SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Elizabeth L. Cline is a leading expert on fast fashion, consumer culture, fashion sustainability and ethics, and textile waste, building on themes from her landmark books Overdressed and The Conscious Closet. Through engaging, tailor-made presentations, she helps audiences understand how fashion impacts the world and how we can all drive change through what we wear.

Cline has delivered numerous speeches and presentations at top universities, industry conferences, and corporate events, reaching audiences ranging from small classrooms to 800-person auditoriums and high-profile gatherings attended by major fashion executives. She has spoken at prestigious institutions, including Yale, the University of California Berkeley, the University of Dayton, Kingston University London, and Columbia University (where she is also a Lecturer), as well as industry-leading events such as the Italian Fashion Chamber’s International Roundtable on Sustainability, the Chicago Humanities Festival, and the American Apparel and Footwear Association Executive Summit.

For speaking inquiries, please contact her at Elizabeth.L.Cline@gmail.com. She is open to engagements worldwide.

Scroll down for a select list of past speaking engagements.

Author Elizabeth L. Cline speaking at the Camera della Moda International Roundtable on Sustainability. 2018.

Author Elizabeth L. Cline speaking at the Camera della Moda International Roundtable on Sustainability. 2018.

Elizabeth Cline, center, at the Ursuline School’s Global Symposium, 2017.

Elizabeth Cline, center, at the Ursuline School’s Global Symposium, 2017.

Elizabeth Cline, center, at the 2017 American Apparel and Footwear Association panel on fast fashion.

Elizabeth Cline, center, at the 2017 American Apparel and Footwear Association panel on fast fashion.

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • University of California Berkeley, Legal Studies: Guest Lecture on Fashion Policy - April 2025

past events

  • Columbia Unversity Sustainability Management Masters Program Sustainable Fashion & Startup Strategy: Guest Lecture - February 2025

  • Yale Center for Business & The Environment: “Driving Sustainable Change in the Fashion Industry: Insights from Activism, Innovation, and Leadership” - October 2024

  • UC Santa Barbara: “Climate Crisis 101” Guest Lecture - May 2024

  • University of Dayton Ethics & Leadership Initiative - Keynote and classroom visits - February 2024

  • Kingston University London: Introduction to Sustainable Fashion Business and Impacts: Guest Lecture - November 2023

  • Camera della Moda (Italian Fashion Chamber) International Roundtable on Sustainability Master of Ceremonies - May 2020

  • Book Party and Slow Fashion Panel for Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More, Brooklyn, NY - October 2018

  • University of Calgary, Canada, “Fashion: The Ugly Reality” - October 2018

  • Madison Civics Club, WI Keynote – September 2017

  • Kennesaw State University, GA Guest Lecture – October 2017

  • Mabo Clothing, Salt Lake City – May, 2017

  • StyleLend Earth Day Event, New York, NY – April, 2017

  • American Apparel and Footwear Association Executive Summit Panelist – April 2017

  • The Ursuline School, New Rochelle, NY – March, 2017

  • Parsons The New School – March, 2017

  • Rye Country Day School, Rye, NY – February 2017

  • Albright College Business of Fashion Forum, Reading, PA – November 2016

  • The Peace Exchange Fair Trade Fashion Show, Los Angeles, CA – July 2016

  • Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) Summer Institute – June, 2016

  • Chicago Humanities Festival Keynote: Fast Fashion – April 2016

  • Fashion Institute of Technology Fashion Revolution Day – April 2016

  • MARC Solid Waste Management District Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO – December 2015

  • CUNY Graduate Center: Global Fashion Capitals Conference panel, New York, NY – October 2015

  • Missouri Recycling Association Conference, Kansas City, MO –  September 2015

  • Rockhurst University Social Justice Week, Kansas City, MO – February 2015

  • Columbia University Department of Religion – February 2015

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard: “Values of Local Fashion Production” panel discussion – September 2014

  • Garson & Shaw Textile Recycling Conference Keynote, Atlanta, GA – May 2014

  • Zady x Whole Foods The Future of Conscious Fashion, NY – April 2014

  • Fashion Institute of Technology School of Art & Design Panel: “High Cost of Cheap Fashion” - March 2014

  • Fashion Takes Action Expo, Toronto, Canada – February 2014

  • The Museum at FIT Fashion Culture’s The High Cost of Cheap Fashion, New York – February 2014

  • Boston College, Boston, MA – April, 2013

  • The Green Shows Ethical Fashion Panel, Javitz Center, NY – April 2013

  • George Washington University, Washington, D.C. – March 2013

  • Re-Dress Raleigh Keynote Speaker – March, 2013

  • Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA – February, 2013

  • The Future of Fashion: Sustainable Practices in the Age of Fast Fashion, NY – November 2012