Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival and Ragtrader Live are set to collaborate.
Ragtrader Live will support two fashion industry forums staged at the event on March 15.
This is ahead of Ragtrader Live's flagship conference in August.
The industry forums discuss practical and instructive approaches to conducting business in the local industry.
The two forums will roll out as below:
Fashion Industry Forum One Supported by Ragtrader Live:
Morals, ethics and sustainability with purpose: why creative industries and their customers should care.
- Host – Damien Woolnough, fashion journalist.
- Patty Huntington - fashion journalist.
- Tim Diamond - Cotton On Foundation GM.
- Aneka Manners - NAB Business state general manager.
- Closing summation - Assia Benmedjdoub, Ragtrader editor.
Fashion Industry Forum Two Supported by Ragtrader LIVE:
Fash Tech, Fast Track. What is the fashion industry's appetite for embracing technology? How has this been done successfully so far and what will the future bring? How is technology shaping the future of the creative industries, and fast tracking creativity and design? How is technology supporting retail function and brands' connectivity with their consumers?
- Host – Damien Woolnough, fashion journalist.
- Edwina McCann - Vogue Australia editor in chief.
- Jess Wilson - Stashd CEO.
- Closing summation - Assia Benmedjdoub, Ragtrader editor.