Teri Agins, an award-winning journalist, lecturer, consultant, and former senior special writer and “Ask Teri” columnist at The Wall Street Journal, will engage in a private cocktail reception and discussion with Elizabeth Henries, TFL Executive in Residence and Advocate for Legal Excellence in Luxury Fashion and Sustainability. Their discussion, titled “Navigating New Norms: Fashion’s Regulatory Revolution,” will explore the sweeping new regulations reshaping the fashion industry.
Agins is renowned for her extensive contributions to fashion journalism, having developed and covered the fashion industry beat at The Wall Street Journal for 30 years. She is the author of “Hijacking the Runway: How Celebrities Are Stealing the Spotlight from Fashion Designers” (2014) and “The End of Fashion: How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever” (1999). Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Vogue, Essence, O Magazine, Town & Country, Allure, Elle, Fortune, and Harper’s Bazaar. Teri has been featured on television programs such as “Oprah,” “Project Runway,” “The View,” “Full Frontal Fashion,” “The Today Show,” CNN, CNBC, and National Public Radio.
During the private kick-off event, Elizabeth Henries, TFL Executive in Residence and Advocate for Legal Excellence in Luxury Fashion and Sustainability, will provide her insights on the evolving legal landscape affecting the fashion industry. Elizabeth Henries is the Founder and CEO of Henries PLLC, a boutique and remote law firm providing best-in-class integrated legal services to some of the world’s best-known luxury, fashion, beauty, and media companies.
This will be the first of two private receptions during the TFL Showcase. On June 13 The Fashioneering Lab’s Executive in Residence and Textile scholar Lesli Robertson will sit down with Haute Couture Designer Vaishali Shandangule for Threading Tradition: Vaishali Shandangule on Sustainable Haute Couture.
About The TFL Showcase:
The TFL Showcase, held from June 11 to June 15 in NYC, is a hybrid showroom, business development, and community event for emerging luxury brands focused on more responsible materials and practices and the movement from linear to circular models. The event features contemporary and designer brands advancing circular business models.
“TFL’s ultimate goal is to foster a healthier fashion ecosystem and collectively accelerate positive change,” said Kate Sheldon, CEO of The Fashioneering Lab. “The TFL Showcase is a unique, silo-busting five-day event where we will thoughtfully connect emerging brand leaders who embrace sustainability with supportive service providers, influential fashion and retail leaders, and regional media members.”
About The Fashioneering Lab:
The Fashioneering Lab is the premier consultancy and business development platform for the luxury fashion industry. Comprised of industry veterans from top organizations, TFL specializes in identifying the growth needs of luxury fashion businesses and assembling the perfect suite of services and teams. Our core focus is on empowering established heritage brands and retailers to flourish through modern models and supporting earlier-stage ventures poised for growth and innovative positioning. Our ultimate goal is to drive positive, transformative change across the global fashion landscape, setting new standards for sustainability, inclusion, and innovation.
