“Our main goal has always been to keep jobs and create jobs by widening opportunities for creative professionals to develop and exercise their talents in the District,” says Christine Brooks-Cropper, President of the Greater Washington Fashion Chamber of Commerce (GWFCC), the advocacy arm of DCFF. “Cultural Couture is an important developmental step towards the next phase of the DC Fashion Incubator development – to open up the opportunity to a larger number of professionals with a desire to work in the fashion field.”  The DC Fashion Foundation supports the local fashion industry of DC to engage and educate the community on fashion as an art as well as a business.  Cultural Couture will support phase one of the DC Fashion Incubator (DCFI) project with a primary objective to serve as the cornerstone of fashion industry small business development and entrepreneurship in Washington, DC educational programs, workforce training initiatives, and networking and mentoring opportunities for aspiring fashion professionals and entrepreneurs .