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No Refuge in a Refugee Camp by Namad
Namad, poet, activist and director of MUTU Organisation, shares in his own words his experiences of being a refugee in Dzaleka Refugee Camp.
14 hours ago6 min read


The Pockets of Love
Grace is beauty, under remorseless pressure. When I sat down to write this article, these words came to mind – to connect to the lived...
Mar 206 min read


A Creative Journey into the Resourcefulness, Reciprocity and Resilience of Indigenous Communities in Vietnam
In this second article in my series of blog posts, I discuss my experience as a Visiting Researcher at RMIT Vietnam from 15th to...
Feb 37 min read


An Experiential Journey on Australian Land – Towards Decolonising Fashion and Cultural Reconciliation with First Nations Peoples
In this blog post, I reflect on my recent research trip to Melbourne ( Naarm) in Australia in October-November 2024, as a Visiting...
Jan 95 min read


Creative Archive and Career Reflections
Over recent times, I have been curating my 30-year creative archive donation to London College of Fashion (LCF).
Dec 18, 20247 min read


Transformation as a Present Activity
Prof Dilys Williams discusses the transformative ability of fashion as a present activity to change us imagine possibilities.
Dec 16, 20247 min read


And Still We Rise
I'm struggling today I'm in shock at the results of the US election. This demonstrates my naivety. Sometimes my optimism is blind.
Nov 7, 20244 min read


Farming Fashion: Wool | Calling farmers and designers for online meet ups
Call out to farmers and designers for online meet ups for Future Fashion: Wool.
May 16, 20242 min read


Art for the Environment – Transformative Encounters
“Intra-actions involve transformative encounters, seductive moments that generate new modes of coexistence.” – Kirksey, Eben. 2015....
Feb 21, 20242 min read


Safe Spaces for Making Communities
Over the course of the Decolonising Fashion and Textiles project (DFT), we became acutely aware of the shortage of not only safe spaces...
Feb 12, 20243 min read


Valuing refugee and migrant voices
As we approach Refugee Week with hopes to galvanise action, CSF researchers Francesco Mazzarella, Helen Storey and Lucy Orta explore the...
Jun 9, 20235 min read


Envisioning a compassionate future with refugee communities
May 2023 marked the end of the second work package of the AHRC-funded ‘Decolonising Fashion and Textiles’ project. Through this...
Jun 2, 20233 min read


Discussing fashion for social change with Jess Amaral
“It’s important to enable the next generation of design change-makers. We are convening co-creation spaces and it's great to give...
May 19, 20234 min read

Tending the Earth, gardening fashion
What would fashion look like if it developed alongside natural seasons rather than the market driven fashion calendar? Natural seasons...
Apr 21, 20233 min read


Shifting perceptions through Photo-Voice: Discovering a sense of place and community
Focused on bringing to the fore the perspectives of refugees whose voices are often underrepresented, we kickstarted the AHRC-funded...
Feb 7, 20234 min read


Stitching the future and the longing for home
“As a designer working in the humanitarian field, humility, listening and the reimagining of one’s own sense of what ‘progress’ should...
Jan 23, 20233 min read


Why fashion needs a future scenario framework – ReModelling Futures Method
Many sustainable design tools address only the concept development, or the production stages of fashion. While these approaches can offer...
Dec 22, 20222 min read


Embedding sustainability at the core of fashion practice – developing the ReModelling Futures Method
The ReModelling Futures Method was developed as a key outcome for the ReModelling Fashion project, part of the Business of Fashion,...
Oct 28, 20224 min read


Supporting the transition to sustainable fashion practices – the ReModelling Futures Method
The ReModelling Futures Framework embeds future thinking from the start of the creative and decision making process.
Oct 24, 20222 min read


Reality, Reciprocity, Resilience
With the mass displacement of people on the rise, it is clear that we need to rethink and address the needs and aspirations of refugee...
Sep 21, 20225 min read
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