TOPIC
Circular fashion and circular economy
Practical lessons from building a fashion brand, recovery programs, services and the infrastructure needed to keep textiles in circulation.
INVITE NAZIA SIDDIQUI TO SPEAK
Ideas grounded in the work of building
Nazia Siddiqui is the founder, CEO and designer of Transcend, a Seattle fashion brand, production studio and circular textile company. She speaks from the floor, not the slide deck: about circular fashion and circular economy systems, domestic apparel and accessories manufacturing, refugee workforce development, and the realities of building a purpose-driven company.
Keynotes, panels, workshops, classroom visits and podcasts. In person in the Pacific Northwest and California, or remote anywhere.
TOPICS
What Nazia speaks about
Each talk is shaped for the room. These are the five threads that run through most of them.
TOPIC
Local manufacturing
What it takes to rebuild small-batch production capacity, connect design to manufacturing and create resilient local systems.
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Refugee workforce development
Creating pathways that recognize existing skill, provide paid training and connect refugee and immigrant makers to meaningful work. What Transcend has learned running a Seattle studio and a hands-on production training program.
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Apparel and accessories domestic manufacturing
Why small-batch apparel and accessories production is coming back to the United States, what it costs to run, and how brands, workforce programs and local studios can build capacity together.
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Building as a founder
Bootstrapping, evolving the founder role and turning an interconnected vision into an operating business with multiple revenue streams.
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Good to know. Nazia is based in Seattle and San Diego and travels for in-person events. Remote talks are available for any time zone. For press and interview requests, use the same form and choose Press.
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If your date is close, email hello@weartranscend.com with SPEAKING in the subject line and we will prioritize it.