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The Pockets of Love
Grace is beauty, under remorseless pressure. When I sat down to write this article, these words came to mind – to connect to the lived...
Mar 206 min read


Workshopping a New Fashion System by Knowledge Exchange
As part of Centre for Sustainable Fashion’s (CSF) LCF Fashion Undressed: Imagining Possibilities Festival earlier this year, CSF's Knowledge
Oct 8, 20243 min read


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...
Jun 4, 20244 min read


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.” –...
Feb 19, 20242 min read


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...
Sep 22, 20234 min read


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...
Jul 14, 20234 min read


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...
Jun 30, 20233 min read


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....
Feb 1, 20232 min read


Why fashion needs a future scenario framework – ReModelling Futures Method
Many sustainable design tools address only the concept development, or the production stages of fashion. While these approaches can offer...
Dec 22, 20222 min read


Embedding sustainability at the core of fashion practice – developing the ReModelling Futures Method
The ReModelling Futures Method was developed as a key outcome for the ReModelling Fashion project, part of the Business of Fashion,...
Oct 28, 20224 min read


How can fashion value Society?
Fashion and society are interlinked and entangled, both reflecting and influencing one another — and in turn changing and evolving our...
Oct 4, 20223 min read


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
Sep 5, 20226 min read


Challenges facing UK’s fashion entrepreneurs as they work toward sustainable prosperity
Through research conducted as part of our Fostering Sustainable Practices (FSP) project we know UK fashion micro, small and medium...
Apr 8, 20223 min read


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,...
Feb 28, 20222 min read


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...
Jan 24, 20224 min read


How can circularity change the way we design fashion products?
The global fashion industry of today predominantly operates on a linear production model. We take natural resources from the earth...
Nov 26, 20214 min read


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...
Nov 3, 20213 min read


The need for a collective reimagining of climate justice and commitment to action
The world is watching as the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, the 26th Conference of the Parties (known as COP26) starts in...
Oct 29, 20214 min read


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...
Oct 7, 20212 min read


What difference does naming a day make?
Many things that appear, boldly, clearly, apparently suddenly, involve long hours, days, years or more in the making. As artists and...
Apr 22, 20213 min read
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