Jun 164 minHealing KnowledgeAfter six years of working together with UNHCR and the refugees of Zaatari Refugee Camp, on the Jordan/ Syria border, we have just begun...
May 253 minLeveraging the power of fashion activism to create positive social changeThrough project ReGo, we’ve been working to leverage the power of fashion activism in shifting the prevailing narrative around young...
Apr 212 minThe power of imagination and creativity in driving change Human lives are intrinsically interwoven into our planet’s health, the biodiversity of the air, our land and oceans.
Apr 83 minChallenges facing UK’s fashion entrepreneurs as they work toward sustainable prosperityThrough research conducted as part of our Fostering Sustainable Practices (FSP) project we know UK fashion micro, small and medium...
Feb 282 minHow 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 244 minAs fashion tutors, we have the opportunity and responsibility to be changemakersOUNESCO’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 26, 20214 minHow 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 3, 20213 minFashion Education in a time of climate emergencyFashion education in 2021 must equip learners with the skills, knowledge and capabilities that can challenge exploitative practices in...
Oct 29, 20214 minThe 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 15, 20214 minCommunity Couture – clothes made to carry stories, between us, through places and time Awarded a Royal Society of Arts (RSA) Student Design Award in the ‘For the long time’ category earlier this year, Community Couture is a...
Oct 7, 20212 minWhat 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...
Jun 1, 20214 minAnother story of fashion as a contributor to cultural, social, environmental and economic prosperityFashion is fundamentally changing, and fashion designers are becoming less affiliated with the conventional fashion industry than ever...
May 4, 20214 minThe importance of networks for MSEsAs we emerge from lockdown, there is an increasing desire within society to have physical human contact again, we have collectively...
Apr 23, 20213 minWe must continue to be shocked and outraged by the violence of fashionWithin the week falls Earth Day, Stephen Lawrence Day and 8 year anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse. In this week too a vital gu
Apr 22, 20213 minWhat 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 15, 20214 minDrawing RealityThere are 400 TIGERS in Zaatari Refugee Camp just now, a group of young people originally self - named as -‘These Inspiring Girls Enjoy Read
Apr 12, 20213 minNature-based solutions in and through fashion have never been so necessaryIt is a firmly-held belief at Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CSF) that access to research-led knowledge and practice in fashion and sustain
Mar 31, 20213 minIt is time for us to ask the question, what can we do for nature? Fashion Values (FV) is a sustainability education programme led by our team at Centre for Sustainable Fashion, supported by core partners Ke
Mar 23, 20215 minFashion 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, 20212 minSmall MattersOver the last few months, the team of our Fostering Sustainable Practices project have been busy writing a guide for those who support...