Your host, Aya Shlachter, talks with Aimon Ali, fashion entrepreneur, runway show producer, creative director, and founder of Fashion Talks.

In this episode, Aya and Aimon share a lovely conversation about Aimon’s life as a creative entrepreneur in the fashion industry. Aimon discusses how her passion for fashion developed, her early creative endeavors, and how her familiarity with a busy lifestyle enabled her to manage time gracefully while having several commitments.

This episode also dives into Aimon’s journey organizing her successful fashion runway event at the Cleveland Museum of Art, as well as the challenges she encountered and how she overcame them. Be sure to stick around until the end to know a fun fact hear the extended post-recording session where she shares her first NYC collaborative fashion event experience!

 

ABOUT THE GUEST:

Aimon Ali is a fashion entrepreneur as well as an experienced Fashion Runway Show Producer, Stylist, and Creative Director from Toronto, Canada. With 7+ years of experience in the Canadian Fashion Industry, she has done events in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and Vancouver.

After her move to Cleveland, she started exploring the creative industry in Cleveland in search of the fashion she loved and was used to. She soon realized there was something missing. There were so many amazing creatives with some amazing work but no outlet when it came to elevated fashion.

So she made it her goal to bring elevated and diverse events and services to Cleveland. Events you don’t have to think twice about before attending. Events based on quality, high fashion, and community.

HIGHLIGHTS & TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Teaser and Intro

02:53 What sparked Aimon’s interest in fashion

04:43 Aimon’s early creative and fashion endeavors

06:20 From Psychology to Fashion

09:09 Behind the scenes of Fashion Talks’ Runway Show in the Cleveland Museum of Art

15:30 Managing time and enjoying the ‘busy life’ doing what you love

19:00 Setbacks and challenges while organizing the fashion show at the CMA

23:19 Being authentic to attract people and build a solid network

25:55 What inspired her to pursue fashion entrepreneurship

28:00 When to take the “big leap”

28:55 Aya and Aimon’s fun common interest!

32:57 Aimon’s NYC event recap

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Your host, Aya Shlachter, talks with Dena Prastos— architect, futurist, and CEO of Indigo River, a transdisciplinary design consultancy firm.

In this episode, Aya speaks with Dena about her passion for waterfront architecture, design resiliency, and ecology. Dena also talks about how growing up in Alaska influenced her fascination for nature, why she is dedicated to climate adaptation and incorporation of the environment into her designs, and why it is crucial to generate new, integrated viewpoints on sustainability, resiliency, and system-based thinking in infrastructure development nowadays.

Catch this episode to know more about Dena’s visionary perspective on architecture!

 

About the Guest:

Founder and CEO of Indigo River, Dena is the first “waterfront architect,” trailblazing a new category in the industry. Indigo River is a women-owned transdisciplinary design firm focused on progressive waterfront architecture, resiliency, and climate adaptation. 

A leading authority in New York Harbor and beyond, the firm specializes in climate adaptation through waterfront solutions that seamlessly transcend boundaries – guiding and executing projects from ideation through final construction and operations. Waterfront architect, civil engineer, futurist, climate adaptation expert, entrepreneur, and creative original, Dena is driven to transform the built world at the water’s edge.

Connect with Dena on Linkedin or on Instagram at @denaprastos.

Find out more about Indigo River at www.indigoriver.com.

 

Highlights & Timestamps:

• 03:32 — Dena’s interest in nature
• 10:51 — Features of a waterfront architect
• 11:39 — Waterfront architecture as a specialization
• 13:24 — Waterfront architecture and its scope
• 14:25 — Biomimicry, ecology, and futurism in relation to waterfront architecture
• 20:57 — The history of Indigo River
• 28:50 — Difference between resiliency and sustainability

 

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