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I wrote ‘Dear Fashion, we are not your Immigrants, and you are not our Expats’ in June of 2020. 

This reflects a habit I have of writing content and sitting on it due to anxiety or self-doubt.

This piece has been delayed and delayed for so long. All my own doing. To make it part of a wider project, to try and amplify it with a voice with a bigger platform than my humble community. I couldn’t get the people I wanted to get behind it and realised maybe it’s too out there and provocative. Or maybe they are just in their own projects and stretched to bandwidth, like we all are. I can only control, what I can control. 

Then I realised, I wanted it out there because my motivation for writing it was not for the amplification of others, but to reach and touch just a few like the ripple effect I always talk about (sometimes starting small is the best way). 

A ripple so that in turn, we all might start to see how language, the way we speak and the things we say, have the power to build or destroy, stereotype or shatter ceilings, and importantly, bring us closer together or push us further apart. 

If it does that for just a few listeners, I will be happy. So have a listen, tag a friend who might enjoy this, and I hope your language and communication become culturally richer as a result.

‘Dear Fashion, 

We are not your Immigrants and you are not our Expats.’

I filmed this at The Møller Institute at Churchill College Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). To find out more about me, visit www.samatahome.com. To find out how the fashion industry has an impact on people and the planet, check out www.rcgdglobal.com.

Suzy Amis Cameron’s RCGD Global Evening Of Sustainable Innovation In Collaboration With TENCEL™ And CLO Virtual Fashion™

Suzy Amis Cameron’s RCGD Global Pre-Oscars celebration of sustainable fashion returned to Los Angeles on Friday 25th, March. The highly anticipated evening in partnership with TENCEL™ and CLO Virtual Fashion™ brought together friends and supporters of the organization to promote sustainability advances over the past two years within the design community. The evening also premiered the winning designs of the organisations 2020 and 2021 RCGD Global Design Contest to a cohort of sustainability supporters in Los Angeles.

On the SheerLuxe Show, Charlotte Collins is back with sustainable fashion, summer beauty and the best holiday reads – plus, a full-body workout.

First, Charlotte chats to Samata, CEO of Red Carpet Green Dress, a trailblazer for eco-conscious fashion who’ll be sharing her tips for shopping more sustainably. Later, watch what happened when we joined forces with the Charlotte Tilbury team to give one SheerLuxe reader a summer glow-up – plus, Lu is back to share the five outfits she’s wearing on repeat right now. Finally, there’s plenty of beach read inspo from the team, and a full-body workout with Melissa Kendter.

Graduate Fashion Week is back for 2021 featuring live-streamed runway shows & exclusively curated GFW Live!

RCGD CEO Samata joined talented designer Patrick McDowell and Hannah Carter from Relove London to review the final year collections, all focused on the theme of sustainability.

Industry talks alongside design exhibitions and a newly created digital event and portfolio platform are making scouting talent and new recruits for industry more accessible year-round. GFW gives new graduates the valuable visibility they need to begin conversations and establish connections with potential recruiters, buyers, stylists and media. The globally renowned event will showcase the brightest graduate fashion talent across 26 fashion specialisms from the Class of 2021.

Celebrating the spirit and the importance of DIY and materials that are built to last, this piece was a beautiful way to make the conversation more relatable and tangible with Samata. Sharing step-by-step how to’s and insider knowledge on which materials to invest in, LEVI’S x i-D put a spotlight on inspiring industry talent and shared their crucial know-how, encouraging the viewer to take control of their buying habits.

How do we create a more sustainable fashion future/future that isn’t wasteful? What does a truly sustainable fashion future mean? And how can we forge one that aligns with our values of inclusivity and accessibility.

In conversation with Aja Barber, Elizabeth Cline, Erin Wallace and Eshita Kabra-Davies.

Oscars fashion going green with Red Carpet Green Dress initiative

CNN’s Chloe Melas interviews Suzy Amis Cameron, founder of Red Carpet Green Dress and CEO Samata Pattinson ahead of the 2021 Oscars.

On Sunday, April 25th the 93rd Academy Awards will take place not just in Hollywood but around the United States and Europe. Once again the Red Carpet Green Dress organization, which works to make sustainability always front of mind within the global apparel industry, teamed up with the environmentally responsible fiber company #TENCEL.

