“Designing professionally for 10 years, Courtney has won awards for her sustainability practices and is motivated to change the nature of how and why we buy clothes. Fashion is Art and Courtney is a true artist.”
A dedicated sustainability advocate, born from necessity after years of experiencing the fast fashion industry as an international model, Courtney Barriger is at the forefront of where art meets the future of design.
She looked around her and realized there was a better way to make beautiful clothes that respect people and the planet. Courtney has been working in sustainability as a lecturer at The University of Georgia and Flagler College, as an artist, a fashion designer and a writer. Her work has a mystical edge, and pushes the boundaries between nature, beauty and responsibility, provoking conversation about the socio-political state of the planet. She has a rich connection with the natural world, growing up on the beaches in Florida. And after years of working in the fashion industry first as model, then as a fashion designer, it has become her calling to use her gifts to protect the environment by creating art that speaks to its preservation.
Courtney Barriger is an award-winning artist, sustainable fashion expert, and author of ReFashion Workshop: The planet healing mindset. Her apparel line Holding Court was featured in Vanity Fair and GQ and won the Sustainability Award at iHollywood Film Festival and the prize of Americas It Girl on the eponymous TV Show on Oprah's WE TV network.
She has written investigative pieces and deep dives into culture and power dynamics for the LA Times and has been honored as "The Future of Fashion" by United Nations non-profit, Fashion Fights Poverty.
When not on set or word-smithing, you can find her traveling the world with nothing but a suitcase, conspiring new creative projects. Her zest for life and inherent curiosity have instilled in her a lust for wanting more and leaving no stone unturned.
“Courtney embraces the challenge of exposing the many layers of fast fashion manufacturer’s environmental and ethical impact. I find it inspiring how she doesn’t bash the industry but provides and encourages actual action for consumers and designers to make a difference for a better Earth and improved industry.”
- Brittany Alphonso, Voyage LA
“Have you ever considered how the garment was made? Where it came from? How it’s composition affects the environment, and even your own personal health? Designer Courtney Barriger wants to get clothes shoppers thinking about these questions before they purchasing clothing.”
awards
iHollywood Film Festival, 2020 - Sustainability Award - ECO
Bokeh Film Festival, 2019 - Best Picture - ECO
4K Fashion Film Festival, 2019 - Best Director - ECO
America’s It Girl, 2014 - Reality TV Show Winner - NightBook
Accreditation
Bachelors Degree in Communications Broadcast Journalism and International Relations with a minor in Fine Arts - University of North Florida
Trained at Gregory Berg School of Acting
Represented by D2 Models & Acting
Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner - dhyana Essentials
