Triple match for fair fashion
May 21, 2026 | 12:00 PM - 12:45 PMTalk Area
May 21, 2026 | 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Talk Area
Three examples of responsible fashion with a single goal—doing their part to change the game. Triarchy bets on new low-impact production methods. Fade Out Label upcycles old jeans as handcrafted masterpieces, and Ksenia Schneider gives new life to old clothes, creating striking design effects fashion and capsules for global brands.
Andrea Bonfini, Owner and Art Director, FADE OUT LABEL
Ksenia Schnaider, Co-founder, Co-Creative Director, KSENIASCHNAIDER
Adam Taubenfligel, Co-Founder, Creative Director and Responsibility Lead, Triarchy
Talk in English moderated by Maria Cristina Pavarini
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Andrea Bonfini is the Owner and the Art Director of FADE OUT LABEL
After graduating in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, he worked as a costume designer for theater and performing arts. He then moved to Berlin, and in 2015 started his own zero-waste brand, FADE OUT LABEL.
The collection offers unisex, comfortable, and oversize pieces made by upcycling vintage denim and natural fabrics.
Each item is entirely handcrafted and primarily made with denim or natural materials bought at charity stores. Old clothes are deconstructed, washed and sanitized, and reassembled in a patchwork-like method. This whole process takes place entirely in his studio, where he also sews and finishes the garments.
Ksenia Schnaider is the co-creative director and co-founder of the KSENIASCHNAIDER high-end 100% Made-in-Ukraine contemporary fashion brand.
She co-founded it with her husband, Anton Schnaider, in 2011. The brand has made a significant mark in the fashion industry, creating virtually meme-generated fashion icons like Asymmetrical Jeans, Denim Fur, Demi-Denims, and the Think Inside The Box drop, all offering outstanding products, mostly made from upcycling old apparel pieces.
They also developed different collaboration capsule collections with many international brands, including, among others, Adidas and Lee Cooper.
Adam Taubenfligel, co-founder of Triarchy, serves as the brand's creative director and responsibility lead. Under his guidance, since 2018, Triarchy continues to innovate, pioneering new industry standards that prioritize mindful and responsible denim fabrications and production practices, with the ultimate goal of restoring integrity to the word “sustainable”.
Maria Cristina Pavarini is an journalist with proven experience in the global fashion, sportswear, jeanswear, denim, textile, value chain, sustainability, retail, lifestyle, and trend sectors. Among her previous experiences she worked as Senior Editor for prestigious titles including SPORTSWEAR INTERNATIONAL, The SPIN OFF and Fashion Magazine. She is a freelance journalist running her own website www.aliveandkiki.com
