What She Said x Women of Color FashTech Brunch

Join W Bellevue for a special WHAT SHE SAID brunch on Saturday, May 18th featuring Brittany Hicks and Jessica Couch, co-founders of the Women of Color FashTech Brunch series. The event is designed to empower women of color who are working in fashion, technology, and media fields, by providing an inclusive platform to connect and share ideas. The brunch will bring together innovators, entrepreneurs, influencers, and trailblazers for an intimate panel discussion followed by brunch, networking, and curated brand activations. The brunch is open to all people in support of more diverse communities based on inclusion through open and transparent dialogue.

The panel discussion, moderated by Sydney Mintle of Gossip & Glamour, will cover a wide range of topics including diversity in the fashion industry, body positivity, career development for women of color, and the importance of community-building.  

Tickets are $40 and include brunch, hosted cocktails, and a swag bag.

About Women of Color FashTech Brunch Founders:

Jessica Veronica Couch is a fit technology expert in the fashion technology space and Founder of Luxor + Finch Consulting. Jessica received her undergraduate degree from North Carolina State University's College of Textiles in Fashion Product Development and her Master’s in Digital Innovation and Fit from Cornell University under the guidance of Professor Susan P Ashdown. In 2018, she received her certificate for Digital Product Management: Modern Fundamentals from the University of Virginia.

Since the completion of her Master’s, she has worked with and advised numerous companies, brands and retailers in the fit technology space. Jessica has published over 60 articles on the matter of fit and fit tech, a thesis on fit and perception and curated events and panels on the subject of fashion and fit technology. As a consultant, Jessica works to resolve the pain points caused by fit through technology integration. Through Luxor + Finch Consulting, she is able to focus on integrating technology throughout the supply chain to improve fit, educate brands on fit as a competitive advantage and to devise sustainability solutions.  In September 2018, she along with co-founder Brittany Hicks, launched the Women of Color Fashion The Brunch bringing together women of color in the fashion, tech, and finance industries for networking and support during NY Fashion Week. She has spoken at events across the country and including SXSW 2019 where she and Brittany Hicks launched “WTF Fashion?!? ( Will Tech Fix Fashion) Podcast”. Jessica Couch is a speaker, writer, innovator and champion of body positivity. 

Brittany Hicks, currently at Amazon Fashion, has always worked on the cutting edge of e-commerce. Throughout her career, Brittany noticed pipeline flaws in academia that continued into the corporate environment, inspiring her most recent venture Girls in Fashion and Tech, an organization focused on fashion and technology, the need for more women to be involved in this shift and pipeline flaws for fashion industry professionals and other creators. Brittany teaches merchandising as an adjunct professor at SPU and is the co-creator of the Women of Color Fashion Tech Brunch.

For More Information on Women of Color Fashion Tech Brunch visit:

https://wocfashtechbrunch.splashthat.com/

Additional Panelists Include:

Amy Newton, originally from London UK, is a 15 year Advertising veteran who now leads Strategic Fashion Partnerships at Amazon Advertising in NY.  Her team focuses on building significant ad revenue among the largest Fashion brands in the US.  Outside of her 9-5, Amy owns a contemporary women’s clothing line (CULTRO) which she uses as an outlet to create fun, vibrant prints on modern, city chic silhouettes.

Brandy Brown is the Creative Director of Marabou Design, a HGTV contributor and lifestyle expert. Her works have been featured in Domino Magazine, InStyle, Essence, Martha Stewart and many more. You may have seen her designs in Target & West Elm or on television. As a wife and mother, she crafts with the modern family and their extraordinary friends in mind. Her background is in graphic arts, and she believes that function and clean design go hand in hand. Much like her personality, her aesthetic is described as both playful and smart.

 Brunch Includes:

• Avocado Toast appetizer
• Crab Benedict main course
• Dessert
• Cold brew & hot coffee
• Mimosas & specialty cocktails

*If you have any allergies and need a modified menu, please email the host to receive DF, GF alternatives.