Sustainable Fashion Week may be over for 2024 but that doesn’t mean we’re slowing down - join us for our next event Fashion On Earth on Wednesday 6th November at Bristol Cathedral.

This Organic September we are highlighting one of our sponsors: The Organic Textile Company. 

The Organic Textile Company is one of the UK’s largest and most popular sources of organic and sustainable fabric and threads. Founded in 2005 by Phil and Ann Wheeler, the Organic Textile Company began in their home in Mid-Wales.

The Global Organic Textile Standard (or commonly referred to as GOTS) is a level of certification which covers several key areas across fabric production. Let’s explore what these really mean in the textile industry.

The Digital Red Dress is a collaboration between Bath Spa University and British artist Kirstie Macleod, led by Dr Coral Manton, Senior Lecturer in Creative Computing at the Bath School of Design, with support from Richard Wood and Fred Reed from the School of Art, Film, and Media. The project involved creating a 3D digital reproduction of the celebrated Red Dress using innovative 3D scanning and retopology techniques, broadening the reach and accessibility of the Red Dress Project to an online audience.

With so many terms relating to the sustainable fashion industry, it can be difficult to understand which direction is best to head in and which certifications are the most valuable to align with your brand credentials. There has been a lot of confusion between the terms regenerative and organic in particular. As the worldwide leading textile processing standard for organic fibres, the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) has some handy definitions between the two terms and guidance on best practices.

We’re hugely excited to announce that as part of our Flagship Hub programme of activities, The Red Dress project will be exhibited at the Bath Spa University Locksbrook campus between 23rd - 27th September. Conceived by British artist, Kirstie Macleod, the Red Dress provides an artistic platform for individuals (the majority of whom are women and live in poverty) to tell their personal stories through the craft of embroidery.

Introducing our Hub partner in central Birmingham, delivered by The Good Clothes Show! The Good Clothes Show will be taking place at the National Exhibition Centre between 20th-22nd September, in a celebration of sustainable fashion. Meet makers, perfect your pre-loved pieces, find and swap luxury sustainable garms, discover boutiques and brands, and listen to leading and inspiring speakers in a celebration of good fashion.

Introducing our Hub partner in Shoreditch, CLOSWAP!CLOSWAP that allows people to trade clothes online and offline. They aim to match the pace, price and practicality of fast fashion, whilst designing the app to appeal to Gen Z. Founded just over a year ago, they've already welcomed 15,000 attendees at their events and collaborated with prestigious organisations like Global Fashion Exchange, TEDx, and branches of Harvard University.

Introducing our Hub partner in Frome, Everyone Needs Pockets! Everyone Needs Pockets is an inclusive network of people and enterprises based in and around Frome, Somerset, whose focus lies in addressing clothing and textile reuse and sustainability through repurposing, repair, and recycling.

Introducing our Hub partners in Crystal Palace, Jess and Hana!

Crystal Palace is one of London’s best places for vintage shops and is home to lots of people who love second-hand, homemade, repurposed and mended clothing. Local residents have joined together to create a truly community-led programme for Sustainable Fashion Week.

Introducing our Hub partner in Dorset, hosted by Sustainable Dorset, Bridport Fashion Revolution and Defashion Dorset.

The three organisations have grouped together to host an incredible programme of activity during SFW 2024.

Introducing our Hub partner in Belfast, hosted by Another World Belfast!

Another World Belfast is a not for profit CIC which funds the charity Show Some Love. They build practical projects, events and spaces to unite the diverse community and provide aid for people who are experiencing hardship. Established in 2017, AWB is a fiercely independent charity an

Introducing our Hub in Newtown, hosted by Textile Junkies!

Textile Junkies is a non-profit community-based business focused on promoting circular textiles, created by Cheryl Griffiths of The Dressmaker’s Daughter as a result of her concern about the impact fast fashion is having on the environment.

Introducing our Hub in Hastings, MAKU! Dedicated to making useful, beautiful things out of discards from the leather industry. MAKU was established in 2021 by a small team of like-minded people who love working with natural materials and believe in ‘making use, not waste’.

Introducing our Hub partner in Chicago, USA, delivered by Macaila Britton! Macaila Britton is an Environmental Communicator and Storyteller.She is the founder of Sustainable Business Guide (SBG), an online directory connecting users with sustainable brands and businesses. On the consultancy side, SBG supports businesses with environmental auditing, impact reporting, and ESG communications, marketing, and public relations strategies.

The Scrap Creative Reuse Arts Project is a social enterprise based in Leeds, that is focused on helping the environment by reusing waste materials from businesses as resources for art and play. The Scrap Shop in Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, is open to everyone and filled to the brim with discarded materials, originally destined for landfill.

Introducing our Hub in Oxford, led by Cherwell Collective CIC.

Cherwell Collective supports local groups near Oxford with infrastructure to empower and educate the community to reduce their carbon footprint, reduce food waste, and increase wellbeing. They empower those in their community who, due to social, financial, or medical inequities and exclusions, believe that reducing our impact on the climate is beyond their reach.

Our Hub partners in Leek are led by League of Artisans. League of Artisans is an NGO set up to empower and advocate for skilled craftspeople who work with their hands to make functional or decorative objects linked to their culture, community, region or traditions.

Introducing our sponsor in Bath, Norland! Norland, the world-famous specialist early childhood higher education provider, is delighted to host the SFW Hub: Bath. Throughout its 132-year-history, Norland has upheld its core values which place children at the heart of all it does.

Introducing our Canadian Hub, provided by Musey!

Musey is a social enterprise that empowers artisans by promoting and showcasing their traditional skills in a socially responsible way. Maheshi Wanasundara founded Musey to share the beautiful artisan crafts from Sri Lanka with people around the world while creating meaningful opportunities for Sri Lankan artists, women and family owned small businesses to participate in their economic growth.