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Next Gen Reflections is a series of articles written by members of Next Gen Assembly, an impactful advocacy programme for talented students and early-career professionals, led by Global Fashion Agenda and Centre for Sustainable Fashion’s Fashion Values programme, supported by Target. This article was written by 2025 member Thu Le.  

As of April 2026, Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CSF), the world leading education, research and knowledge exchange centre based at London College of Fashion (LCF), University of the Arts London (UAL), will change shape significantly from its past 18 years of identity. Recognised for its significant world-changing contributions, a review of Research and Knowledge Exchange at LCF has resulted in the college decision that CSF will focus primarily on research.

Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CSF) and Swarovski are proud to have partnered on a multi-year circular design project.  Image Courtesy of Swarovski. Circularity is a powerful design tool to deliver positive social and environmental changes to companies’ practices and the lifecycle of their products. For Swarovski, this idea has become a guiding principle in its ongoing work to increase the sustainability performance of their products, reduce resource dependency and extend

Next Gen Assembly 2025 member, Mel Corchado, reflects how Fashion often feels and is experienced - that despite its glamour, it's often a world of distance, despondency, deceit - but it doesn't have to be.

Maya Caine, Next Gen Assembly 2025 member, explores what a life-affirming fashion economy looks like.

Rory Frost, Next Gen Assembly 2025 member, shares how youth are determiners of fashion's future.