Samata Pattinson - CEO of Red Carpet Green Dress
This week, the TTI Interview Series covers the 2022 TTI Global Impact Awards, Diversity & Inclusion Judge: Samata Pattinson. Samata is the CEO of sustainable Oscars® design campaign Red Carpet Green Dress Global. Through Red Carpet Green Dress, Samata's design, educational and thought-leadership work with pioneers such as Vivienne Westwood, Louis Vuitton and TESLA has frequented the red carpet at the Annual Academy Awards since 2012. The published author of THE TRIBE™ Empowerment Journal, The Fashion Designer’s Resource Book. She also regularly writes for publications such as The Guardian, VOGUE and Huffington Post.
In this interview, Samata highlights the importance of shifting public ideas and perspectives on the fashion industry towards a vision that is sustainable and fair. She mentions how slow fashion is not only better for the health of the planet but also the health of people. The slow fashion revolution, as well as upscaling the circular economy, plays a pivotal role in tackling the global climate change crisis.