Centre for Sustainable Fashion
We are Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CSF), an award-winning University of the Arts London (UAL) research, education and knowledge exchange centre based at London College of Fashion (LCF).
​CSF Community | Events & Activities
CSF Exhibits at British Textile Biennial in East Lancashire | 2 October - 2 November 2025
CSF researchers Dr Mila Burcikova and Professor Lucy Orta will be showcasing their current research at the 2025 British Textile Biennial
in East Lancashire, UK, ‘THE FUTURE WAS ALWAYS THERE – from sea snails to Star Wars’, from 2 October to 2 November. Both researchers question the developments in fashion and textiles that have pushed the planet and its resources to extremes and seek to uncover ways to reset ecosystem balance.
Future Fashion Landscapes
CSF's Dr Mila Burcikova will be presenting 'Future Fashion Landscapes' (FFL) at Pendle Heritage Centre. The exhibition will showcase the outcomes of a 12-month collaboration between CSF, South East England Fibreshed and South West England Fibreshed.
By connecting local designers and farmers, the project highlights the fibre production and biodiversity enhancement potential of farms involved in landscape-specific grazing programmes with native and rare breed sheep.
Homo Mondialis
CSF's Prof Lucy Orta will be honoured with a retrospective exhibition of her textile-led practice work spanning 30-years in the crypt of Blackburn Cathedral.
The exhibition will encompass a major new biennial commission, exploring traditional vernacular and textile weaving technology to reimagine a Bedouin tent, ‘Majlis: House of Hair’. The resulting textile sculpture will be a speculative response to nomadic living in the extreme scenario of mass desertification.​
‘Walking Conversation’
on Urban Dwellers Radio
Freely available online
CSF features on Resonance FM's Urban Dwellers radio programme, in which sound artist Beth Robertson explores the entwined histories and urban entanglements of London’s local wildlife. ‘Episode 18: Stratford’ takes a walk through London's East Bank, exploring the areas diverse urban green spaces with a group of walkers during CSF's 'Walking Conversation' at IFFTI 2025, London College of Fashion (LCF).
Governance for Tomorrow programme in Vogue Business
Available online
Sophie Benson writes for Vogue Business about our Governance for Tomorrow (GFT) programme, interviews the GfT stewardship board and shares the potency governance has to shift fashion towards stewardship of our Earth and all Earth's inhabitants. GfT is an interdisciplinary programme created to address governance. The programme is supported by CSF’s long-term partnership with leading luxury group, Kering.
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How can fashion value the rights of nature? Online masterclass
Freely available online
In a free online masterclass, this year's Next Gen Assembly (NGA) explore how fashion can move beyond simply reducing its impact to truly valuing the rights of nature. The session highlights the importance of recognising nature not just as a resource, but as a living system deserving of respect and care. NGA is an impactful advocacy programme for talented early-career professionals by CSF and Global Fashion Agenda.
LCF's ‘Meeting Tomorrow’ Project | Finalist in UK & Ireland Green Gown Awards 2025
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LCF's 'Meeting Tomorrow: Students' imagination and extreme collaboration for an ever-changing world' project is a Finalist in the UK & Ireland Green Gown Awards 2025 under the category 'Next Generation Learning and Skills'.
CSF researchers Prof Helen Storey and Dr Francesco Mazzarella, as well as many collaborators including UAL's Rose Thompson and international, NGO, community and industry partners, have pioneered two units that develop the thinking and skills of the next generation of creatives to adapt to global climate disaster and conflict challenges. The winners will be announced in October, so watch this space.
Open Morning Tutorials for UAL Students
CSF are offering current UAL students free one-on-one 25-minute in-person tutorials with a CSF team member during term time.
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This is a brilliant platform for inquisitive students working on projects inclusive of sustainability to discuss their work with fashion and sustainability leaders in their respective area of experience.
Please note there are no more upcoming dates this academic year. We will share our full calendar of 2025/26 dates soon.
