4.6 • 770 Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2019
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Speaking in conversation with Imran Amed, the man behind the fashion world's buzziest ethical footwear brand discusses the company's journey, from sourcing rubber in Brazil to scaling for global demand.
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0:38.2 | We are the generation of Google. |
0:40.8 | When you can start a company and one year later, it's a billion dollar company. |
0:45.6 | And a lot of people have this dream. |
0:47.8 | This is not my dream. |
0:49.2 | It's not you destroy and then you repair. |
0:51.3 | The DNA of VEJA to deconstruct the product. |
0:55.0 | Let's try to go back to the production chain, but back until the end. |
1:00.0 | What's been the biggest challenge? |
1:02.0 | To create a team. We adapt to the team. They don't adapt to Vesja. |
1:08.0 | Everywhere you look now in the fashion industry, people talk about sustainability. |
1:12.6 | Yes. |
1:13.0 | Fashion is just the mirror of society. |
1:15.5 | And sustainability is everywhere into the fashion world, but it's also in every world. |
1:21.9 | And that's, I think, a big victory. |
1:23.9 | Consciousness is always the first step. |
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