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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

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

10 Years of Wild Collaboration   It began with a dress.    In 2013, Centre for Sustainable Fashion researcher Prof Helen Storey was approached by the climate scientists at the UK MET Office and challenged to create a piece of work that could capture public imagination towards an informed understanding of climate change and all it means for our planet. The dress was first exhibited at a key moment in time, at the gateway to COP21 United Nations Climate Summit , Paris, in 201