ABOUT ME
Patrick Duffy
Patrick Duffy is the founder of Global Fashion Exchange, a company catalyzing positive impact through strategic consulting roadmaps focusing on supply chain transparency, worker rights, responsible production for B2B as well as consumer facing programming and community building focusing on aligning people or communities with the SDGs.
Experience developing networks and activating ideas, guiding creative teams globally, and working with institutions like the Victoria and Albert Museum and UNESCO, and iconic spaces such as Federation Square Melbourne, Madison Square Garden, Bryant Park in New York City, and The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Patrick has produced clothing swaps all over the world from, with GFX Active in over 100 countries. Each GFX event focuses on building community, education and transformational business models. Partnering with global brands, key stakeholders, and academia to help create awareness and positive impact through conscious consumption
Patrick harnesses the power of media to create positive social and environmental impact. Through storytelling, education, and advocacy, he raises awareness, inspires action, to catalyze change. By highlighting issues and solutions, Patrick creates strategic campaigns to engage audiences, influence attitudes and behaviors, and contribute to a more sustainable and just world. Additionally, Patrick is the Sustainability and Positive Impact Director of Paris based @IRKMagazine and Editor In Chief of @IRKLiving
Patrick has produced and co-curated events and marketing/PR campaigns for recognized brands across art, fashion, and tech spaces including @virginhotels @britishfashioncouncil @mspdid @moethennessy @microsoft @lagosfashionweekofficial @perutradenyc @fashionimpactfund @istitutomarangonidubai @peaceboatus @lisboafashionweek and more spanning 15 years and hundreds of events in 5 continents.
Let’s work together!
Al Freeman’s Plush Time Portal: Hermès Windows Channel Prehistoric Dreams
This fall, the Hermès flagship at 706 Madison makes a beautiful statement in the most unexpected way. The Al Freeman Hermès Madison Avenue window installation transforms the storefront into a theatrical, softly sculpted time machine….
Global South Countries Stake Their Claim on the Runway
Artimisi from Brazil at Moscow Fashion Week
ODOR Shines at Hotel Richter
Vintage Lace and Circular Design with ODOR Late August at Hotel Richter during Moscow Fashion Week, a restored seven room mansion turned creative hub, designer Nikita Kalmykov presented ODOR in a setting that felt more…
BRICS+ FASHION SUMMIT 2025
Designers, investors, and cultural leaders gathered for the BRICS+ Fashion Summit 2025 and Moscow Fashion Week 2025. What emerged was less a trade show than a reorientation of the industry’s compass. Paris and Milan may…
DIGITAL JEWELRY: The New Frontier of Luxury in the Metaverse
Digital jewelry is transforming luxury, turning scarcity, status, and sparkle into code. Gems no longer come only from the earth. Instead, they emerge from the depths of a game. Digital fashion has been edging toward…
ELIJAH MCKENZIE-JACKSON
REWRITING THE LANGUAGE OF PROTEST WITH ELIJAH MCKENZIE-JACKSON At 21, Elijah Mckenzie-Jackson has already reshaped the terrain of climate activism, queer advocacy, and contemporary art. His debut book, BLUE, resists easy classification. Rather than adhering…
PENÉLOPE GUERRERO DOESN’T NEED PERMISSION
Penélope Guerrero on Identity, Art, and Breaking Ground in Latin America’s Boldest Era. There are some people you interview and by the end, you realize you weren’t just talking, you were witnessing. Penélope Guerrero is…
CIRCULARITY ISN’T A SILVER BULLET
Why Circularity – Resale and Repair Alone Won’t Save Fashion In the race to rebrand fashion as more sustainable, circularity has emerged as the golden child. Resale platforms are booming. Repair services are having a…
AMERICAN AND MEXICAN DESIGNERS ARE REDEFINING LUXURY
American and Mexican designers are discovering the true meaning of craftsmanship and why it matters now more than ever. We were sitting inside Lago Algo, an avant-garde cultural space overlooking Chapultepec Park Lake, surrounded by…








