New York’s New Cohort of Designers Wants to Clean Up Fashion

Hillary Taymour is feeling hopeful.

“There are so many small sustainable brands in New York now, and they’re appreciated,” said the Collina Strada, founder and communications guru for the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s Sustainable Strategies Committee. “It’s so different from when I started.”

Collina Strada’s rooftop sunset show Friday evening might have been one the hottest tickets at NYFW this week, but a decade…