Author: Charlotte
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2015
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Dyeing to do things differently
For several years now I’ve been exploring ways we can reduce the environmental impact of our clothes, primarily through the choice and use of materials and processes we use. A key area that has emerged within this research has been the way we dye fabrics, which can have huge impacts on water systems through waste […]
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2014
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Sustainable fashion and textiles resources
As the new academic year is upon us and we’ve been thinking about Being Resourceful, we thought it would be a good time to highlight some of the resources on hand to help with learning about sustainability and research in the context of fashion and textiles, and tools to help you apply these new design strategies […]
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LCF Research Hub: Fashion and Politics
In light of the increasing global dialogue around politics and ethics in fashion, most recently through Fashion Revolution Day and the LCF PROTEST project, it is fitting that London College of Fashion Research Hub recently hosted a conference exploring Fashion and Politics. The conference provided new insights and raised questions on topics from the representation of class […]
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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, questioning, debating, thinking, and exploring. While we need to continue asking this question of brands, we also need to be asking what […]
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A personal fashion revolution
Fashion is in turns captivating, distracting, satisfying, sometimes bringing a bit of the extraordinary to every day life, and often connecting people and cultures with wonderful results. It is amazing to think that an industry that has often been described as frivolous spans so much of the world and impacts so many people and places […]
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UnBox Future Cities: First view
CSF’s director Dilys Williams has now been in Ahmedabad as part of UnBox 2014 Future Cities for more than a week, experiencing the diverse and contrasting nature of one of India’s, and indeed the world’s, most populated cities. Dilys is there for two weeks with a group of creative practitioners and academic researchers from both the UK […]
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Observer Ethical Awards
Since 2008 it has been a great delight and insight to be involved in the Observer Ethical Awards as a judge in their sustainable fashion category. Deliberating alongside a stellar cast of judges and advisors, I have witnessed some incredible ingenuity and beauty with the purpose of replenishing rather than taking without giving back from […]
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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 already be familiar with, was written by friend of the centre Amanda Johnston, with Clive Hallett. Both Amanda and Clive teach on several […]
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2013
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Future Fabrics Expo by The Sustainable Angle
For 5 years now the Centre for Sustainable Fashion has approached sustainability from an explorative and collaborative platform, choosing to look at the fashion industry from a multi layered and wide angled perspective. This means examining farther than just our visible and physical decisions (be that use of energy or materials choice for example), and […]
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