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MA Fashion and the Environment students in Sri Lanka

London College of Fashion has been working with the University of Moratuwa since 2002 and, with funding provided by the British Fashion Council, an incredible opportunity arose for our MA Fashion and...

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Source4Style

They are the premier online destination for designers and retailers to search and source the world’s leading sustainable materials and services from a network of global suppliers. Their design portal...

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A Dinner to dye for at Here Today Here Tomorrow

  A DINNER TO DYE FOR   At HERE TODAY HERE TOMORROW  30A BALLS POND ROAD, DALSTON, LONDON N1 4AU       RSVP BY 19 MARCH: hello@heretoday-heretomorrow.com  Here today Here Tomorrow  is a collective of...

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Dilys Williams talks to Radio 4

Dilys Williams, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Fashion, was interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour programme today and shares her views on the synthetic fibre polyester. Marking 70 years...

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Volunteers needed for the London Green Fair – 4th & 5th June 2011

Interested in volunteering in the fashion area at the London Green Fair this June?   The London Green Fair, taking place in Regents Park from 4-5th June 2011, is a free festival that reflects the...

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Community Repair Exhibition – 14-15 May – Foundation Showroom, Old Street

Community Repair: Strategic Skill Mobilisation for Sustainable Fashion Community Repair is an artistic research project initiated by Otto von Busch with support from the Centre for Sustainable Fashion...

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Made in Clerkenwell: Summer Open Studios – Craft Central – 19-22 May 2011

Made in Clerkenwell Craft Central’s 2 buildings house the ultimate shopping treat, selling exceptional craft/design. This unique shopping event offers an intriguing ‘behind the scenes’ chance to...

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Community Repair Exhibition

Community Repair Exhibition By Danielle Sponder Testa This last term at LCF the MA Fashion and the Environment class worked with Otto von Busch on a project called ‘Community Repair: Strategic Social...

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Antiform launch A/W 2011/12 collection

Looking for an inspiring round off to London Fashion Week? On the 22nd of September, up and coming sustainable fashion brand Antiform will be hosting the launch of their new A/W 2011/12 collection at...

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Wonderland

Photo by Trish Belford Most often, on this creative journey of recent years, collaborations have been kicked into life when something else in life has been going wrong … you could take ‘ going wrong’...

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Agents for Change

When we met the team at Nike and they told us about their commitment to success through a contribution to the resilience of the world’s natural resources, rather than using them up as most of our...

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Future Fabrics Expo by The Sustainable Angle

Future Fabrics Expo 22 – 24 September 2013 www.thesustainableangle.org For 5 years now the Centre for Sustainable Fashion has approached sustainability from an explorative and collaborative platform,...

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Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys

Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys by Kate Fletcher presents information about lifecycle sustainability impacts of fashion and textiles and examines practical alternatives, design...

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Smart textiles for medicine and healthcare

Sandy Black contributes a chapter on 'Trends in smart medical textiles' for this book charting this relatively new area of research. This book provides a unique insight into recent developments in how...

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Fabric for Fashion: A review

It’s with great excitement that we announce the release of Fabric for Fashion: The Complete Guide: Natural and man-made fibres. This book, the second edition of Fabric for Fashion which you may...

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Weaving the fabrics we wear

We recently turned our clothes #insideout for Fashion Revolution Day, to question who is involved in making our clothes, and to get people throughout the world to raise their voices and keep asking,...

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Hemp, Localism: Bioregional’s enduring significance

Hemp growing in Walpole courtesy of Wikipedia This week CSF’s Prof. Kate Fletcher attended a reunion of past staff, volunteers, collaborators – alumni – of the environmental action group Bioregional....

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Laure Fernandez: Kering Award Winner

Image: Laure Fernandez Today is the turn of Laure Fernandez to answer a couple of questions about her project and share her thoughts on sustainability in fashion. Can you briefly explain your project?...

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Charlie Wilkinson: Kering Award Winner

Image: Charlie Wilkinson The focus of Charlie Wilkinson’s work is the use of cork as a sustainable material in Gucci’s heritage luggage. Here she tells us more about her project and her thinking about...

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