6, April 2020 - 30, April 2020
Innovation in Sustainability EXHIBITION NOW ONLINE
Lightbox exhibition live onlineExhibition will be online in the gallery below, and on social media @lcbdepot This April our programme is focusing on fashion. The industry is in the process of a radical shift away from fast fashion to a more sustainable approach to both materials and manufacturing.
The exhibition will highlight the latest designs from DMU's School of Fashion and Textiles, Leicester-based designers & makers, and innovators in sustainable fashion, textiles & practice from across the country.
Due to Coronavirus restrictions the exhibition will now be displayed online.
Follow
#sustainablefashion @lcbdepot or see the gallery below for the latest
The final week of the exhibition will coincide with
Fashion Revolution Week (20-26 April), an annual focus on ethical and sustainable fashion designed to move the industry away from fast fashion.
As part of this we'll be hosting the following
events on Instagram Live just follow
@lcbdepot tune in at 7pm!
Tuesday 21st
Studio Tour with Millie FullaloveWednesday 22nd
Mask making workshop with AnnatelloThursday 23rd
Zero Waste Pattern cutting workshop with Laura DickinsonFriday 24th
Sustainable fashion chat with Millie Fullalove and Posie Lingerie#sustainablefashion Gallery
Designers FeaturedAlice Potts -
Perspire,
Bio FabricationElissa Brunato -
Bio Iridescent SequinsKatherine Townsend et al -
Emotional FitCassie Quinn -
Algae ThreadEmmanuel House x NTU Spintex -
Spinning silk like spiders
Pantherella -
Eco Luxe Socks
Angharad Mclaren - Darn StylishLeicester Based DesignersGiulia Mio Millinery. Find out her practice and her piece "Aki"
herePebble Lowe. Find out more about her work
here
Love White Rabbit. Find out more about her work
here
Navneet Virk. Find out about Seasonless - A Fashion Experiment
here
Jo Cope. Find out more about here work
here
Mariah Esa. Find our more about her work
hereDMU Student workFashion Textile Design
A Modern Design Manifesto Textile Design
Mollie EdgeFootwear Design:
Dickson Agyekum,
Alex Cho,
Dimitri Gabellier,
Charly Tegerdine Fashion Buying with Design:
Mollie Puzey,
Abi HarrisFashion Design:
Georgia Schofield,
Hannah Weah,
Madeleine Ryall, Xiya Wang, Charlotte Cunningham, Transformative Chair Coat Group Project, Transformative Tent Coat Group ProjectLinksReports:
Sustainability in the British Fashion Industry
Articles:
Kilomet109,
Impact of COVID-19
Activities: Make-a-longDocumentary/Podcasts:
Intro to Fast Fashion
Patriot Act,
Last Week Tonight,
The True Cost
Working Conditions:
The Memory Palace,
The MachinistsDMU Article