{"id":3767,"date":"2023-07-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entrepreneurship.asu.edu\/blog\/?p=3767"},"modified":"2023-07-12T21:04:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T21:04:43","slug":"a-conversation-with-textile-innovator-margaret-frey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entrepreneurship.asu.edu\/blog\/2023\/07\/13\/a-conversation-with-textile-innovator-margaret-frey\/","title":{"rendered":"A Conversation with Textile Innovator Margaret Frey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The fashion industry, with its long-standing traditions, leaves much room for innovation. Drawing inspiration from seasoned experts enables us to reimagine a future beyond the current norms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Advancements in manufacturing and materials are changing the way experts and consumers see the fashion industry. Many seasoned textile professionals are helping to reimagine a future with sustainability and innovation at its core.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At Edson E+I, we have the opportunity to host a number of Entrepreneurs in Residence (EiRs) at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/entrepreneurship.asu.edu\/spaces\/fusion-on-first\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fusion on First<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, on the Downtown Phoenix campus. We regularly invite guests in collaboration with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/herbergerinstitute.asu.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (HIDA). These guests are leaders in their fields and have been strong innovators and guiding lights throughout their lengthy careers.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of our recent EiRs, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.human.cornell.edu\/people\/mfw24\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Margaret Frey, Ph.D<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">., specializes in textile sustainability research, innovating their production and use. Frey is the Vincent V. C. Woo Professor in Fiber Science and Apparel Design at Cornell University and has taught at the school since 2002. She also serves as a faculty fellow for Cornell\u2019s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future and for the Cornell Institute for Fashion and Fiber Innovation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/entrepreneurship.asu.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/ASU-Blog-July-Textile-Innovator-Margaret-Frey-Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3768 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entrepreneurship.asu.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/ASU-Blog-July-Textile-Innovator-Margaret-Frey-Headshot.jpg 572w, https:\/\/entrepreneurship.asu.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/ASU-Blog-July-Textile-Innovator-Margaret-Frey-Headshot-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Frey has been an innovator throughout her time in academia, performing cutting-edge research on the future of textiles and developing nano-fibers with a variety of practical and forward-looking applications. She took the time to sit down with us and answer a few of our questions on innovation, research, and the future of the fashion and textile industry.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h6><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photo of Margaret Frey, Ph.D. by Dave Burbank<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>How did you end up in the textile and fashion industry? Why go the academic route?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI have always been a sewer, but my strengths and interests were more on the side of science and engineering,\u201d Frey explained. \u201cSo when I went to college, I first got a chemical engineering degree and saw that the applications that interested me most were in the textile and apparel industry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Frey spent a few years working in fiber chemistry, initially focusing on haircare before earning her Ph.D. After completing her doctorate, she switched to developing cable textiles for automotive companies. But in 2001, the industry entered a slump, and Frey decided to make a bold move.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI saw this position at Cornell in the Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design for a professor and I really enjoyed applying for it,\u201d Frey said. \u201cI thought about what would I want to work on, and what would I want to do if it didn&#8217;t have to turn a profit in the next six months, if I had more range for creativity and innovation.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>What is a pressing issue facing the fashion and textile industry?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSustainability. It&#8217;s a big issue in the global textile and apparel industry, and materials design and business all play very important roles in that,\u201d Frey asserted. \u201cMaterials and chemicals [need to be] handled responsibly throughout the supply chain, so that workers are protected, so that things aren&#8217;t dumped into the environment and also so that [garments] can be used longer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This issue has Frey and others in the textile industry looking at innovative ways to repurpose clothing items.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis will actually generate some new industries that take that T-shirt when you&#8217;re done with it and help make it into something else or help get it to somebody who might want to use it,\u201d Frey said.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/entrepreneurship.asu.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/ASU-Blog-July-Textile-Innovator-Margaret-Frey-Colorful-Fabric-Stacks.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/entrepreneurship.asu.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/ASU-Blog-July-Textile-Innovator-Margaret-Frey-Colorful-Fabric-Stacks.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entrepreneurship.asu.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/ASU-Blog-July-Textile-Innovator-Margaret-Frey-Colorful-Fabric-Stacks.jpg 900w, https:\/\/entrepreneurship.asu.