20 Free Online Sustainable Fashion Events To Attend In October 2020
The following events are all centered around sustainable fashion. They are online and free. Consider registering for any event you are interested in attending! This has never been so important to learn how to create a more just and humane world.
October 3rd, 2020
10:30 - 11:30 AM (CDT)
Made In Italy- Italian Fashion Panel on Sustainability by Showcase It by Lucia Restani
This event will focus on broadening the knowledge of sustainability in Italian Fashion. Guests will include:
Massimo Papini, Creative Director of Ala Campolmi
Sennait Ghebreab, Programme leader at Istituto Marangoni London
Lucia Restani, Lead Stylist, Buyer and Visual Merchandiser for a consultancy boutique
October 5th, 2020
12:30 - 1:30 PM (CDT)
Fashion, sustainability, and the law by ARU
This event will be focused on legal expert, Helga Hejny. She will discuss fashion, sustainability and the law by exploring how fast fashion impacts international human rights protection. In addition, she will explore the reality of global fashion production, the use of developing countries and what that may mean for human rights.
5:00 -6:30 PM (CDT)
Who Made Your Clothes? An Equitable & Innovative Force Workforce by Made in NYC
This event will be focused on finding pathways towards a more equitable fashion industry. This will involve looking into innovative worker-ownership models and the role of homemaking during COVID. A special lens is placed on NYC’s fashion sector, the influence of BIPOC women in it and how the fashion industry is at a crossroads.
October 6th, 2020
6:00 - 7:00 AM (CDT)
‘Raw Tag’: An Interactive Workshop by ARU
This event will be focused on excess textile waste produced by UK consumers and how that problem is fueled by fast fashion and a throw-away mindset. Dr Beatriz Acevedo and Carmen Lamberti will feature RawTag as a solution to this problem. This is an art and sustainability project that explores loving clothing, the story of our garments and how to act responsibly.
1:00- 3:00 PM (CDT)
Sustainable Fashion by Aberdeen Climate Action
This event will be focused on ways our fashion habits can be made more sustainable. Speakers will include:
Josie Steed, Course Leader for Fashion & Textile Design at Gray’s School of Art
Alice Cruickshank, Fashion Stylist and co-host of Common Threads podcast
James Loftus, Chief Commercial Officer of Open for Vintage
8:00- 9:00 PM (CDT)
Sustainable Fashion Workshop by Ku-Ring-Gai Council - Sustainability Team
This event will be focused on learning simple but powerful ways to transform your wardrobe. The webinar will provide a short history of issues in the fashion industry, detail what individuals can do to be part of the solution and present a local enterprise that will provide tips around vintage and second-hand shopping.
October 7th, 2020
12:30 - 1:30 PM (CDT)
An insider's perspective on sustainable fashion business by ARU
This event will be focused on an insider’s perspective on how to set up a sustainable fashion business, why this is important and provide their opinion on the fashion industry. Guest speakers will be the founders of sustainable brand, Pure One.
October 8th, 2020
12:00- 1:00 PM (CDT)
Foundation series: Ready to become a sustainable fashion entrepreneur? by Italian Artisan
This event will cover how to build a premium, direct-to-customer “Made In Italy” brand. This will include explaining how to approach a new fashion venture, how to create a sustainable business, how to produce in Italy and how to lower risks with cutting-edge strategies to start selling.
12:30 - 1:30 PM (CDT)
Exploring the Future of Fashion by ARU
This event will host a conversation about the future of fashion with two ARU Cambridge School of Art graduates. Sarah Strachan will speak about the impact of fashion on the environment, and the need for innovation within the industry. In addition, Bruno Dias will discuss his own research into the importance of fashion and identity, and why brands are seeking to become more sustainable. They will then discuss what the future of fashion could look like.
October 9th, 2020
6:00- 6:45 AM (CDT)
Sustainability and Fashion: A Designer’s Perspective by ARU
This event invites you to learn about the fashion industry through the perspective of the designer, Dr. Wendy Moore. She is a lecturer for ARU’s BA Fashion Design course and her current research is on buyer and wearer behavior. Wendy examines the relationship between emotions, self-concept, memories and body perception/deception.
