Lecture Series: Luz Briceño
"From Fashion to Science Fashion," presented by Luz Briceño, Fashion and Textile Designer, The Copper Company and La Joya Design
In-Person Lecture & Reception | March 9, 5:15pm-7:30pm CT
The lecture will take place in NQ1, Newcomb Quad Pavilions, on the Tulane Uptown Campus. This lecture is open to the public.
ABOUT THE LECTURE: This lecture will provide motivation to people who are interested in “innovation” from the intuition. How we became fashion and textile designers to develop and make innovation as a science and textile designer through researching R&D with multidisciplinary teams, working with bio-technologists, designers, engineers, infectologists among others. Generating contribution to the planet with an awareness of raw materials.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Luz Briceño is a Chilean Fashion and Textile Designer with work experience in Chile and Spain. In Barcelona in 2006 she created a fashion brand called La Joya Design, managing to position the brand in luxury market, with participation in international catwalks like Shanghai Fashion Week and exhibitions like the Triennale Milano, having publications in international media.
In 2013 she founded and was the first president of the Association of Fashion Designers of Santiago (Moda Chile).
In 2016 she created the textile innovation company called The Copper Company where she is the CEO with the vision to transform her experience in design fashion to science fashion with the idea to make research and develop R&D for the textile world focused on people's health.
During the pandemic, she developed antimicrobial copper technology for masks, achieving exports to more than 18 countries.
In 2022 she managed to be awarded an invention patent for creating a biocidal textile material with copper and vitamin D and she was finalist of the Avonni National Innovation Award in the category Health and Science – Roche in Chile, for an innovation improvement in Children against epidermolysis bullosa.
Website: www.thecoppercompany.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/thecoppercompany
Questions about this event? Contact Sean Huff, Executive Administrative Assistant, at shuff1@tulane.edu.