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/ASU-Blog-July-Textile-Innovator-Margaret-Frey-Colorful-Fabric-Stacks-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/entrepreneurship.asu.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/ASU-Blog-July-Textile-Innovator-Margaret-Frey-Colorful-Fabric-Stacks-768x429.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Getty Images<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h4><strong>What would you say to students who are interested in exploring some of these new opportunities, and forging their own pathway in that?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cReally do their research and keep their eyes open and pull in any other expertise that they may need,\u201d Frey said. \u201cThey should explore what their supply could be, what their raw materials could be, what the performance of those is going to be, what the cost of those is going to be, and what their market is going to be.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That market research will be crucial for the fast-paced and trend-focused fashion industry. Frey suggests entrepreneurial students ask themselves, \u201cAre people going to be attracted to buying these? Who is their customer, how are they going to make a market plan and what price point would they need to sell things at?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Frey also underscored the importance of securing adequate funding for entrepreneurial ventures, something we can help with at Edson E+I. One way to learn more about securing funding is by talking with us about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/entrepreneurship.asu.edu\/programs\/venture-devils\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Venture Devils<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and other resources available to you!<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>What skills have you learned over the years to support your entrepreneurial journey?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSo I think some of the skills I have needed to learn is to really check my assumptions about the students I&#8217;m working with,\u201d Frey said, laughing. \u201c[Tools that were] great 30 years ago [are now] completely different tools and a lot of the students are actually much better at identifying those and working with those, where they&#8217;re very difficult for me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That consistent learning, especially from people who have different experiences, is a key part of Frey\u2019s entrepreneurial journey.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI would say I may not have totally learned all the new things, but a lot of it is trusting the students, believing and supporting them, and in going with the modern ways of doing things.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Knowing what you know now, is there anything you would have done differently when you were first starting out?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI think many people would say this to their younger self: not to worry about mistakes you&#8217;ve made, things you&#8217;ve done that were imperfect,\u201d Frey said. \u201cI&#8217;m also going to understand that maybe I need more [of a certain] skill and bring in people or collaborate with people who are stronger in this area. And really that&#8217;s true in so many areas. Being open and being in conversations where you may not absolutely understand everything and being confident that your partners can do that part.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>And last but not least, how do you maintain that go-getter mentality?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/entrepreneurship.asu.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/ASU-Blog-July-Textile-Innovator-Margaret-Frey-Fashion-Looks.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3770 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entrepreneurship.asu.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/ASU-Blog-July-Textile-Innovator-Margaret-Frey-Fashion-Looks.jpg 572w, https:\/\/entrepreneurship.asu.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/ASU-Blog-July-Textile-Innovator-Margaret-Frey-Fashion-Looks-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI think there&#8217;s a point in every person&#8217;s Ph.D. time where they&#8217;re just like, \u2018This is hopeless. This is never going to work. My project is never going to work. I should just give up and quit,\u2019\u201d Frey acknowledged. \u201cAnd somehow you need to go through that.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That might mean taking a break and coming back to it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI think it&#8217;s really a normal part of the big projects\u2026that&#8217;s a really good time to completely step away for a little while and do something that&#8217;s going to help clear your mind,\u201d Frey said. \u201cAnd then come back or just set some part of it aside, that you&#8217;re really struggling with and work on another part.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h6><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photo of Fusion on First by Jackie Gutierrez<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Find out how you can begin your fashion career journey with a degree in fashion at the ASU Herberger Institute School of Art by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asufidm.asu.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">exploring the ASU FIDM website<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/art.asu.edu\/degree-programs\/fashion?sort-by=last_name_asc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ready to connect with a community of creative entrepreneurs and innovators? Check out Fusion on First at 380 N. 1st Avenue, Suite 125 Phoenix, AZ 85003. You can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=y474QWPKTUCX3asKFp_ROD9MHlXhFkFPs-2eE6qHohxUQ1lRVlNPMTBTMzFQVFIxQlIzUkJPRDJFQS4u\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">access the collaborative space by completing this form.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We look forward to seeing you in the space!<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fashion industry, with its long-standing traditions, leaves much room for innovation. Drawing inspiration from seasoned experts enables us to reimagine a future beyond the current norms. 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