Fashion Values

Fashion Values is a sustainability education programme developed by Centre for Sustainable Fashion in collaboration with Kering, IBM and Vogue Business.

We invite you to join us in re-imagining fashion for people and the planet. We’re bringing together a network of thought leaders in design, technology, media and academia to share their sustainability knowledge and practices. Our aim is to educate,  inform, inspire, involve and connect the next generation on a global scale, through a one-of-a-kind learning platform with courses and content created to develop sustainability literacy, stimulate innovation and generate new fashion products, services and systems. We’re hosting a three-year educational programme including events, insights and a Challenge that will generate and showcase sustainable innovation.

We’re focusing on a key element of sustainability each year. This year, Fashion and Cultures is our central theme.

The Challenge

A brief set by our network of sustainability advocates, calling for transformational ideas for products, systems and services across fashion design, media and technology. How will you put sustainability into action? This is your opportunity to apply the learning from the CSF open-source Online Courses to create an idea that will help to shift the fashion industry towards a more sustainable future: one that supports cultures of wellbeing.

Discover the Fashion Values Challenge

Methods

Short-form, 30-minute learning resources authored by Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CSF) in collaboration with our core partners Kering, IBM and Vogue Business. An exclusive look into the relationship between Fashion and Nature from the perspectives of design, technology and communications.

Transform your practice with Methods

Voices

Insightful and inspirational articles, videos and podcasts that highlight perspectives from across the fashion system.

Explore emerging perspectives in Voices

CSF Online Courses

A portfolio of open-source online courses developed by Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CSF), London College of Fashion (LCF) exploring fashion values from the perspective of nature, culture, society and economy.

Join the global classroom with LCF

2023: Fashion Values Cultures

A Culture of Wellbeing

Fashion as an industry is often exclusive, not representative of all peoples, with huge imbalance in power. Many people are excluded, particularly those whose identities and cultures are not captured within prevalent fashion discourse. This perpetuates consumerist models of business, the persistence of aesthetic hierarchies and cultural appropriation. Fashion does not have to be extractive and exploitative; many philosophies, cultural practices, and traditions apply creativity and imagination, in the honour of all life, human and more than human. Fashion can involve the sharing of ideas, traditions and values through style and habits of dress that cherish and extend the value of all involved in how we represent ourselves. It can do so with dignity, respect, and equity. We seek to platform fashion that celebrates and serves all people, cultures, and the conditions of life.