It’s all coming together

What a week! Not sure we were going to get through it, but CSF has a brand new website, a stand at fashion week and an amazing look book showcasing the work done on the Shared Talent project.
There’ll be a more to come…

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Made By opportunity

Dutch organisation Made-By is launching at PURE this coming weekend (Feb 8,9,10) and during a LFW party at The Hospital Club (Feb 24th).
Made-By provides a practical approach to improving social and environmental conditions within a brand’s supply chain. They work on a realistic step by step strategy of improvement which is then communicated to the [...]

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Volunteer opportunity at London Fashion Week

The fab team over at the Environmental Justice Foundation are once again looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help out at London Fashion Week.
The volunteer placement is to present EJF’s work and cotton campaign at London Fashion Week (Friday 20th February – Tuesday 24th February) and London Fashion Weekend (Wednesday 4th March – Sunday 8th March). [...]

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CSF celebrates Indian textiles

Over the coming term, second year LCF students on BA (Hons) Fashion Studies, Womenswear and Product Design courses will be involved in a project to promote sustainable Indian textiles funded by DEFRA.   Students will be asked to design, market and promote innovative and inspiring garments made from a selection of sustainable textiles sourced from India. [...]

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Happy New Year from the Centre for Sustainable Fashion

Well 2008 has been quite the year for us here at the Centre for Sustainable Fashion. Our very first year as a centre in fact! We are very proud of our achievements to date through this very busy but productive year.
To give you a taster of what we have been up to, 2008 in the [...]

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Slow textiles at London Fashion Week

Textiles designer Annie Sherburne celebrates

London Fashion Week and London Design Week with
‘SOFT’ an informal exhibition of:
Contemporary ECO and SLOW-made Textiles

Designers showing:

Kaffe Fassett
Brandon Mabley
Barley Massey
Eleanor Feddon
Sarah Egholm
Sarah McPhee
Annie Sherburne
and others..
13th September to 23rd September
Tuesdays to Saturdays from 12.00 to 6.00
AT: Annie Sherburne Designs
Unit 1:10 Oxo Tower Wharf,
Bargehouse Street,
London SE1 9PH
www.anniesherburne.co.uk 

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Elena Garcia – new collection

LCF alumna Elena Garcia’s A/W 08 Eco-Couture collection will be featured at London Fashion Week this September. Elena’s philosophy is to create beautiful clothes that are ‘pesticide free, fair trade, local, ethical, sustainable.’

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