NEWS & OPINION
Introducing SFW Hub: South Birmingham
Introducing SFW Hub: South Birmingham led by The Old Print Works! The Old Print Works is a diverse and welcoming community in Balsall Heath, Birmingham, that believes in the transformative power of making and creativity. A vibrant community charity, The Old Print Works provides competitively priced spaces for creative local makers and creatives to share, collaborate, innovate and in the process preserve, transfer and develop new and practical skills.
Wild Textiles: Grown, Foraged, Found by Alice Fox
A guide to harnessing the world of nature to create sustainable textile art. Textile artist Alice Fox shows how to work with found, foraged, gathered and grown materials to create fabulous textile pieces that are inspired by, and made from, nature.
Global Organic Textiles Standard (GOTS): A Sustainability Standard You Can Trust
GOTS, is the worldwide leading voluntary textile processing standard for natural organic fibres with strict environmental, human rights and social requirements along the entire supply chain.
Preloved by Lauren Bravo
Dazzlingly witty, Preloved is a tale about friendship, loss and being true to yourself no matter the expectations. Lovingly celebrating the enduring power and joy of charity shops.
Bath Spa University Announces the National Centre for Fashion and Sustainability
We’re really excited to have Bath Spa University and the new National Centre for Fashion and Sustainability as our flagship Hub partners for this year’s SFW programme.
Less, Stop Buying So Much Rubbish: How Having Fewer, Better Things Can Make Us Happier by Patrick Grant
We used to care a lot about our clothes. We didn’t have many but those we had were important to us. We’d cherish them, repair them and pass them on. And making them provided fulfilling work for millions of skilled people locally.
TEXTILES 2030: SFW joins as an Affiliate
We’re delighted to announce that, as of May 2024, Sustainable Fashion Week is one of the pioneering signatories to Textiles 2030. the UK’s most ambitious voluntary agreement designed to limit the impact clothes and home textiles have on climate change in line with the Paris Agreement and the UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action.
The Craftivist Collective Handbook: Projects, Stories and Methods for Your Gentle Protests by Sarah Corbett
If we want our world to be more beautiful, kind and fair, can we make our activism more beautiful, kind and fair? ‘Gentle Protest’ is a unique methodology of strategic, compassionate and visually intriguing activism using handicrafts as a tool.
Organic Textile Week // 13-19 May
Taking place between 13th - 19th May, Organic Textiles Week is an awareness campaign which has been brought together by the UK ORGANIC with Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), their partners and members, including certifying bodies, industry experts, manufacturers, and retailers.
Celebrating Earth Day 2024
Earth Day is an annual celebration of all things earth and we wanted to share some of the amazing events taking place across our networks which you can be involved in.
Real Circularity: The Practices And Approaches To Turn Theory Into Reality by Ken Alston and Rachel Kan
Many in Circularity focus on the product, whilst that is important it is not the optimal way to create 'sustainable circularity', what we call Real Circularity™. One can be Circular in product and still be un-sustainable at the same time if our thinking and application is still linear.
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History by Kassia St Clair
All textiles begin with a twist. From colourful 30,000-year old threads found on the floor of a Georgian cave to what the linen wrappings of Tutankhamun's mummy actually meant…
Staying Alive in Toxic Times: A Seasonal Guide to Lifelong Health by Dr Jenny Goodman
The must-have health bible that explains exactly how to stay in radiant, optimal health all year round. Dr Jenny Goodman spoke at SFW 2022 - exploring toxicity in fast fashion.
Wear Next: Fashioning the future by Clare Press
A crystal-ball look into tomorrow's wardrobe: conscious, fair, slow, upcycled, biointelligent, digital ... the fashion industry is undergoing some radical reimagining.
What is the effect of ALL that fast-fashion shipping?
We have seen a rapid rise of the fast-fashion giants such as Shein and Temu in the past few years. All that postage has been paying a toll on the global air cargo industry! Shein and Temu send roughly 600,000 packages from China just to the US every day (U.S Congress report 2023). This is leading to an increase in air-freight costs and making off-peak season almost completely disappear.
Mend In Public Day by Fashion Revolution
On Saturday 20th April, join Fashion Revolution on the streets for the first global Mend In Public Day. The idea is simple: get out into your local community and stitch in protest against disposable fashion.
Regenerative Fashion: A Nature Approach to Fibres, Livelihoods and Leadership by Safia Minney
As our climate, ecological and social crises converge, urgent action is needed to maximize our chances of survival. A new commercial approach is possible but it requires a systemic shift, with companies learning to operate as part of a wider ‘ecosystem’, allowing fashion to restore what it has taken and redesign itself to operate within planetary boundaries.
SFW HUB: OXFORD
On 21 Feb 2024 we joined Headington School in Oxford for the first ever SFW Hub in an education setting. This was an exciting step in the development of SFW activities and in reaching younger audiences.
Hidden Plastic in Your Wardrobe?
Did you know that 60% of all garments produced today contain polyester? Polyester is a synthetic fabric, derived from fossil fuels like petroleum, which has a negative impact on both human health and environmental health…
How to Break Up With Fast Fashion by Lauren Bravo
'Bravo will inspire you to repair, recycle and give old items a new lease of life' Stylist