Together they have been working behind the scenes to create bespoke eco-friendly gowns for a number of this year’s #Oscar nominees and guests. Here the RCGD CEO #SamataPattinson and #HaroldWeghorst, the Global Vice President of Marketing and Branding at #TENCEL, discuss how sustainable fibers like those created from #TENCEL are giving the world better and longer-lasting sartorial options that look good while creating minimal impact on the planet.

Experts say the fashion industry is a major cause of pollution and, with all eyes on the Oscars red carpet Sunday, one organization is showcasing “conscious fashion.” Danya Bacchus reports with Samata Pattinson

Let’s talk about black owned luxury Whilst we are facing an uncertain future, and the income disparity is set to be exacerbated, in 2019, the combined buying power of blacks, Asian-Americans and Native Americans was estimated to be $2.4 trillion, while the nation’s Hispanics command $1.5 trillion in spending power—larger than the GDP of Australia. Africa now has the fastest-growing middle class in the world. Some 313 million people, 34% of Africa’s population, spend USD 2.20 a day, a 100% rise in less than 20 years, according to the African Development Bank. It is the world’s fastest-growing middle class. Let’s talk about not prohibiting the black community from participating in luxury fashion conversations. If we continue to act like we don’t have a place in these spaces, we will continue to only be product buyers and never brand owners.

A conversation about sustainable fashion, Red Carpet Green Dress, my journey and more. Ultimately (when focusing on the SDGs), had the current situation taken place before this was recorded, I would have said I also dream of a day where inclusive societies truly mean respectful and fair treatments of minorities. The 24-hour #Livestream charity event included Dua Lipa, Jason Derulo, Deepak Chopra, Becky G, Jay Shetty, Ceelo Green and so many more inspirational artists, athletes and activists from around the world – including me! We were raising funds for the world’s most impactful NGO’s and charity organisations to build a future 🌏 that we are all dreaming of.

RCGD CEO Samata sat down with designer, actress, singer-songwriter Nikki Reed to have a chat about all things sustainability related. They talked social justice, parental visions for our kids and how important it has been to tackle how we are seeing the world.

Red Carpet Green Dress™ (RCGD) is a women-led global change-making organisation, founded by Suzy Amis Cameron, working from ‘moment’ to movement, bringing sustainability to the forefront of conversation and action within the fashion and apparel industry.

A throwback to my chat with @revenvertabout why mainstream platforms matter for sustainable messages. In addition, check out the footage from the @RedCarpetGreenDress campaign earlier this year, and our Oscars red carpet moment with the wonderful @kaitlyndever in @louisvuitton at the end. Never not a relevant conversation. Special.

What Building a Sustainable Business Means Now — And How To Do It. This workshop will zero in on what it means to build and maintain a sustainable brand right now and in the future. We’ll look at ethical materials sourcing and labor practices — and how you can infuse these values into your business while sticking to your budget. Speakers include Sally Brown, Hannah Diop, Karen Ballou, Lisa Olson Breaux, and Samata.

RCGD CEO Samata sat down with designer, actress, singer-songwriter Nikki Reed to have a chat about all things sustainability related. They talked social justice, parental visions for our kids and how important it has been to tackle how we are seeing the world.

Red Carpet Green Dress™ (RCGD) is a women-led global change-making organisation, founded by Suzy Amis Cameron, working from ‘moment’ to movement, bringing sustainability to the forefront of conversation and action within the fashion and apparel industry.

I have struggled to define what Sustainability is for a long time, but recently feel like I have finally cracked how I want to describe it. Have a listen. Tag and share with anyone you feel might benefit from this description.

Anything we can’t do forever is not sustainable” – David Attenborough In this session, Zara Odu, Elmar Stroomer, Samata and Esethu Cenga join Omoyemi Akerele on how to integrate ‘practical’ solutions to ensure that garments are designed to last through a full life cycle including the afterlife and back into the loop. The panelists also discuss implementing broad-reaching sustainable practices on the continent.

In an exciting new step to expand its impact within the global fashion industry, Red Carpet Green Dress™ has collaborated with textile giant Lenzing’s new luxury brand TENCEL™ Luxe to launch a range of eco-couture textiles.

The “Booksmart” actress wears completely sustainable look to the 2020 Oscars. Plus, Kaitlyn reveals how you can be better with fashion at home!

Rêve En Vert’s Cora sits down with the amazing Samata, CEO of Red Carpet, Green Dress, to discuss Samata’s work towards a sustainable future of fashion and her work with Suzy Amis Cameron to make the red carpet a more conscious entity. Samata and Cora also discuss the importance of female empowerment and leadership in business to create a more sustainable economy, and how they both remain motivated and optimistic when things become difficult. We are so excited to share this episode with you and hope you love it as much as we do!

