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Keanan Duffty is an award-winning British fashion designer, musician, and author

of Rebel Rebel Anti-Style (Rizzoli, 2009). Duffty graduated with a First Honors
Degree in fashion Summa Cum Laude, from Central Saint Martin's and is a member
of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. Duffty was recently named the
Director of the MPS in Fashion Business Management at Parsons School of
Design .

Duffty brings 25 years of experience working with some of the fashion industry’s
top companies, spearheading collaborations with global brands including Aveda,
Ben Sherman, Dr. Martens, Gola, Gwen Stefani's LAMB, Moods of Norway, Reebok,
John Varvatos and as contributing Fashion Editor at SOMA Magazine. Keanan
Duffty's namesake fashion label was established in 1999 and sold at 150 premium
retailers including Bergdorf Goodman, Lane Crawford, Journal Standard, Barneys
New York and Bloomingdales.

Passionate about education, Duffty was Senior Director of Fashion Merchandising

at Academy of Art University in San Francisco from 2012 to 2015. In 2016 Duffty
developed a Master's program in Fashion Business for New York University and in
2017 Polimoda Institute in Florence Italy announced Duffty as Mentor for the
Masters program. Duffty dressed the Sex Pistols for their 2003 American tour and
in 2007 collaborated with David Bowie to create a fashion collection for Target
which was sold in 1200 stores across the US. Duffty was stylist and curator for the
2016 CFDA Awards tribute to Bowie, featuring Tilda Swinton and Michael C. Hall,
with original stage costumes created by Kansai Yamamoto and Donatella
Versace. http://www.keananduffty.com
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Amanda Hallay (M.A.) is a fashion and cultural historian who teaches and
develops college level courses on all aspects of costume and its relationship to
culture. She also acts as a consultant to the movie and gaming industries, as
well as running the popular YouTube channel, ‘The Ultimate Fashion History’.
Amanda Hallay was formerly the International Fashion Editor of ‘Couture’ and
‘Men Mode’ magazines (Tatler Group) and the European Trend Analyst for The
Doneger Group. She holds a B.A. (Hons) in Art History from The American
University of Paris, and an M.A. in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University
College.
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Lucy Jones is the founder and CEO of FFORA, a fashion lifestyle brand that
primarily caters to disabled people. Previously she worked at Eileen Fisher as
a “Social Innovator” sponsored by the Council of Fashion Designers of
America (CFDA).

Welsh native Jones studied Fashion Design at Parsons School of Fashion in

New York. As a student, Jones received several accolades including the
prestigious Royal Society of the Arts prize for “Design Innovation”. Upon
graduation in 2015, Jones was awarded Parsons Womenswear Designer of
the Year, Kering “Empowering Imagination” Award, and shortly after named
on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the “Arts & Style” category. In 2016 Jones
was invited to The White House to attend a “Design for All” conference. In
addition, she has been recognized by the CFDA, winning the inaugural grand
prize of the Elaine Gold Launch Pad in 2018, and also exhibited work in the
Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and
currently has work on display at the “Design for Different Futures Exhibit”, a
two-year exhibition.

Jones’ work has been featured in numerous publications such as The New
York Times, Vogue.com, Business of Fashion, BBC, CFDA, NPR, Forbes, Fast
Company, Seventeen Magazine, WWD, Id Vice, Independence Care Systems,
AOL online, ITV Wales, Vogue, The Impression, Plan de Ville, Fashionista
amongst others. Most recently Jones starred in a global Microsoft campaign,
highlighting the work and community of FFORA.
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Laura has over 15 years of experience in strategy, marketing and

communication, having worked for some of the most notable advertising
agencies in the world (Havas Worldwide / BETC EURO RSCG, Untitled
Worldwide, among others) on concept development, copy and creative
direction. She owns a marketing agency in New York, and also works as a
freelance consultant. Her passion for the luxury sector is closely linked with
Italy, where she was born and raised. She graduated Summa cum Laude with
a Masters from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, and then completed a
Masters in Economics at Harvard University. Prior to founding her own
agency, she worked as the Head of Strategy for Louis Vuitton, Gucci, and
Oscar de la Renta. Clients include: Hermès, Loro Piana, Tory Burch, The Gap,
Brooks Brothers, Swarovski, Harry Winston, W Magazine, Hearst Publications,
among many others.
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Sydney Price is the Founder and CEO at The Knew Purpose, a conscious
leadership company with the mission to advance sustainability, social
impact, and innovation in business. Previously as SVP of CSR at Kate Spade
& Company (KSC), she strategically designed, implemented, and led an
innovative Social Enterprise Supplier Model called on purpose, which was
awarded “Best Economic Empowerment Program” from the US Chamber of
Commerce Foundation. Prior to this role, she was SVP of Global
Merchandising and Direct to Consumer at KSC and held multiple leadership
positions at Neiman Marcus Group. Sydney holds a Bachelor of Arts,
Psychology from San Diego State University, and is a part-time-lecturer at
Parsons School of Design in MPS Fashion Management on Sustainable
Manufacturing and Production.
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