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Sep 28, 20233 min read

MA Fashion Futures Testbed

Amid the ever-evolving tapestry of fashion, politics, and societal transformation, there lies an intersection of hope, creativity, and...

Sep 22, 20234 min read

Students driving curriculum quality for sustainability

One of our ongoing aims at CSF is to drive up standards in sustainability learning at universities. Funded by the Quality Assurance...

Jul 14, 20234 min read

Nurturing radical thinking and action – putting earth and equity first

“The ambition of Fashion Values is to nurture radical thinking and action that puts earth and equity at the forefront of fashion...

Jan 23, 20233 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...

Sep 5, 20226 min read

Shifting Charges – provoking mindset change through jewellery

The fashion industry causes negative impacts on society in many ways. For example the abuse of labour rights, compromising of the health of

Jun 16, 20224 min read

Healing Knowledge

After six years of working together with UNHCR and the refugees of Zaatari Refugee Camp, on the Jordan/ Syria border, we have just begun...

May 25, 20223 min read

Leveraging the power of fashion activism to create positive social change

Through project ReGo, we’ve been working to leverage the power of fashion activism in shifting the prevailing narrative around young...

Feb 28, 20222 min read

How will we use fashion activism to challenge social injustice?

Fashion and society are deeply intertwined through everyday actions, behaviours and business models, and can be empowering. However,...

Jan 24, 20224 min read

As fashion tutors, we have the opportunity and responsibility to be changemakers

OUNESCO’s World Education Day, a day in which educators and institutions are invited to reflect on education as we look around us and to...

Nov 26, 20214 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 3, 20213 min read

Fashion Education in a time of climate emergency

Fashion education in 2021 must equip learners with the skills, knowledge and capabilities that can challenge exploitative practices in...

Oct 7, 20212 min read

What kind of fashion education is needed now?

Education is the leverage point for change in societies, cultures and economies, and in a time of climate emergency, individual and...

Apr 12, 20213 min read

Nature-based solutions in and through fashion have never been so necessary

It is a firmly-held belief at Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CSF) that access to research-led knowledge and practice in fashion and sustain

Mar 31, 20213 min read

It is time for us to ask the question, what can we do for nature?

Fashion Values (FV) is a sustainability education programme led by our team at Centre for Sustainable Fashion, supported by core partners Ke

Aug 7, 20204 min read

Re-imagining how we interact with fashion

Placing sustainability at the heart of fashion practice to help shape the next generation of designers and researchers is MA Fashion Futures

Jun 18, 20205 min read

Design with humanity – a living curriculum

Prof. Helen Storey has been working closely with course leaders to create a ‘Living curriculum'.

Apr 20, 20205 min read

An accessible way to shape future decisions

Upon finding our free online short course ‘Fashion and Sustainability‘ in collaboration with Kering, Lydia Bolton immersed herself...

Apr 3, 20202 min read

Shared values through education

Working towards Education for Sustainability at London College of Fashion (LCF), comes with many considerations...

Feb 25, 20203 min read

Education is the leverage point for change

Looking at how much more needs to be done in education for sustainability, our Interim Report Education for Sustainability Transformation.

Nov 11, 201913 min read

How can collaborative units and live briefs impact the student experience?

Since 2014 we’ve coordinated a collaborative unit with students from across London College of Fashion, working on a live brief...