Carmen Gama - Director Circular Design at Eileen Fisher

<p>Carmen is a New York-based designer born and raised in Mexico. She attended Parsons The New School for Design and graduated as a finalist for the ‘Designer of the Year’ Award, Class of 2015. Upon graduation, Gama’s ‘Sustainable Urban Outerwear’ thesis earned her the<br> inaugural Eileen Fisher x CFDA Social Innovator fellowship. During her fellowship, Gama worked collaboratively to design a scalable and profitable remanufacturing system for the damaged RENEW Eileen Fisher garments. Gama is currently the Director of Circular Design at Eileen Fisher.</p> <p>In this episode, Gama speaks with Lauren Fay about how her true passion for solution-based design and circular systems, and the people and experiences who steered her into this space in the fashion industry.&nbsp;</p> <p>Through this framework she is constantly challenging her design values by striving to design scalable systems that have the capacity to extend the life cycle and re-capture the value of pre and post consumer textile waste.</p> <p>Carmen has also been featured in numerous publications including Women's Wear Daily, Business of Fashion, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue, The New York Times and Harper’s Bazaar.</p> <p><br></p>