Nurturing a Fashion Commons for Education
In his essay Name the Colour, Blind the Eye: Reimagining Education, Bayo Akomalafe calls to ‘disturb the exclusivity of higher education’...
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Jun 44 min
Imagining Possibilities Festival Goes Forth
Over this academic year, members of Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CSF) have been exploring what we mean by our ambition to practice...
Feb 192 min
Interwoven: Fashion Storytelling in the time of a Climate Crisis
“Storytelling can be a vehicle to share the impact of innovations and contextualise the support we need on our road to action.” –...
Sep 29, 20233 min
MA Fashion Futures Testbed
Amid the ever-evolving tapestry of fashion, politics, and societal transformation, there lies an intersection of hope, creativity, and...
Sep 22, 20234 min
Students driving curriculum quality for sustainability
One of our ongoing aims at CSF is to drive up standards in sustainability learning at universities. Funded by the Quality Assurance...
Jul 14, 20234 min
Nurturing radical thinking and action – putting earth and equity first
“The ambition of Fashion Values is to nurture radical thinking and action that puts earth and equity at the forefront of fashion...
Jun 30, 20233 min
Mindsets and shifting fashion perceptions
“All that we create, recognise and present, whether a collection, images, words or actions, are directly related to our mindsets; how we...
Feb 1, 20232 min
How might we reimagine fashion as a powerful medium to explore and amplify cultures?
Fashion can be a powerful medium for the exploration, representation and amplification of voices and cultures from around the world....
Jan 26, 20233 min
What if we worked together to achieve the pace and scale of change that society needs from fashion?
“If today we can think about equity, being able to live well together and how we do that through fashion, then we’ve done something...
Sep 5, 20226 min
Shifting Charges – provoking mindset change through jewellery
The fashion industry causes negative impacts on society in many ways. For example the abuse of labour rights, compromising of the health of
Feb 28, 20222 min
How will we use fashion activism to challenge social injustice?
Fashion and society are deeply intertwined through everyday actions, behaviours and business models, and can be empowering. However,...
Jan 24, 20224 min
As fashion tutors, we have the opportunity and responsibility to be changemakers
OUNESCO’s World Education Day, a day in which educators and institutions are invited to reflect on education as we look around us and to...
Nov 3, 20213 min
Fashion Education in a time of climate emergency
Fashion education in 2021 must equip learners with the skills, knowledge and capabilities that can challenge exploitative practices in...
Oct 7, 20212 min
What kind of fashion education is needed now?
Education is the leverage point for change in societies, cultures and economies, and in a time of climate emergency, individual and...
Apr 12, 20213 min
Nature-based solutions in and through fashion have never been so necessary
It is a firmly-held belief at Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CSF) that access to research-led knowledge and practice in fashion and sustain
Dec 18, 20203 min
It is time to reflect on our role as educators
Education is the leverage point for change in societies, cultures, and economies, and in a time of climate emergency, individual and systemi
Aug 7, 20204 min
Re-imagining how we interact with fashion
Placing sustainability at the heart of fashion practice to help shape the next generation of designers and researchers is MA Fashion Futures
Jun 19, 20205 min
Design with humanity – a living curriculum
Prof. Helen Storey has been working closely with course leaders to create a ‘Living curriculum'.
May 1, 20204 min
Rethinking sustainability – resources for all in uncertain times
Our education team have brought together resources, that can support those who are rethinking their fashion sustainability teaching..
Apr 20, 20205 min
An accessible way to shape future decisions
Upon finding our free online short course ‘Fashion and Sustainability‘ in collaboration with Kering, Lydia Bolton immersed herself...
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