Fashion and Philanthropy (Natalia Vodianova and Tim Blanks) | BoF VOICES
The Business of Fashion Podcast
The Business of Fashion
4.6 • 770 Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2018
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Inspired by the rise of 'clicktivism,' the model launched Elbi, a charitable-giving app designed to democratise philanthropy. On stage at #BoFVOICES 2017, she questioned how technology can better serve local charities around the world.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Imran Ahmed, founder and CEO of the Business of Fashion, and welcome to the B.OF podcast. |
| 0:08.5 | Voices is the most stimulating gathering of fashion industry leaders on the planet. |
| 0:13.5 | What makes voices different is that we mix our industry with fascinating people from other sectors, |
| 0:18.6 | from the worlds of economics, activism, health and wellness, |
| 0:22.5 | medicine, film, philanthropy, technology, media, and so many more. |
| 0:27.7 | Fashion doesn't live in a bubble and nor should it. |
| 0:30.4 | This is one of the sessions from our 2017 gathering. |
| 0:34.4 | Natalia Vodianova is more than one of the world's most recognizable supermodels. She has become one of our |
| 0:40.3 | industry's most important philanthropists. She embodies the idea of the wider world and making |
| 0:47.0 | an impact in the wider world. So that's why for Voices 2017, we bestowed upon her our highest |
| 0:53.3 | honor, the Global Voices Award. We give that award each |
| 0:56.8 | year to someone who takes their platform in fashion and uses it to make an impact on the world. |
| 1:02.4 | And Natalia spoke to Tim Blanks, B.O.F's editor at large, about philanthropy, about technology, and |
| 1:09.1 | fashion, and how all those three things intersect in her latest project, which is LB, a new app that sits at the intersection of fashion, technology, and philanthropy. |
| 1:19.4 | So here's Natalia Vodinova at Voices 2017, our Global Voices Award winner. |
| 1:25.5 | Just a quick note, this conversation was recorded live in front of an audience, |
| 1:30.0 | so please excuse any audio issues. |
| 1:33.2 | Just before we start, I'd like to say something about philanthropy. |
| 1:36.3 | I think it has this slightly old-fashioned feeling about it now, |
| 1:43.6 | which is borne out by the fact that I think people think about |
| 1:47.7 | philanthropy, they think of huge corporations, they're extremely wealthy people, the fact that |
| 1:52.7 | the people who dig into their pockets fastest are now mostly people over 50. |
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