Get ready for FASHION ON EARTH
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.
We are critically disconnected from our clothing, how it is made, its natural source and the many hands each garment passes through before it reaches us. All the resources that cloth our bodies come from this Earth and how we choose to care for and use such resources plays a significant role in planetary health.
All clothing comes from the land. Farmed, grown, extracted, picked and cut - your clothing begins in the ground and should return to the soil at the end of its lifecycle.
Fashion On Earth invites you to reflect on the relationship you have with your own clothing; to consider how connected you feel to the place and natural resources that are intrinsically linked to the garments you wear; and to imagine a fashion production future wholly connected to and respectful of the natural world.
The evening’s programme will include a garment exhibition from a range of makers and brands who place planetary prosperity at the heart of their practice, live music and choir performances from the brilliant Oak Choir, a catwalk show, and a live reading from the incredible Kate Fletcher, exploring her work on fashion and nature. A series of poems exploring humanity’s relationship with the natural world, clothing and the land will be printed and available for visitors to swap and discover their favourite piece. All this will be alongside Luke Jerram’s ‘Gaia: Our Home Planet’ exhibition which will set the perfect backdrop for us to consider the interdependent and interconnected nature of the world.
We seek to explore the multiplicity of connection between nature, ourselves, and our clothing, uniting fashion, music, poetry and interactive exhibitions all within the historic setting of Bristol Cathedral. As part of the garment exhibition, the beautiful Bristol Smock shall be featured and available for visitors to connect with. The collaborative textile art piece will invite viewers to question what they feel connected to with their clothes, and add their thoughts to the garment with a swing tag comment, secured with a safety pin.
A range of information will be available from our supporters ranging from organic textiles and certifications from the Organic Textile Company and GOTS to South West England Fibreshed and the new National Centre for Fashion and Sustainability for opportunities to become involved, take action and learn more about sustainable fashion practices around the local area. Quickthorn Books shall be providing a range of titles on skills sharing, sustainable consumption and caring for our clothes, meaning you can take practical solutions home and shift your relationship with your clothing in meaningful ways.
Tickets are available to book here.