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What are the impacts of fast fashion on the environment? On workers’ rights? On gender inequality? How can we make it possible for people to express their individuality while mitigating the negative effects of the global textile and manufacturing industries?
These questions will be the focus of an event this Friday at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR). Held in partnership with the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation, “Sustainable Fashion: Make, mend and defend” will bring together panelists Andréanne Mulaire Dandeneau, Elise Epp and Anna‐Marie Janzen (biographies below). Together they will explore the effects of increasing demand for cheap, disposable clothing and alternatives that prioritize human rights and sustainability.
The event is free to attend and guests are asked to RSVP online in advance. It is being held as part of the CMHR’s Free Friday Nights promotion. Gallery admission is free for everyone after 5:00 p.m. and the CMHR is open until 9:00 p.m.
WHAT: “Sustainable Fashion: Make, mend and defend”
WHEN: Friday, April 14, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: Stuart Clark Garden of Contemplation, CMHR, 85 Israel Asper Way
About the panelists
Andréanne (Anne) Mulaire Dandeneau (she/her)
In 2005, with the help of Aboriginal Business Canada, Anne launched her own company, MJAnne Couture. In 2008, she incorporated Andréanne Designs Inc. operating under Voilà par Andréanne. Today, she owns and operates Anne Mulaire Boutique, a vertically integrated, women‐led fashion house in Winnipeg.
Her designs are both an economic and cultural issue for Andréanne, who shares her Métis and Franco‐Manitoban heritage with the world through her designs. Ever since her childhood, she has been immersed in a world filled with natural textiles, Prairie motifs and Métis aromas. Her apparel’s flower prints, soft fabrics and wavy lines are crafted to evoke the Prairies and Métis culture.
Elise Epp (she/her)
Elise Epp is the national coordinator for Fashion Revolution Canada and a senior graphic designer at the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
For the past decade, she has been an enthusiastic researcher and communicator on issues surrounding slow fashion. In 2018, she co‐founded the local Winnipeg chapter of Fashion Revolution.
Anna‐Marie Janzen (she/her)
A long‐time advocate for sustainability and justice, Anna started Reclaim Mending – a Winnipeg‐based mending and tailoring service. The company works to help make your clothes fit better and last longer so that we can all have a smaller global footprint.
Run out of her West End home, she specializes in jeans repairs and minor tailoring as well as custom clothing by request. She also offers sewing lessons for individuals and groups.