Designer, Design Strategist and Educator, connecting the dots between Fashion, Waste, and Consumption.
The global Fashion industry emits 10% of annual greenhouse gases, pollutes 20% of the earth’s freshwater, and for of all that manufacturing 87% of all that clothing consumed is landfilled or burned within a couple of years of it’s purchase. Fashion was designed to be a broken system. Tara is working to dismantle, & rebuild the system working in three strategic spaces: Education, Communication, & Mobilization. To rebuild the systems you need a systemic approach.
FASHION NOW IS A SYSTEM THAT MAKES THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO MOSTLY THROW AWAY.
About Me
I am a designer, strategist and educator working in the space commonly referred to as sustainable fashion. My work deals with how to redesign things to accommodate for the climate crisis.
I designed the original prototype for Coach (Re)Loved, the first circular business at Coach and then lead circularity R&D for Coachtopia.
I have been educating about sustainability and the future of fashion in New York City at LIM and Parsons. I teach students, and brands. I speak and write the topic to better connect the dots.
You can see more about my work on LinkedIn