Disrupting Aging in Fashion & Merchandising

Thursday, October 24, 2019

5:30 PM-7:30 PM

Everywhere, people are reinventing what it means to age. What can we learn from them? How can we disrupt our thinking on fashion, merchandising and aging?

Join AARP Pennsylvania and the Drexel University Westphal College of Media Arts & Design for a discussion about fashion, retail, merchandising, and aging moderated by Joseph H. Hancock, II, PhD, professor and director of the Retail & Merchandising program. Expert panelists will discuss how fashion can support inclusion for the 50+ community and how they develop campaigns and strategies to market to older fashion consumers.

PANELISTS:

𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗶, General Manager Coach Flagship Store King of Prussia

𝗞𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆𝗻𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮, 𝗕𝗦 ’𝟭𝟮, Sales Director at L & L Candle Company

𝗖𝘆𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗮 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗸𝗶, 𝗠𝗦 ’𝟵𝟭, Associate Professor and Assistant Program Director Fashion Design

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗼, Curator of the Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection

𝗚𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗢𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼, 𝗕𝗦 ’𝟳𝟴, Apparel Industry Executive

Sponsored by AARP Pennsylvania, Masters Degree in Retail & Merchandising in the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, and Drexel Alumni.

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