April 17th, 2018 | Georgetown Student Startups Pop-Up

This year, the Georgetown Retail and Luxury Association held its fourth annual Global Luxury Summit on April 17th, 2018. In the past, the Global Luxury Summit had the focus of bringing in outside professionals from various backgrounds in the retail and luxury industry to come talk to us about their experiences. This year, the club took a different approach and invited current Georgetown students who had started their own fashion company to come and speak about their journey. The event featured a panel regarding student start-ups and it featured Asli Acar (Founder of Bassigue), Joshua Sitt (Founder of Madhappy), Camryn Leibowitz (Founder of Enigma Culture) and was moderated by Tatiana Hadchiti (President of GRLA). After the panel, we hosted a pop-up shop during which each of the speakers could sell their clothes and interact with guests on a 1-1 basis. The pop-up also featured GRLA’s own Giulia Sohi-Isolani (Founder of Is This Real).

It was such a great experience to host these student – entrepreneurs talk about their dream and their journey in the fashion industry. Each of them provided a unique perspective and definitely gave helpful advice to anybody looking to start their own brand. The pop-up after the panel was also very successful as guests engaged more personally with the student entrepreneurs. We look forward to seeing where these young stars will take their brands in the future.