Educator. Producer. EcoDiva.
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Taryn Hipwell, the Founder of Beyond the Label, is a thought leader and consumer engagement specialist in the realm of sustainable fashion. Beyond the Label (BtL) started as a partnership with TEDxLA to educate Angelenos about the true health, social and environmental cost of their fashion purchases. BtL is now a charitable organization that addresses the question “What's in my tee?” to encourage shoppers to consider what their T-shirt is made of.
Taryn studied fashion design and art therapy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, writing and screenwriting through the UCLA Extension Writers Program and recently completed the UCLA Social Enterprise Academy. She teaches “Sustainability and the Fashion Industry” at FIDM, she is on the Advisory Board for the Fashion Department at Santa Monica College, and she moderates panels for TEDxLA, PETA, Fashion Revolution Day and Beyond the Label. She was a keynote speaker in New York at NYU, FIT, LIM and the Berkley School, and she headlines EcoFashion workshops all around the world including South Africa and Zambia in Africa.
She is a Los Angeles Business Journal - Women Making a Difference nominee. She was awarded the Fashion Against Bullying Award and Green Hero Award by eduPOWERED Media Group and Champions Against Bullying. Taryn was the Arts Chair and is currently the Fashion Chair for UN WOMEN-USNC LA (United Nations).
Taryn got her start creating unscripted content when she wrote, produced and directed sustainability films for Warner Bros. Taryn created, produced and hosted EcoDivas TV and has interviewed celebrities including James Cameron, Jessica Alba and Olivia Wilde. She has worked for designer Anna Sui, writer/producer David Zucker, and styled for Suzy Amis’ Red Carpet Green Dress collection with Reformation called No Red Carpet Needed. She has hosted and produced EcoDivas/Beyond the Label events at Sundance Film Festival, MAGIC Fashion Trade Show and The Skirball Cultural Center.
Taryn is committed to writing and producing fun, authentic, and bold content, books and events that shatter stereotypes, shift perceptions and change lives.
To learn more check out LABeyondtheLabel.com (click link)
Taryn studied fashion design and art therapy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, writing and screenwriting through the UCLA Extension Writers Program and recently completed the UCLA Social Enterprise Academy. She teaches “Sustainability and the Fashion Industry” at FIDM, she is on the Advisory Board for the Fashion Department at Santa Monica College, and she moderates panels for TEDxLA, PETA, Fashion Revolution Day and Beyond the Label. She was a keynote speaker in New York at NYU, FIT, LIM and the Berkley School, and she headlines EcoFashion workshops all around the world including South Africa and Zambia in Africa.
She is a Los Angeles Business Journal - Women Making a Difference nominee. She was awarded the Fashion Against Bullying Award and Green Hero Award by eduPOWERED Media Group and Champions Against Bullying. Taryn was the Arts Chair and is currently the Fashion Chair for UN WOMEN-USNC LA (United Nations).
Taryn got her start creating unscripted content when she wrote, produced and directed sustainability films for Warner Bros. Taryn created, produced and hosted EcoDivas TV and has interviewed celebrities including James Cameron, Jessica Alba and Olivia Wilde. She has worked for designer Anna Sui, writer/producer David Zucker, and styled for Suzy Amis’ Red Carpet Green Dress collection with Reformation called No Red Carpet Needed. She has hosted and produced EcoDivas/Beyond the Label events at Sundance Film Festival, MAGIC Fashion Trade Show and The Skirball Cultural Center.
Taryn is committed to writing and producing fun, authentic, and bold content, books and events that shatter stereotypes, shift perceptions and change lives.
To learn more check out LABeyondtheLabel.com (click link)
