Global Shapers Community Davao Hub

UNSTITCH:
FASHION AND
SUSTAINABILITY
FAIR
 ABOUT UNSTITCH: FASHION AND
SUSTAINABILITY FAIR

As we recognize the best of what Philippine fashion brings to the world

and celebrate those who advocate it, we are faced with the challenge
of rethinking its impact for the future of the industry and the planet.
This is the idea behind Unstitch: A Fashion and Sustainability Fair.

Unstitch is a two-day event that promotes a different kind of fashion,

design, and mindful lifestyle to the community through a series of talks,
workshops, pop-up stores, and performances.

Together, let's reimagine fashion, design, and sustainability.

KEY OBJECTIVES OF UNSTITCH
Our guests range from thought-leaders, creative directors, entrepreneurs, artisans,
industry professionals, and ethical fashion enthusiasts. Unstitch brings together
hundreds of minds from across the country to converse, inspire, and connect as we
explore the dynamics, challenges, and solutions for fashion and sustainability. We aim to:

Gain a better understanding of sustainability and how fashion is instrumental to

achieving it
Showcase Filipino craftsmanship and design innovations of homegrown brands and
initiatives
Sell products that champion sustainability
Create a platform for fashion workers (artisans, creative directors, weavers,
seamstresses, etc.) to share their journeys and stories about how they made the
pieces we wear

OUR TARGET GOALS

Spur conversations, actions, and policies about fashion and sustainability in Davao
City
Celebrate sustainable business models that uplift culture, craftsmanship, and dignity

We’re developing a collaborative movement that practices sustainability in areas that

involve fashion production and consumption. With this collective consciousness, we will
be able to correlate how fashion affects natural resources and human equality.

THE PLAN
Unstitch will drive meaningful partnerships and collaborations with stakeholders in
the industry: academe, designers, artisans, thought-leaders, policymakers, and
consumers. It is our intention to bring people together to converse, inspire, and
connect to explore the realities, dynamics, challenges, and solutions for fashion and
sustainability.
THE VENUE: ARTISANAL
HERITAGE STUDIES AND
CREATIVE ENTERPRISE
CENTER, PWC
The Arisanal Heritage Studies and Creative Enterprise
Center (AHSCEC) of Philippine Women's College Davao
is an integrated multi-disciplinary and culturally-based
creative enterprise development and innovation hub
intersecting the academe to the bigger network of
government co-operators and private creative
industries.

AHSCEC advocates integration of culture, heritage, and

identity to the creative entrepreneurship capability-
building. Also part of its vision is to orient indigenous
peoples to the process of contemporary product and
design ideation and business incubation.
POP-UP PRODUCT SHOWCASE AND SHOP
An extensive range of sustainable products are imagined to be displayed during the two-day
festivities. The carefully-curated brands will also have the opportunity to share creative
solutions and processes for consumers across market segments.

Invited brands: Inka Atletika, En Route Handcrafted Accessories, Ninofranco, Sesotunawa, Crystal Seas,
The Fore, Nala The Label, Kaayo PH, WVN Textiles, Rags2Riches, Anthill, Vesti, etc.

APRIL 27, 2019

SESOTU
"Sesotu" is a T'boli word which means to make one. The artisans are the heart of an ethical
fashion industry. We put a focus on the makers through a simple show-and-tell by social
enterprise Sesotunawa's master artisan entrepreneur, Joel. Together with the team, he
demonstrates the Tboli art of temwel or brass casting.

Invited collaborators: Sesotunawa

SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES FOR FASHION SOCIAL ENTERPRISES

The goal of this workshop is to educate leaders, personnel, and partners in the fashion industry
to use learned knowledge to create and achieve sustainability impact with resources from the
Council of Fashion Designers of America.

This session will be led by social entrepreneurs like Pamela Mejia of award-winning Phinix,
Carmaela Alcantara of Crystal Seas, and Yana Santiago of En Route Handcrafted Accessories.
Together, it is combination of practical information, resources, research, and exercises to help
brands broaden awareness, deepen knowledge, and develop a framework for future strategies
to incorporate sustainability into their business model and company culture.

Invited collaborators: CFDA, Crystal Seas, En Route Handcrafted Accessories, Phinix, Start -Up Mix
Netherlands

FRONTLINE MOVIE SCREENING AND MIXER

Frontline Fashion 2 follows 10 emerging designers from across the globe who are determined
to change the future of fashion – one of the most polluting industries imaginable.

The Global Shapers Davao Hub hosts a casual movie screening, in partnership with ReDress
Hong Kong and Our World Netherlands to increase awareness and bring the issue to the
grassroots.

Invited collaborators: ReDress HK, Our World Netherlands

APRIL 28, 2019
UPCYCLED JEWELRY WORKSHOP
Learn how to make paper beads of different sizes and shapes and out of different types of used
paper. Printing companies produce a wide range of potentially hazardous chemicals, requires
energy, and generates wastes, the cumulative impact of which can be substantial, affecting air,
water, and land. One of the top companies in the metro, Midtown Printing, collaborated with
the Global Shapers Davao Hub to start conversations on waste management. 

This workshop aims to create awareness and inspire creativity by upcycling Midtown's paper
wastes into paper beads. Led by Toril Kalambuan Association's Elena Mabano, you can create
enough beads in about an hour to make a complete ensemble of earrings, bracelet and necklace
to match any outfit at any time. Paper beads are great for making light weighted jewelry. 

Invited collaborators: Midtown Printing, Toril Kalambuan Association

SUSTAINABLE FASHION FORUM

This thought-provoking panel discussion is the main event of Unstitch. It aims to bring
Sustainable Fashion to the forefront, recognize its values currently promoted within the
fashion industry, and identify the shift that is needed. The Global Shapers Davao Hub invited
selected leaders to give a talk and participate in the roundtable discussion.

The invited speakers will speak briefly about topics under sustainable and ethical fashion like:
Ethical and Eco-Ethical Fashion: Fashion Revolution Movement; Refashioning Textile Waste;
Body Positivity and Sustainability; Working with Community Artisans

Invited collaborators: Philippine Textile Research Association, TELA Pilipinas, WVN Textiles, Inka
Atletika, The Fore, Vesti Fashion, Muni Community