Introducing our Hub partner in Frome: Everyone Needs Pockets. We’re delighted to have the team behind Everyone Needs Pockets rejoin us for 2025 - their third year participating! Here we chat to Claire, who shares some more insights into all things Everyone Needs Pockets and their wider work in Frome, Somerset.

Introducing our second Hub partner in Bristol, delivered by the incredible Kirstie Macleod. Kirstie’s Hub will celebrate Kirstie’s brilliant community project: The Red Dress as it travels to Bristol this September alongside the launch of The Red Dress: Conversations in Stitch book.

Introducing our Hub partner in Canada, hosted by Musey. We’re really excited to welcome them back for their second year as part of SFW! We chat to Maheshi Wanasundara, the founder of Musey below.

Introducing our Hub partner in the Cotswolds, hosted by Lucy Barraclough and Faye Brookes.

Introducing our first Hub partner in Bristol, hosted by Silver and Steel. Founded by Beth, Silver and Steel are also one of our Affiliate Members - you can check out more about their work here!

Introducing our Hub partner in Maryland, USA from Star Lashelle of Eccentric Vintage! We chat to Star Lashelle about her journey into fashion, her brand and what she believes is important in the fashion industry.

Introducing our Hub partner in Torbay, Torquay, hosted by Karen Anderson of Mincycled. Mincycled began in 2021 as a small independent fashion brand that was created when Karen was made redundant - a moment that became the catalyst that brought her lifelong passion for slow and ethical fashion together. Here, Karen shares insight into her practice, the Mincycled brand, and plans for a SFW Hub for 2025!

Defashion Dorset took place last weekend and our founder, Amelia Twine, was delighted to join a panel as part of the programme on the theme of “Making Do With What You Have”.

Somer Store is hosting an exclusive preview open day on May 20th. Based in Bartlett Street in Bath’s historic shopping quarter, Somer will offer a unique fashion retail store and community space focused on sustainable design.

As we continue to chat to our Affiliate Directory members, Claire Turner from Alpaca Apparel shares with us the ethical, regenerative farming policies which drive the brand and her thoughts on why British is Best for production.

Next in our Meet the Maker series, we chat to Janine Kok from Freeweaver Studio in London. She shares insights into the studio, how it began, and the ethos behind everything that takes place at Freeweaver Studio.

Bath Spa University is delighted to announce the launch of Somer, a fashion retail store and community space focused on sustainable design, opening this spring on Bartlett Street in Bath’s historic shopping area. 

We chat to Chloe Haywood about her upcoming series of workshops “Blossoming Bridgwater” and ways to be involved.

We’re on the countdown to SFW Future Citizen and we’re really excited to welcome University of West England to our list of partners!

As we gear up to Sustainable Fashion Week ‘Future Citizen’, we take a look at the project, who can be involved, who it’s for and why now is the time to take action!

We’ve chatted to Claire Dunn about her work, inspiration and ethos as a member of our Affiliates Directory. Here, she shares a range of insights into her craft as a maker, the motivation behind her brand and how she feels we can take action against the climate crisis as fashion consumers.

Getting Healthy in Toxic Times is the first book to connect the health of our planet with our own well-being, and asks the question that very few doctors do – how can we protect ourselves from the pollution, chemicals and toxins that pervade our environment?

In short vignettes tied to the rhythms of the seasons, Kate Fletcher, fashion and sustainability pioneer, explores interrelationships between clothing and the natural world in this first volume of Fletcher's Almanac.

In this article, Brigitte Kaltenbacher AKA BeeKayMakes shares the history behind the incredible linen jeans project which were recently part of the ‘Fashion on Earth’ event at Bristol Cathedral.

Sustainable Fashion Week may be over for 2024 but that doesn’t mean we’re slowing down - join us for our next event Fashion On Earth on Wednesday 6th November at Bristol Cathedral.