9:00- 9:30 AM (CDT)
Virtual sustainable fashion catwalk by ARU
This event will showcase a prerecorded catwalk of ARY students and graduates most sustainable fashion outfits. In addition, you will have the opportunity to hear from sustainable fashion experts to help you get started on your sustainable journey.
October 12th, 2020
7:00 - 8:00 PM (CDT)
The Future of Sustainability in Fashion Textiles by Creative Capital Design & Inside Fashion Design
This event will present three women with expertise on the best practices in the apparel industry. They will converse about sustainability, their current projects and goals within the future of the industry.
Guests include:
Krystle Moody Wood, Founder & Principal Consultant at Materevolve
Kellen Hennessy, Senior Designer at The North Face
Carol Shu, Senior Manager of Global Sustainability at The North Face
October 15th, 2020
6:00 - 7:00 AM (CDT)
The Big Welcome at LCF: Introducing Centre for Sustainable Fashion by London College of Fashion
This event will allow you to find out more about London College of Fashion, its Better Lives unit and how to engage with the team. Members of CSF will provide an introduction about the center and a Q&A session.
8:00 - 9:00 PM (CDT)
Textile Reuse Panel by Applied Craft & Design MFA Program
This event will provide a panel discussion centers around fiber arts, sustainability and reuse with four artists.
Guests include:
Aruna Dharmakirthi:
Jo Hamilton
Ophir El-boher
Tricia Langman
October 17th, 2020
7:00 - 8:00 AM (CDT)
Sustainable Fashion Talk by Bloomsbury Festival
This event will allow you to get to know Ms. Tammam and her journey in creating a sustainable couture fashion label as the vision for the future of fashion.
October 19th, 2020
1:00 -2:00 PM (CDT)
Sustainable Fashion Businesses' & Creatives' October Networking by Offset Warehouse
This event invites you to join a conversation on fashion retail in COVID and Brexit times. Independent fashion brick & mortar shops and guests will discuss the benefits of having a digital presence and what the future of fashion may hold.
October 20th, 2020
11:00 -12:00 PM (CDT)
Sustainability Salon Series: Supply Chain by Arch & Hook
This event will explore the impact and importance of (un)sustainable supply chain infrastructures and operations. Information will be provided on measuring supply chain resilience on factors that include financial resources, natural resources social safety networks and infrastructure.
Guests include:
Lisa Morales-Hellebo, Co-Founder of the Worldwide Supply Chain Federation and REFASHIOND Ventures.
Flora Davidson, Co-Founder of SupplyCompass
Aurora Chisté, Creative Director and Founder of Maakola
Kristy Caylor, CEO at For Days
October 22nd, 2020
7:00 - 8:30 AM (CDT)
Forge Fashion Event 1: Sustainable Manufacturing, Recycling and Repair by Creative United
This event will focus on how fashion businesses can be more sustainable from a production perspective by sustainable manufacturing, recycling and repair.
Guests include:
Han Ates, Founder and visionary of Blackhorse Lane Ateliers
Syreeta Johnson, Indikidual
Claire Dawson, Senior Lecturer and Course Director for BA (Hons) ‘International Fashion Management and Marketing’ at Coventry University - London.
11:00 - 12:00 PM (CDT)
Sustainability Beyond Force by SupplyCompass
This event will provide a conversation on how to embed sustainability into a fashion brand. Flora Davidson, Co-Founder of SupplyCompass will explore with Rob Ianelli, Founder & President of Oceanworks and Gertjan Meijer, CCO of Arch & Hook, will explore innovation in fashion brands and the criticality of plastic in oceans.
October 28th, 2020
1:30- 2:30 PM (CDT)
Fashion Talks Book Club // Slave To Fashion by Safia Minney by mia apparel
This event will provide a space to read and discuss Slave To Fashion by Safia Minney.