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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


Challenges facing UK’s fashion entrepreneurs as they work toward sustainable prosperity
Through research conducted as part of our Fostering Sustainable Practices (FSP) project we know UK fashion micro, small and medium...
Apr 8, 20223 min read


How can circularity change the way we design fashion products?
The global fashion industry of today predominantly operates on a linear production model. We take natural resources from the earth...
Nov 26, 20214 min read


Another story of fashion as a contributor to cultural, social, environmental and economic prosperity
Fashion is fundamentally changing, and fashion designers are becoming less affiliated with the conventional fashion industry than ever...
Jun 1, 20214 min read


The importance of networks for MSEs
As we emerge from lockdown, there is an increasing desire within society to have physical human contact again, we have collectively...
May 4, 20214 min read


Fashion entrepreneurs’ resilience – how brands are advancing their circular economy ambitions
The fashion industry constitutes a complex mesh of, often global interconnections between designers, producers, suppliers, distributors...
Mar 23, 20215 min read


Small Matters
Over the last few months, the team of our Fostering Sustainable Practices project have been busy writing a guide for those who support...
Feb 17, 20212 min read


Working against fashion industry norms
The fashion industry has always, up until now, operated with a set-in-stone calendar of key dates, activations, shows and opportunities...
Feb 3, 20213 min read


This Black Friday, make the most of what you have
Andrea Pecora’s 2016 short film Desula pays an hommage to an almost extinct Sardinian dress tradition. When the women in the village of...
Nov 27, 20202 min read


Are we there yet? Doing what matters in fashion
Sustainability is not a destination; it is a journey. It is a verb rather than a noun. It is not black and white either.
Sep 30, 20203 min read


Landing with purpose
If we want the world to become a better place post Covid-19, we must stand up for the change we want to see...
Jul 17, 20204 min read


Comfortable with uncertainty? Future Now.
It is now clearer than ever that the micro and small fashion businesses that have built their work on the need to do something that matters,
May 22, 20204 min read


Downtime in the months of disruption, vulnerability, and generosity of spirit
Here we are now, in our home offices – researchers, designers, makers, all doing our utmost to adapt to the new circumstances of the COVID.
Mar 27, 20205 min read


Better Lives: Capping production and building in some downtime
We look back on what the leaders of micro and small businesses who spoke at our 2019 Better Lives event...
Jan 10, 20204 min read


It’s just <del>Black</del> Friday, or is it?
There are many things that create great discussion and debate in our office, and Black Friday is definitely one of them...
Nov 29, 20193 min read


Transforming what it means to be a fashion business – fostering sustainable practices
Transforming what it means to be a fashion business – how brands are fostering sustainable practices at London Fashion Week.
Oct 8, 20193 min read
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