Advancing Sustainable Luxury Fashion with Maxine Trowbridge, Founder of Eva & Max

Maxine Trowbridge expertly and elegantly links the world of contemporary art, fashion, and high-quality editorial content to concoct a compelling brand identity in Eve & Max, a conscious women's luxury ready-to-wear label designed with the ethos that style should be ethical, sustainable, artful, and beautiful.

British born and Dallas based, Max dropped by the studio to discuss the sometimes circuitous routes careers take, marrying philanthropy with profit, and so many more deeply rooted topics. Tune in for such grab-a-notebook takeaways as:   

• How taking a long hard look at what you’re good at and what you actually enjoy can lead you to a fulfilling career (4:47)

• What it means to lead a conscious fashion brand — including the evolving definition of slow fashion and being more mindful about creating a truly curated closet (5:23)

• How Eve & Max is championing the work of contemporary artists in intentional fashion collabs (7:04)

• Why small changes are the key to long-lasting shifts in building a more conscious and sustainable way of life (15:15)

• The undeniable pleasure of a high-end hoodie (hint: it helps that it’s constructed of silk) (18:19)

• The challenges and triumphs of sourcing sustainable fabrics (19:40)

• Identifying your leadership style and making it work for you and your team as an entrepreneur (21:42)

• Why trends are not her thing (26:17)

• The advice she’d give her younger self (27:12)