Fashion Roundtable Partners with Bath Spa University to deliver the vision for the National Centre for Fashion and Sustainability

Bath Spa University has partnered with Fashion Roundtable to deliver impact and policy-change to power a transition to sustainable fashion futures. BSU will support the work of two policy researchers within Fashion Roundtable, for an initial period of two years. In return, Fashion Roundtable will work with BSU on real change to the fashion industry, including the development of successful research and knowledge exchange around all aspects of sustainable fashion.

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Op-Ed: Was Vivienne Westwood the last of fashion’s fearless activists?

In this Op-Ed by Meg Pirie, she delves into what the fashion sector can learn from Westwood’s fearless activism. Can the business of fashion ever truly measure up? With comments by Kate Fletcher, Professor at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen.

2023Tamara CincikJune 6, 2023Vivienne Westwood, Kate Fletcher, Activism, Sustainability, Degrowth

Tamara Cincik Reflects on Speaking At CHOGM 2022 in Rwanda.

“We are over producing and over wasting at the same time. We really need to readdress this and almost have to go back to basics to understand the new vision because if you just can do a bit of this and that but the whole industry needs to change.”

How Sustainable Is Your Wardrobe? How to Cut Your Closet’s Carbon Footprint

What else can we do to help ease the impact of climate change? The answer is closer to home than you think; in fact, it’s inside your wardrobe.

2021_6Tamara CincikNovember 16, 2021Sustainability

Rental Fashion In Review: 2020’s success story or climate change contributor?

A study by Environmental Research Letters, a Finnish Scientific Journal, has been causing quite a stir in the industry after The Guardian reported on hidden environmental costs of rental fashion, suggesting in its headline that even landfill may be greener. But renting fashion is still seen as a positive move by sustainable advocates as we make a collective effort to move away from the traditional and wasteful linear model towards alternative systems like the sharing economy. We take a closer look at both sides of the debate…

Feature, 2021_4Tamara CincikSeptember 7, 2021Rental Fashion, Sustainability

‘Ten years to transform textiles’: WRAP launches Textiles 2030

This week the UK’s leading sustainability charity, WRAP, launched the ‘most ambitious ten-year programme for clothing and textiles in the world’, with established high-street brands such as M&S, Next, ASOS, Boohoo and Primark having signed up to this vital agreement.

Feature, 2021_3Tamara CincikApril 27, 2021Sustainability, Textiles 2030, Fashion, WRAP

Funding shortfalls and a surplus of loungewear: The plethora of issues facing the charity shop sector

With non-essential retail set to re-open next month, Meg Pirie takes a look at the plethora of issues facing the charity shop sector. From the waning quality of donations and influx of loungewear, to an anticipated £10bn funding shortfall, shop closures and 60,0000 job losses due to Covid.

Feature, 2021_2Tamara CincikMarch 30, 2021Charity shop, Sustainability, Retail

The Uighur Crisis: APPG for Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion Evidence Session Minutes

As Fashion Roundtable seeks evidence for their policy paper on 'Cleaning Up Fashion’, this latest session focused specifically on the Uighur Crisis and the broader issues of labour exploitation, modern slavery, opaque global value chains and the legislative action that the Government and Firms in the UK can take to mitigate suffering in Xinjiang.

Minutes, 2021_2Tamara CincikMarch 23, 2021APPG for Ethics & Sustainability, Sustainability

Fashion & Gaming: The Quest For Sustainability

Amy Nguyen, Founder and Editor of Sustainable & Social, explores the current fashion gaming landscape and weighs in on its power to encourage sustainable practices. Through recent brand case studies and a discussion with fashion innovation specialist Marta Waydel, she examines the nexus between gamification and sustainability commitments.

Feature, 2021_2Tamara CincikMarch 16, 2021Gaming, Sustainability

Sojo: The New Deliveroo-style App For Clothing Alterations And Repairs

Sojo is on a mission to help make our relationship with fashion more sustainable by ensuring that getting our clothes altered or repaired is a hassle-free process. Deliveroo but make it fashion.

Feature, 2021Tamara CincikJanuary 19, 2021Sojo, App, Fashion Tech, Sustainability

The Green Glossary: Sustainability Terminology To Take Into The New Year

When it comes to sustainable development in the fashion sector, education equals empowerment. The current fashion landscape is experiencing pervasive greenwashing where ‘sustainability’ has become a buzzword used by marketeers to tout supposed ‘ethical’ credentials. But what do these words really mean?

Feature, 2020_7Tamara CincikDecember 15, 2020Sustainability, Glossary

The Demise of Topshop: The End Of An Era?

“One of the most prominent issues with Topshop’s business model was that they didn’t shift their values to match what Gen Z were demanding as consumers. Unlike my generation, where your identity was largely reflected by what brand you wore, fashion for this particular generation has been more about aligning with brands that reflect their own identities and less about buying the latest It-bag. These shoppers are value-oriented and are far more open to alternative fashion systems…”

Feature, 2020_7Tamara CincikDecember 8, 2020Topshop, Retail, Sustainability

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