sustainability
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2017
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The Laundry Pile
Today, we hear from Emma Rigby, about her work and event she has organised to shine a light on the social practices involved in domestic laundry. The event is called The Laundry Pile and is the launch of CSF’s Prof. Kate Fletcher’s new book Opening up the Wardrobe. Emma completed her PhD at CSF last year. Through the […]
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2016
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Kering Award Finalists: Yophi Ignacia and Rosalie Overgaauw
Over the next few months, we will be introducing you to each of the ten finalists for the Kering Award for Sustainability 2016, ahead of the winner announcements in November. Since January 2016, these students have been developing and refining their sustainability projects, and presented them to an esteemed panel of judges from Kering, the […]
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H&M x LCF – Playful Activists
Throughout London Fashion Week we have been taking a look at some of the student collections which are being showcased at H&M stores around central London as part of the H&M x LCF collaboration project. Today we visit The Playful Activists, by Dayun Lee and Dawn Kelso, currently on display in the Covent Garden H&M windows. Through […]
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H&M x LCF – Something New
Last night we officially launched the H&M x LCF project with a London Fashion Week event hosted by H&M at their flagship Oxford Circus store. The response from the room was overwhelmingly positive, with real appreciation for the creative works on display. Showcasing the student works during London Fashion Week is not only a testament to the quality […]
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H&M x LCF at London Fashion Week
It was around this time last year we launched the Clothes Well Lived project – a collaboration with H&M and London College of Fashion’s BA (Hons) Creative Direction to create a series of window installations that challenge our perceptions of value through the lens of fashion. This year the journey continues as we work with H&M, BA(Hons) Fashion Design & Technology […]
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Lucy + Jorge Orta: Food
Food and fashion are rarely considered on the same platform, discussed at the same debates, or indeed even thought about in the same way. However, despite their apparent differences and the fact they seem so vastly removed from each other- think size zero models, skimpy dresses and unnaturally shaped mannequins- however, there are more similarities […]
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Kering Award for Sustainability: The Final Presentations
‘I love watching everyone’s presentations rehearsals and hearing about their projects,’ one Kering Award finalist stated last week. ‘It’s like doing a Master’s degree in sustainability!’ I have to agree. I’ve worked at the Centre for Sustainable Fashion for three months, the final three months of the 2016 Kering Award for Sustainability, which culminated in […]
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Faith and Fashion Talks: Ethics, Morality, Sustainability
Ahhh, where to start with the ethics and morals of fashion with the spotlight on sustainability? How long have you got? Well, we didn’t quiet have long enough last week when CSF co-hosted a discussion led by Professor Reina Lewis on the topic of Faith and Fashion: Ethics, Morality, Sustainability. Joining Reina was CSF’s Professor […]
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The Vulnerable Advocate: Guest Blog by Eleanor Snare
We asked guest speaker Eleanor Snare to reflect after her LCF Manifestos talk… Once you’ve come up with an innovative idea for fashion as sustainability, how do you put it into practice? Talking to fashion consumers about innovative ideas appears simple: fashion is built on renewal and change, so new things are likely to be readily accepted. […]
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2015
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Make your voice heard and seen
Here at CSF HQ, there has been a lot of chat over the past few days about what we plan to wear to the London Climate March this coming Sunday. How can we use what we wear to visualise and emphasise what we want to say to our leaders and to the world? Not surprisingly, […]
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