A fashion designer who combines green tech and high tech to create ecofriendly styles using environmentally and socially responsible manufacturing processes, Natalia Allen is one of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders, one of Accenture's Top 25 Women in Tech, and one of Utne Reader's 25 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World.
Called the "Conscientious Fashionista," Allen has developed textiles integrating conductive fibers for DuPont, rain gear free of petroleum-based chemicals for DKNY, and photoluminescent fabrics for athletic wear. Clients include Calvin Klein, Proctor & Gamble, Saks Fifth Avenue, Quiksilver, and the Donna Karan Company. Fast Company magazine rates her New York firm Design Futurist as one of its 10 Most Creative Small Businesses. Allen, her designs, and her company have been covered by the BBC, NPR, and Reuters, and her work has been featured in numerous periodicals including Women's Wear Daily, Black Enterprise, New York magazine, Metropolis, and Zink.
Winner of the Young Scientist/Entrepreneur Partnership Award from the IAP Global Network of Science Academies, she is developing new sustainable textiles with scientist Stephen Miller. Allen is a member of the Consumer Industry Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum and of Social Venture Network. She holds the Generation Award from Women, Inspiration & Enterprise.
A graduate of Parsons The New School For Design, where she won the coveted Designer of the Year Award, Allen has shared her knowledge of green fashion as well as environmentally and socially responsible clothing manufacture in workshops with the Pratt Design Incubator, part of the Center for Sustainable Design Studies at Pratt Institute. She has presented in China, in Saudi Arabia, at the WEF Summit on the Global Agenda in Dubai, and at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Allen describes sustainability as an accelerator of new technology, innovation, and prosperity. She speaks on green style, ecofashion, and design, championing eco-friendly fibers, textiles, fabrication methods, and garment care. Highlighting sustainable technologies old and new, she addresses the entire life cycle of clothing, from the production of raw materials to the garments' ultimate fate.
A fashion designer who combines green tech and high tech to create ecofriendly styles using environmentally and socially responsible manufacturing processes, Natalia Allen is one of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders, one of Accenture's Top 25 Women in Tech, and one of Utne Reader's 25 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World.
Called the "Conscientious Fashionista," Allen has developed textiles integrating conductive fibers for DuPont, rain gear free of petroleum-based chemicals for DKNY, and photoluminescent fabrics for athletic wear. Clients include Calvin Klein, Proctor & Gamble, Saks Fifth Avenue, Quiksilver, and the Donna Karan Company. Fast Company magazine rates her New York firm Design Futurist as one of its 10 Most Creative Small Businesses. Allen, her designs, and her company have been covered by the BBC, NPR, and Reuters, and her work has been featured in numerous periodicals including Women's Wear Daily, Black Enterprise, New York magazine, Metropolis, and Zink.
Winner of the Young Scientist/Entrepreneur Partnership Award from the IAP Global Network of Science Academies, she is developing new sustainable textiles with scientist Stephen Miller. Allen is a member of the Consumer Industry Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum and of Social Venture Network. She holds the Generation Award from Women, Inspiration & Enterprise.
A graduate of Parsons The New School For Design, where she won the coveted Designer of the Year Award, Allen has shared her knowledge of green fashion as well as environmentally and socially responsible clothing manufacture in workshops with the Pratt Design Incubator, part of the Center for Sustainable Design Studies at Pratt Institute. She has presented in China, in Saudi Arabia, at the WEF Summit on the Global Agenda in Dubai, and at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Allen describes sustainability as an accelerator of new technology, innovation, and prosperity. She speaks on green style, ecofashion, and design, championing eco-friendly fibers, textiles, fabrication methods, and garment care. Highlighting sustainable technologies old and new, she addresses the entire life cycle of clothing, from the production of raw materials to the garments' ultimate fate.
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Morningside College
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P.G.B.P.D.., Director of Sustainability, Morningside College
Natalia Allen was absolutely spectacular when she came to speak... Her presentation was both inspiring and informative, and helped our students imagine how they might invent their own career paths based on their unique strengths. She was extremely well-versed in issues as varied as materials technology, global economics, and the social impact of fashion and other manufacturing-based industries.
Forum of Young Global Leaders World Economic Forum
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E.R., Community Manager, North America, Forum of Young Global Leaders World Economic Forum
Her presentations to leaders in the commercial, public and non-profit arenas have been invariably perceptive, eloquent and inspiring… Natalia has provided valuable insight into topics such as design, sustainability and technology, and innovative business models… She represents a critical voice on the World Economic Forum's Consumer Industry Global Agenda Council and its exploration of topics related to socially responsible products and business platforms.
Cusp Conference
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D.M., Founder, Cusp Conference
Natalia Allen's personal and engaging Cusp 2010 presentation - essentially about questioning and re-imagining her own sense of what it means to be a designer - is proof that the future of design is in good hands.
Design Futures Council
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J.B., Managing Director, Design Futures Council
Natalia spoke at the 2011 Design Futures Council Leadership Summit on Sustainable Design and blew the audience away. Having a fashion and sustainability expert speak to the senior leaders of architecture, engineering, construction, and manufacturing firms might seem like a big, and unrelated, challenge. But not for Natalia. Her passion for changing her slice of the world was contagious and inspired (the delegates) to reexamine their own core values… An important leader for today, and an inspirational leader for the future.
Pacific Northwest College of Art
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J.R., Architect, Chair MFA Applied Craft and Design, Pacific Northwest College of Art
Natalia was a visiting designer and guest speaker in our graduate lecture program... Her clarity of thought and expression was exceptional, and her dedication to complex problem solving inspiring.
Afingo: Fashion Industry Forum
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L.D., Chief Executive Officer, Afingo: Fashion Industry Forum
Natalia is a genuine visionary and leader. She discussed sustainable fashion and emerging green technologies at the Behind the Seams Fashion Industry Forum. Her remarks were insightful, inspiring and innovative. She demonstrated a unique understanding of sustainability and was able to connect with a diverse audience of students and professionals.
Western Kentucky University
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D.J.O., Department Head, Diversity & Community Studies, Western Kentucky University
I thoroughly enjoyed Natalia's presentation, 'Are Clothes Modern? Fashion with a Conscience.' She did an outstanding job outlining the multi-faceted role that the clothing industry has on the environment and connecting this issue to justice and sustainability. I found her to be authentic and genuine... Very nice!
