Blog

May 4
4 min

The importance of networks for MSEs

As we emerge from lockdown, there is an increasing desire within society to have physical human contact again, we have collectively...

Mar 23
5 min

Fashion entrepreneurs’ resilience – how brands are advancing their circular economy ambitions

The fashion industry constitutes a complex mesh of, often global interconnections between designers, producers, suppliers, distributors...

Feb 17
2 min

Small Matters

Over the last few months, the team of our Fostering Sustainable Practices project have been busy writing a guide for those who support...

Feb 3
3 min

Working against fashion industry norms

The fashion industry has always, up until now, operated with a set-in-stone calendar of key dates, activations, shows and opportunities...

Nov 27, 2020
2 min

This Black Friday, make the most of what you have

Andrea Pecora’s 2016 short film Desula pays an hommage to an almost extinct Sardinian dress tradition. When the women in the village of...

Sep 30, 2020
3 min

Are we there yet? Doing what matters in fashion

Sustainability is not a destination; it is a journey. It is a verb rather than a noun. It is not black and white either.

Jul 16, 2020
4 min

Landing with purpose

If we want the world to become a better place post Covid-19, we must stand up for the change we want to see...

May 22, 2020
4 min

Comfortable with uncertainty? Future Now.

It is now clearer than ever that the micro and small fashion businesses that have built their work on the need to do something that matters,

Mar 27, 2020
5 min

Downtime in the months of disruption, vulnerability, and generosity of spirit

Here we are now, in our home offices – researchers, designers, makers, all doing our utmost to adapt to the new circumstances of the COVID.

Jan 10, 2020
4 min

Better Lives: Capping production and building in some downtime

We look back on what the leaders of micro and small businesses who spoke at our 2019 Better Lives event...

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