Columbus Fashion Alliance (CFA) is a collective of creatives, entrepreneurs, civic partners, and community and industry leaders passionate about the fashion industry in Columbus. Its goal is to support the creation and growth of creatives and fashion-based businesses through learning, making, innovating, and experiencing. Since 2020, CFA has successfully reinvested nearly half a million dollars into the Columbus community through paid internships, the Slay Safe mask-making campaign, and a variety of other community programs.

Support for this Better Together project helped purchase a 15-passenger van to accommodate youth mentorship participants who require transportation, to facilitate field trips throughout the program and for a variety of community outreach and engagement events. Thank you for helping CFA move fashion forward!

We are Better Together!

"This program has shown me the ins and outs of the industry, how much I want to be in it, how dedicated you have to be, and has made me look at brands less as a big name but more the story of ups and downs behind them."

—​Greg Simpson, Future of Fashion Intern

"This campaign will take CFA into the community, lowering another barrier of access and allowing us to bring fashion into the community."

—Yohannan Terrell, Director