Local Manufacturing: Can Fashion Bring Production Home? | The Fashion Tech Show LA 2026

In this panel, experts from sustainable product development, manufacturing innovation and fashion technology explore what it will take to bring more fashion production back to the US. 🎤 Speakers: • Caitrin Watson, Advisor, Sustainable Product & Systems Development, Independent • Jen Guarino, President of ISAIC, ISAIC • Dustin White, CEO, WTRLSS • Marina Leight, Design Director, WTRLSS ⏱️ Chapters: 00:00 Introducing the Panel 03:00 How WTRLSS Is Rethinking Fabric Dyeing 04:16 The Case for US Manufacturing 06:00 On-Demand Production and Creative Freedom 08:25 Making New Manufacturing Technology Scalable 12:02 Rebuilding US Manufacturing Skills and Capacity 14:12 What Fashion Can Learn From Small-Batch Production 18:36 Digital Files, Consistency and Less Waste 25:35 Connecting Manufacturing Technologies 29:04 Training the Next Generation of Operators 31:17 What Waterless Finishing Makes Possible 36:19 Building the Future of Fashion Manufacturing 📌 Event: The Fashion Tech Show LA 2026 📅 Recorded: 15–16 September 2026 FIND OUT MORE https://pi.tv/ SOCIAL • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pi.fashiontech/ • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pi.fashiontech • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pi-apparel • X: https://twitter.com/PI_Apparel