Welcome to the (DE-FI) Global Incubator Network Collective
The Good Trouble Making Disruptors of Regional Fashion to (DE-FI) Global INC
(DE-FI) Global INC is a bold, 100% volunteer-led fashion incubator headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, with operations, programs, and partnerships across Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Midwest. We fuse fashion with STEM, agriculture, and innovation, breaking barriers and removing financial obstacles so no one is turned away. From farm to fabric to runway, we’re cultivating the people and systems that power the next generation of fashion professionals.
Far from polished or posh, we are a grassroots fashion incubator building the system that they said can’t exist in Dayton and Cincinnati Ohio by connecting the dreamers and developing the people that power the industry and who refuse to play by outdated rules. Open, honest, and unapologetically bold, at (DE-FI) Global INC, is empowered by people, fueled by purpose, and is built from pure passion.
We are a community-driven fashion incubator re(DE-FI)ning how an industry is built without gatekeepers, without barriers, and without waiting for permission. We don’t turn anyone away for an inability to pay. Instead, we run on collaboration, strategic partnerships, and a spirit of trade and barter that keeps opportunity accessible. From farm to fashion, to STEM, to photography, to design, to modeling, to writing, we support every link in the creative value chain right up to workforce development.
When you partner with (DE-FI), you’re not funding an organization, you’re helping us build jobs, educate talent, and keep fashion’s future rooted right here in the Midwest.
Support Our Work
We’re a 100% volunteer-led, community-powered fashion incubator, built through passion, trade, and collaboration. Every contribution helps us keep opportunity barrier-free for every creative, from farm to fashion to STEM Atelier.
(DE-FI) Global INC operates as a social enterprise, reinvesting every dollar into education, innovation, and access for those who need it most. Your support sustains our work, not our overhead, and helps us continue proving that purpose can power an industry.
A Weekend of (DE-FI)ance | Dayton Fashion Week | (DE-FI) Fashion Week | Fashion Week of Cincinnati | Midwest Fashion Incubator & Runway Experience
Fashion Week of Cincinnati...You're on Deck!
The inaugural Fashion Week of Cincinnati is here and we’re doing things differently. This isn’t a traditional runway-heavy fashion week. This is the foundational year that's taking a bold, unorthodox step toward amplifying Cincinnati’s incredible fashion talent and laying the groundwork for what’s to come.
We’re building bridges, elevating voices, and weaving together the fabric of the industry one designer, collaboration, and one moment at a time.
Invitation requests are now open. Space is limited, and this is where it all begins.
Be part of the foundation.