The Nettle Dress

Textile artist Allan Brown spends seven years making a dress by hand, just from the fibre of locally foraged stinging nettles. A modern day fairytale and hymn to the healing power of nature and slow craft. Followed by a filmed Q&A with the artist.

Mon 23 Sep 5pm, The Lecture Theatre, Locksbrook Campus

The Red Dress, conceived by British artist Kirstie Macleod, provides an artistic platform for individuals (majority women) around the world, many of whom are vulnerable and live in poverty, to tell their story through embroidery. Join us for a talk with the creator on this incredible project.

Tue 24 Sep 5.00pm - 6.00pm, Lecture Theatre, Locksbrook Campus

View Kirstie Macleod’s Red Dress throughout 23 - 27 Sep in The Gallery, Locksbrook Campus.

History, Heritage & Sustainability: How do we learn from the past to fix the future?

We have a range of experts on craft, heritage and sustainable fashion discussing ways the industry can move forward. More information listed below!

Wed 25 Sep 5pm, Lecture Theatre, Locksbrook Campus

Strength in Style Fashion Show

A fusion of fashion and compassion from Children’s Hospice South West, Dorothy House & We Get It.

Thu 26 Sep 5.30pm, The Assembly Rooms, Bath

Basic Mends with Lucy Barraclough

Learn essential hand mending techniques which cover a range of invisible mending stitches with Lucy. Techniques include: back stitch for open seam repairs; herringbone stitch for fixing hems and sleeves; ladder stitch for seams in costs which have linings; and how to sew on a button.

Mon 23 Sep 3.30pm - 5pm, Room 105 Locksbrook Campus

Visible Mending Darning with Slow Stitch Club

Join Skye of Slow Stitch Club in this workshop on the visible mending technique of darning. Learn this incredible art form and transform your garments in need of repair whilst also celebrating the beauty of visible mending.

Tues 24 Sep 3.00pm - 5.00pm, Room 105 Locksbrook Campus

Boro Repair with Rhyannan Hall

Celebrate the power of repair with this workshop on the technique of boro stitching, a Japanese method of extending the life of textiles with decorative hand stitches.

Wed 25 Sep 9.30am - 11am, Room 105 Locksbrook Campus

Creative Patches with Public Footpath

This workshop will provide a range of ways to creatively patch clothing in need of repair, transforming garments into unique pieces of clothing.

Thu 26 Sep 2.00pm - 4.00pm, Room 105 Locksbrook Campus

Upcycling Denim with Scrapstore

Have a pair of jeans that no longer fit or are in need of transformation? Bring them along to this workshop where you can upcycle your existing garments into something new with Scrapstore.

Fri 27 Sep 10am - 12pm, Room 105, Locksbrook Campus

Professor Tamara Cincik is the Professor of Fashion and Sustainability at Bath Spa University, where she is Director of the National Centre for Fashion and Sustainability, which they are founding. A UCL graduate, with over 20 years' experience working in the fashion industry, as a fashion editor and brand consultant, as well as uniquely working in Parliament. She launched Fashion Roundtable, the only think tank for the fashion industry, and is the secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion, acting as the bridge between fashion and policy. Tamara is a Commissioner for the UK Trade and Business Commission alongside cross party parliamentarians and business leaders.

Amelia is the founder and director of Sustainable Fashion Week, which she established in 2020. Amelia is a passionate advocate for consumer behaviour change in the fashion industry and has extensive experience in influencing policy and change in retail supply chains. In 2018, Amelia launched Give Wear Love - an online sustainable fashion retail platform which spurred her on to focus more on making the industry accessible and inclusive through community centred action, which drives everything at Sustainable Fashion Week.

Jamilla Ives is the Curriculum Co-ordinator for Textiles at The King’s Foundation. She is based at Highgrove Traditional Crafts, where she coordinates The CHANEL & The King’s Foundation Métiers d’art Fellowship in Partnership with le19M. An experienced Fashion and Textiles Educator, Pattern Cutter and maker, she has broad experience teaching across garment production, pattern cutting and design. As a practitioner, she is passionate about the value of making, and encourages new-makers to think about both people and plant when designing and making products. She has delivered beginner, intermediate and advance workshops for The King’s Foundation and Made My Wardrobe in Bristol.

Ruth Alice Rands is an activist entrepreneur, passionate knitter, and dedicated advocate for sustainable fashion. In 2020, Ruth founded HERD, a sustainable luxury knitwear brand rooted in the belief that championing the British wool industry is best achieved through a hyperlocal supply chain that bolsters local economies. HERD makes yarn, knitting wool and knitwear from 100% Bluefaced Leicester fleeces from the North of England, which are bought within a 150 mile radius of the farms without chemicals, using organic detergents, plant dyes and water.

Kate Hills is a UK manufacturing expert & small business mentor with over 30 years experience in design, product development and retailing. Kate has  helped hundreds of small businesses to launch and grow their British-made brands since 2011. Kate established Make it British in 2011, which acts as a platform to promote British-made brands and UK manufacturers and aims to raise awareness of all of the fantastic manufacturing that still takes place in Britain.