Sustainable Fashion - A Short Course At Central Saint Martins
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This course will give students a broad overview of the fashion industry, from textile fibre production to the globalisation of fast fashion from a sustainability point of view.
You will be presented with research findings and encouraged to source up-to-date information, facts and figures on the topics covered.
On the practical level, by the end of the course you will leave with a handbook of information and through a series of workshops create a plan forward for personal projects on this field.
The course is taught by two tutors with a combined 20 years of working in sustainable fashion and experience of setting up new businesses, designing for the high street, and managing projects with global corporations. Above all, they share a passion for improving the way fashion does business.
Topics covered include:
overview of the fashion supply chain
textile fibres and sustainable alternatives
design methods
approaching sustainability through design
successful sustainable brands
fast fashion, how we consume, and waste within the industry
waste clothing (life cycle analysis)
Entry requirements: None
Level: All levels
Please note: This course is for students aged 18 and older
Tutor Description
Alice Wilby is an art director and stylist who has been working in sustainable fashion since 2009.
With her business partner Khandiz Joni, Alice co-founded Novel Beings, the worlds first sustainable style agency; now, A Novel Approach, providing art direction and consultation for sustainable fashion, lifestyle and clean beauty brands.
Prior to setting up Novel, Alice was on-line editor at Eco-Age, working on the launch of Gucci's first sustainable accessories collection.
She also sits on the Global Advisory Board for Fashion Revolution and has also art directed, styled and produced their photographic campaigns.
Clare Farrell graduated from Middlesex University (BA Hons Fashion) in 2005.
From there she went on to work commercially designing with UK high street brands including Miss Selfridge, Topshop, Asos, and Monsoon.
She joined Goodone in August 2009 and became partner and co-designer. Clare went on to work with textile recycling charity TRAID on their TraidRemade label.
More recently she has also launched an ethically focussed women's cyclewear label, No Such Thing (www.nosuchthing.clothing) and in 2015 she creatively directed and developed a new London based organic T shirt brand, 16Seven.
Available dates
03/10/2019 - 05/12/2019 :18:30 - 21:00 : 10 Weeks : £680 : Granary Sq. - N1C : Thursdays
19/10/2019 - 16/11/2019 : 10:00 - 16:00 : 5 Weeks : £680 :Granary Sq. - N1C :Saturdays
09/01/2020 - 12/03/2020 : 18:30 - 21:00 : 10 Weeks :£680 :Granary Sq. - N1C :Thursdays