the intersection of fashion and climate (including some of you). Fashion-tech is hot.
So let’s continue to lean into sustainable/circular fashion for the rest of Earth Month. Here’s what’s going on in NYC next two weeks:
Events at Fitbar Studio
Innovation Meets Action: An earth month event, Nolita
🗓️ April 16, 6pm – 8:30pm
📍 2 Spring Street
🤑 Free
In collaboration with Alternew, Rediem, and Return to Vendor, we’re bringing together industry leaders, innovators, investors, and community builders for an evening of honest conversations, cross-sector connection, and shared momentum. We’re close to capacity, so message me if you want to come!
Fashion Entrepreneurs Coworking Night, Nolita
🗓️ April 17, 5pm – 9pm
📍 2 Spring Street
🤑 $10 to cover pizza and wine
Are you an entrepreneur working in fashion, retail, e-commerce, or logistics? Are you a designer working on your own label? Come moonlight with us! Once a week Fitbar is opening our studio doors to the next generation of fashion-related companies.
Manhattan
Thrift & Thrive: Sustainable Biz Panel, SoHo
🗓️ April 22
📍 Shopify NY 131 Greene St
🤑 Free
If you love thrifting, and especially if you’re interested in starting your own vintage/archive/second-hand business, check out this panel on Earth Day. Founders from Hauteline, Select Vintage, Consignment Brooklyn, and Thx It’s Thrifted will be discussing the biz of sustainable fashion.
FashionSpeak Fridays: Sustainable Fashion, Unraveled, Gramercy
🗓️ April 25, 7pm
📍 15 Gramercy Park South
🤑 $10 donation to the National Arts Club
Panel at the National Arts Club, featuring upcycling designer Samantha Jean Moore (MOCOCOLEX), Michelle Gabriel, Director of the Sustainable Fashion program at IE New York College, and Rachel Glicksberg from TheRealReal.
Rent the Runway Sample Sale, NoMad
🗓️ April 15 – April 20
📍 260 Fifth Ave
🤑 Free
We’re fans of RTR, so this should be a good one! Swing by good ole 260 for a variety of designers.
Brooklyn
Sustainable and Stylist Runway Show, South Williamsburg
🗓️ April 17
📍 630 Flushing Ave
🤑 $25 GA
Part of Brooklyn Fashion Week, come support local sustainable designers, including our friend Brandon Jerrod who will be modeling in the show as well!
Reworked Runway, Bushwick
🗓️ April 22
📍 Xanadu Roller Arts, 262 Starr St
🤑 $36.26 – $64.69
What happens when nine fashion designers team up with the Verbal Animal Dance Co, an indie band called The Thing, and ambient music duo Katz Pascale at a roller rink? We don’t know, but we’re dying to find out!
FAD Market Earth Month Pop-Up, Brooklyn Heights
🗓️ April 26 – April 27
📍 128 Pierrepont Street
🤑 Free, registration suggested
Fashion | Art | Design Market celebrates Earth Month with a two-day pop-up at the Center for Brooklyn History. They’ll feature more than 40 sustainable and local makers and designers.
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