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Fashion Stories with Runa Ray, powered by the Fashion Impact Fund, is a compelling weekly interview radio show and podcast featuring female changemakers, disruptors, and innovators that are advocating for a fair fashion workforce in the global South Asian community.
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Runa Ray
Runa Ray, fashion designer and environmentalist, is the founder of MOJO Design Studios. As an innovator, Runa Ray's designs encompass nature-based solutions and use art as activism to advocate for policy change. Her expertise in the circularity of the fashion industry and zero waste initiatives helps designers, SME's and MME's in abating climate change.
Runa Ray is a featured speaker at the United Nations, the National Institute of Fashion Technology and Rutgers University. She was the lead mentor of the CFDA and Swarovski’s Regeneration Scholar Award 2021. Her work has been featured in the Times, Huffingtonpost, Vogue, ID, WWD, Daily Mail and Harper's Bazaar.
PROGRAM IMPACT
Fashion Stories showcased the voices of notable and progressive women making a difference in sustainable fashion and the role they play in impacting change for the future, echoing the ethos of social and environmental justice amongst the global South Asian community - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
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“I am absolutely thrilled to host Fashion Stories on Rukus Avenue Radio and take listeners into the world of sustainable fashion as experienced by female changemakers. The show will share how we can act now to drive change together and the role of fashion in achieving a better world. Thank you to the Fashion Impact Fund for the opportunity to share this narrative.”
— Runa Ray, MOJO Design Studios
SERIES ONE
Female fashion changemakers, disruptors, and innovators that are uplifting the South Asian community.
Huma Adnan
Creative Director, FNK Asia
Abhilasha Bahuguna
Co-Founder, Looms of Ladakh
Kerry Bannigan
Executive Director, Fashion Impact Fund
Ayesha Barenblat
Founder and CEO, Remake
Sonal Chanana
Founder, Knots In India
Anuje Farhung
Designer, Creator, Educator and Founder, House of Farhung
Afsana Ferdousi
Fashion Designer and Founder, Afsana Ferdousi
Rupa Ganguli
Founder and CEO, Inclusive Trade
Elizabeth Hartman
Founder, Swiatlo
Sajna Jirel
Executive Director, Hatti Hatti
Nawshin Khair
Creative Director, Aranya Crafts
Mireia Lopez
Founder, BBCP Rainwater Foundation
Josie Mackenzie
Founding Director, Amma
Ayesha Mustafa
Founder, Everyday Phenomenal
Pukhraj Ranjan
Founder, Moi Namaste
Mallika Reddy
Founder, Cancelled Plans
Lonali Rodrigo
Founder and Designer, House of Lonali
Karishma Shahani Khan
Founder, Ka - Sha
Sanah Sharma
Founder, SANAH SHARMA
Mingma Sherpa
Founder, Paila
Saloni Shrestha
Founder, AGAATI
Natasha Sumant
Founder and Creative Director, Gundi Studios
Fashion Journalist and Sustainability Activist
SERIES TWO
Female fashion changemakers, disruptors, and innovators that are uplifting the South Asian community.
Tricia Carey,
Director Global Business Development Denim and America’s, Lenzing
Olga Chernysheva
Chief Sustainability Officer, DRESSX
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Yashi Dadhich
Founder, KAHANI
Rupa Ganguli
Founder and CEO, Inclusive Trade
Kikka Hanazawa
Co-Founder, Yabbey
Farah Iqbal
Director, Artistic Fabric Mills
Pooja Iyengar
Chairperson, Maha Shakti Seva Kendra
Andrea Kennedy
VP Sustainability, Material Exchange
Debbie Kirsch
Founder and Creative Director, Devi Clothing
Shruti Malik
Co-Founder, The Yellow Butterfly
Srishti Mehta
Design Director, Weaving Vibes
Textile Design & Sustainable Materials Researcher
Jakhya Rahman-Corey
Director, Swarovski Foundation and Swarovski Waterschool
Pukhraj Ranjan
Founder, Moi Namaste
Kasuni Rathnasuriya
Creative Director and Designer, KUR LABS
Daria Shapovalova
Co-Founder, DRESSX
Sanah Sharma
Founder, SANAH SHARMA
Rema Sivaram
Co-Founder and Creative Director, Fairkonnect
Sonal Suryawanshi
Head of Merchandising, EcoFashionCORP
Lucy Tammam
Founder, Atelier Tammam Sustainable Couturier
Madhu Vaishnav
Director, Saheli Women
Sharannya Variyamkandy
3D Designer
Marci Zaroff
Founder, EcoFashionCORP