Second hand shopping and thrifted clothing has become a huge trend that not only benefits people and planet. Join our friend Sophie Saint as she explores why it’s the best option…

Our concept and theme for SFW 2023 is the ‘Rewear Revolution’. Save the date, sign up to participate and be part of it.

Our Plymouth Hub will be designed and delivered by Abigail, who takes creative entrepreneurs from idea to launch, helping build brands they can be proud of. She supports both existing fashion brands in becoming sustainable and works with purpose driven fashion startups. Accelerating growth from design to development.

Introducing our Hub Partners in Cardiff… Make Love Not Landfill.

Helen is heading up our hub in Cardiff! Championing sustainable style for over a decade, Helen is an artist passionate about fashionable upcycling and showcasing how to live sustainably in an unstable world.

The Stitch Society are delivering our Bradford hub. Proud creators of artisan workwear, The Stitch Society produce all of their garments in Yorkshire, with UK manufactured and sourced fabrics.

The 2013 Rana Plaza factory collapse sparked a call for change in the global fashion industry. But 10 years on, more than 100 billion clothes a year are made – mostly from oil turned into polyester – by people working in dangerous conditions. This is fast fashion's impact on people and the planet.

The global clothing trade is a mess of human misery and pollution. But what’s the alternative? Here’s how to leave fast fashion behind and build a more sustainable wardrobe.

The Oscars have come and gone. We explore the dresses that cost the earth and how dysfunction starts at the top. How can we ask consumers to reject the wear-once trend when it’s so flagrantly present at one of fashion’s most glittering events?

Introducing Future Fashion Fair - our Hub partners in Manchester. FFF is a sustainable fashion market, focused on resale of second-hand goods and responsibly made creations by local businesses and designers.

Introducing…. Our Hub partner in Brighton for SFW 2023. We’re so excited to be working Hayley from BPEC. She is producing an exciting array of activities in the centre of this vibrant city for our nationwide event programme.

Hold your diaries for May 4th 2023 - for this event hosted by our friends at Wear My Wardrobe Out.

As Black Friday looms, we chatted to the team at Teemill about their #TakeBackFriday campaign, here they share with us info about the campaign and their journey to circularity…

We all know about the ethical issues in the fast fashion industry. With the cost of living crisis hitting home, now is the time for us to explore all the different ways we can become more sustainable without needing a big budget

SFW are pleased to be delivering a series of two workshops for the Salisbury Museum ‘Fashion Our World’ project. Here, Katy England shares an amazing story of one of their pieces…

This year, Sustainable Fashion Week was sponsored by Bristol City Centre BID. Here they give a little write up of their activities during the SFW 2022 event week…

Phew, what a week.

The dust is still settling, and we’re taking stock - trying to take in the whirlwind that was Sustainable Fashion Week 2022.

If you haven’t had the chance to come to one of our stitches & switches and meet our lovely repairers - don’t worry. This blog will introduce you to the repair dream team: Beth, Meret & Maria.

Generally speaking, consumers and brands are completely detached from the original source of clothing and accessories – and soil is the last thing on someone’s mind when browsing the shops for clothes.

(Image credit: Soil Association)

Take a look at Amber’s letter to her local MP. She talks about the government being supporting of a new 10-year sustainable fashion initiative created by the British Fashion Council, and asks what her MP is doing to campaign for a fairer fashion industry.

Amber takes a look back at why we started the SFW Stitch & Switch Socials. Make sure you come along to our next one!