We’re delighted to announce that, as of May 2024, Sustainable Fashion Week is one of the pioneering signatories to Textiles 2030. the UK’s most ambitious voluntary agreement designed to limit the impact clothes and home textiles have on climate change in line with the Paris Agreement and the UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action.

If we want our world to be more beautiful, kind and fair, can we make our activism more beautiful, kind and fair? ‘Gentle Protest’ is a unique methodology of strategic, compassionate and visually intriguing activism using handicrafts as a tool.

Taking place between 13th - 19th May, Organic Textiles Week is an awareness campaign which has been brought together by the UK ORGANIC with Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), their partners and members, including certifying bodies, industry experts, manufacturers, and retailers.

Earth Day is an annual celebration of all things earth and we wanted to share some of the amazing events taking place across our networks which you can be involved in.

Many in Circularity focus on the product, whilst that is important it is not the optimal way to create 'sustainable circularity', what we call Real Circularity™. One can be Circular in product and still be un-sustainable at the same time if our thinking and application is still linear.

All textiles begin with a twist. From colourful 30,000-year old threads found on the floor of a Georgian cave to what the linen wrappings of Tutankhamun's mummy actually meant…

The must-have health bible that explains exactly how to stay in radiant, optimal health all year round. Dr Jenny Goodman spoke at SFW 2022 - exploring toxicity in fast fashion.

A crystal-ball look into tomorrow's wardrobe: conscious, fair, slow, upcycled, biointelligent, digital ... the fashion industry is undergoing some radical reimagining.

We have seen a rapid rise of the fast-fashion giants such as Shein and Temu in the past few years. All that postage has been paying a toll on the global air cargo industry! Shein and Temu send roughly 600,000 packages from China just to the US every day (U.S Congress report 2023). This is leading to an increase in air-freight costs and making off-peak season almost completely disappear.

On Saturday 20th April, join Fashion Revolution on the streets for the first global Mend In Public Day. The idea is simple: get out into your local community and stitch in protest against disposable fashion.

As our climate, ecological and social crises converge, urgent action is needed to maximize our chances of survival. A new commercial approach is possible but it requires a systemic shift, with companies learning to operate as part of a wider ‘ecosystem’, allowing fashion to restore what it has taken and redesign itself to operate within planetary boundaries.

On 21 Feb 2024 we joined Headington School in Oxford for the first ever SFW Hub in an education setting. This was an exciting step in the development of SFW activities and in reaching younger audiences.

Did you know that 60% of all garments produced today contain polyester? Polyester is a synthetic fabric, derived from fossil fuels like petroleum, which has a negative impact on both human health and environmental health…

'Bravo will inspire you to repair, recycle and give old items a new lease of life' Stylist

Aja Barber wants change. In the 'learning' first half of the book, she will expose you to the endemic injustices in our consumer industries and the uncomfortable history of the textile industry; one which brokered slavery, racism and today's wealth inequality.

According to NOAA 2023 was officially the hottest year on record globally! With it being the second-hottest year in the UK according to the Met Office. Along with the historic heat, 2023 also saw the Antarctic sea ice coverage dropped to a record low.

‘‘The idea that fashion is grown and comes from a farm always surprises people as we are so disconnected from where the things we wear come from. So, this wonderful project and book, executed with great charm and creativity, is an important message.’’ Anya Hindmarch

There is a major disconnect between what we wear and our knowledge of its impact on land, air, water, labor, and human health.

No one will be shocked to hear that Boohoo has been putting 'Made in UK' labels on clothing actually manufactured overseas.

For three years running, SFW has run our #MendItMay digital campaign across May, inviting people across the UK to take action and mend one item of clothing to save it from landfill. New for 2024 is our in-person repair demos and skills learning, aimed at school age children and parents.