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.
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- Jul 17, 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...
- Jun 19, 2020
- 5 min
Design with humanity – a living curriculum
Prof. Helen Storey has been working closely with course leaders to create a ‘Living curriculum'.
- Jun 17, 2020
- 2 min
Sustaining the legacy of Making for Change: Waltham Forest
Dr Francesco Mazzarella has been awarded funding from HEIF for the next iteration of Making for Change: Waltham Forest...
- 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,
- May 13, 2020
- 5 min
Mutual Aid as a framework for interdependence
Exploring the concept of Mutual Aid as a framework for care, adding to discussions about an ecologically just post-Covid future.
- May 1, 2020
- 6 min
Impact and legacy – ‘Making for Change: Waltham Forest’
Throughout the year long project Making for Change: Waltham Forest, its extensive programme facilitated an enriching experience...
- Apr 22, 2020
- 2 min
Earth Logic: Fashion Action Research Plan
Earth Logic, a fashion action research plan offers a radical vision for the fashion industry...to transform by putting Earth first.
- 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.
- Feb 5, 2020
- 2 min
Climate change has no borders and cooperation on a global scale is even more necessary
When we launched Antarctica World Passport in 2008, we believed in international cooperation – Antarctica became a symbol of hope...
- Jan 21, 2020
- 4 min
We know the power of making, but we’ve never applied it in such extreme circumstances
Since January 2019, Professor Helen Storey has been working with the UNHCR as ‘Artist in Residence’ at Za’atari Refugee Camp, Jordan...
- Jan 16, 2020
- 5 min
Making innovation in design processes more accessible
Blackhorse Lane Ateliers – hosted a research residency as part of ‘Making For Change: Waltham Forest’ a project...
- 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...
- Jan 8, 2020
- 5 min
Reflections on a year of Making for Change: Waltham Forest
As we look back on 2019, a year which saw Waltham Forest being the first London Borough of Culture, it seems a timely opportunity to reflect
- Dec 5, 2019
- 3 min
A new ‘way in’ to sustainability ideas
Offering a new ‘way in’ to sustainability ideas – we caught up with Kate, on the evolution of Wild Dress – from the initial ideas to...
- Nov 29, 2019
- 3 min
It’s just <del>Black</del> Friday, or is it?
There are many things that create great discussion and debate in our office, and Black Friday is definitely one of them...
- Oct 8, 2019
- 3 min
Transforming what it means to be a fashion business – fostering sustainable practices
Transforming what it means to be a fashion business – how brands are fostering sustainable practices at London Fashion Week.
- Jul 15, 2019
- 2 min
How we are shaping the future – through our fashion habits and aspirations
Relationships are the subject of much debate at Centre for Sustainable Fashion; those that we have with each other and with nature. Fashion,
- Nov 29, 2013
- 1 min
Craft of Use
Just because you own it, doesn’t mean you know how to use it…While most of us probably know what ‘craft’ is in a production context...
- Oct 21, 2013
- 3 min
Craft is radical
Craft, at its best, is a radical force. In the face of a world now largely in the tow of speed, you could consider craft an extreme...