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Jun 1
4 min

Another story of fashion as a contributor to cultural, social, environmental and economic prosperity

Fashion is fundamentally changing, and fashion designers are becoming less affiliated with the conventional fashion industry than ever...

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...

Apr 23
3 min

We must continue to be shocked and outraged by the violence of fashion

Within 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
3 min

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 15
4 min

Drawing Reality

There 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
3 min

Nature-based solutions in and through fashion have never been so necessary

It 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
3 min

It 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
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...

Dec 18, 2020
3 min

It is time to reflect on our role as educators

Education is the leverage point for change in societies, cultures, and economies, and in a time of climate emergency, individual and systemi

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...

Nov 20, 2020
2 min

Earth Logic: new hope for Black Friday

Let this Black Friday mark the beginning of a new obsession. An obsession not with shopping, not with buying more things that we don’t need.

Nov 4, 2020
4 min

On Wearing Old Clothes

Looking back on my thesis exploring toward women’s relationships with their everyday clothes through the lens of my designer-maker practice.

May 20, 2020
3 min

Strengthening sustainability literacy – The Sustainable Fashion Glossary

Developed in partnership with Condé Nast, The Sustainable Fashion Glossary is designed to strengthen and develop sustainability literacy.

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
3 min

The future is here…it’s up to us to live it

The unexpected and for most, the unimagined is happening. A large majority of people around the world have dramatically changed how they are

May 1, 2020
4 min

Rethinking sustainability – resources for all in uncertain times

Our education team have brought together resources, that can support those who are rethinking their fashion sustainability teaching..

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 24, 2020
2 min

We are still fighting for transparency

Seven years on, we are still fighting for transparency in the fashion supply chain, for access to unions for workers across the world.

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.

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