The Fashion Foundation Turns Industry Waste Into School Supplies

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The Fashion Foundation collects from major brands their unwanted samples, which otherwise would have ended up in the dump. It sells these goods and uses the profits to buy school supplies for kids. Founded by Amanda Munz at age 23, The Fashion Foundation has become a go-to charity for the industry.

Fortunately, brands and designers are supporting the Fashion Foundation now more than ever. It has received tens of thousands of pieces of merchandise, hair accessories, jewelry, clothes, and shoes from major brands over the past year. And business is booming because people are shopping, in greater than numbers than before, both online and with a mission.

“I found my life purpose by throwing samples into the garbage,” says Munz. “You never know when and where you’ll find your purpose.” After following her childhood fashion for passion all the way to the renowned Fashion Institute of Technology, she found herself disillusioned by the industry. “For years, I witnessed the overproduction of samples. Those samples piled up in company showrooms until, as an intern, I had to throw perfectly fine goods into dumpsters.

 

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