Fashion and Planet Earth

Did you know that the fashion industry is the second largest polluting industry behind fossil fuels? In order to ensure our long-term survival, a change must be made to the future of fashion. But what does that look like? Will fashion inhibit or enhance our ability to save the future? Will the creativity of the fashion world be able to find ways to create sustainable clothing? Will sustainable fashion harm the ability to design and create freely? Will designers be forced to choose between sustainability and ingenuity, or will they be able to combine the two? In this lecture, we will discuss designers who are paving the way, thinking outside the box to reduce their ecological footprint and create sustainable fashion. We will learn about the complexities and fascinating processes that the fashion industry has undertaken on its way to creating a greener future.