Creative inspiration for headwrap wearers…

“We actors, we have to show the example.” The French actress Léa Seydoux shares her impressions about sustainability before her first Academy Awards ceremony. For her Louis Vuitton gown, Nicolas Ghesquière once again worked with the Red Carpet Green Dress initiative, which has been promoting ethical, sustainable fashion at the Oscars since 2009. The gown features a newly launched organic silk faille fabric made from TENCEL™ Luxe filament yarn. RCGD is a women-led global change-making organization founded by leading environmental advocate, Suzy Amis Cameron. Savoir-faire and innovation are two of the Maison’s core values, and Louis Vuitton continually strives to protect our shared natural resources through multiple environmental commitments. 

Fashion designers hold the power, but how are they leveraging that power in their creative process to make items that we all fall in love with and that make sustainability cool?

Stephen Fairchild, Chief Creative and Brand Officer, Pandora
Christopher Raeburn, Creative Director, Christopher RÆBURN
Charlotte Eskildsen, Founder and Creative Director, Designers Remix

Moderated by Samata, Vice President, Red Carpet
Green Dress

Two of our time’s trailblazing female leaders Samata Pattinson, CEO of Red Carpet Green Dress, and Omoyemi Akerele, Founder and Executive Director of Lagos Fashion Week and Founder of Style House Files, meet to discuss fashion’s influence on lifting the African continent, social justice and privilege, policy, and the broader definition of value. Together, they highlight provocative questions that lead to powerful answers and a call to action for change. This progressive and personal discussion takes place in the intimate setting of The Conduit in London, a space for people passionate about positive impact.

On Feb 6, 2020, the Annual Red Carpet Green Dress™ (RCGD) Pre-Oscars Gala in partnership with TENCEL™ Luxe hosted an intimate dinner and cocktail party with over 100 friends, partners and industry executives. The launch celebrated a collaboration between textile giant Lenzing’s new luxury brand TENCEL™ Luxe and Red Carpet Green Dress to launch a range of eco-couture materials.

The 11th Pre Oscar party was held at the private residence of Absolut Elyx CEO, Jonas Tahlin. Guests in attendance included this year’s ambassadors Kaitlyn Dever (Unbelievable, Booksmart), Léa Seydoux (Spectre, Bond: No Time to Die), and Elena Andreicheva (BAFTA winner and current Oscar® nominee), who were also announced on the evening, along with past partners and allies including Danielle Macdonald, Tiffany Haddish, Tyrese Gibson, Meena Suvari and Zelda Williams.

Let’s talk about what kind of leadership we need right now…

In a world increasingly defined by system shocks, how might we collectively chart a course towards the future we want? As part of CISL’s Future we Want initiative, we are exploring this through a series of strategic discussions with leading thinkers from business, finance, government and academia.

By 2050, we will need to create a net negative emissions economy while restoring many of our natural systems. Who should be accountable to lead this and how can we accelerate measurable progress?

Celebrating 10 years of sustainable fashion, author, actor and environmental advocate Suzy Amis Cameron hosted her annual Red Carpet Green Dress (RCGD) Pre-Oscars Celebration in partnership with Absolut Elyx, AMUR and AKA West Hollywood last night at the Albright Fashion Library in Beverly Hills. With over 160 guests, some high profile faces included this year’s celebrity partners Laura Harrier, Danielle Macdonald, last year’s representative LaKeith Stanfield, Amis Cameron’s husband James Cameron, Michelle Rodriguez, and Fiona Xie among others.

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ITV Women In Broadcasting conference discussing women in broadcasting being held at the end of the month.

Watch Will Smith, Louie Psihoyos, Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks, Samata Pattinson, Sophie Uliano, and others on Hollywood’s largest green carpet at the 2016 Environmental Awards.

Samata, Fashion Entrepreneur and Global Campaign Director of Red Carpet Green Dress, sat down with Josephine Elliott, Editor in Chief of Berkeley Bold at Berkeley College, New York City for #BerkeleyBold, the official student lifestyle magazine. #fashion

With the fashion industry now being named one of the world’s leading polluters, It’s time to take action. Five young creatives share tips and tricks on how you can enjoy fashion responsibly. Whether you’re buying, maintaining or disposing of clothes, there’s always a more sustainable answer. Are you ready to make sustainable fashion choices in 2019?