Fashion Interactions
On Monday Fashion Interactions will open at Parsons, followed by an opening reception on Friday November 15, 6-9pm. Fashion Interactions is a multidisciplinary exhibition that explores fashion culture...
View ArticleNordes 2015: Design Ecologies
NORDES 2015 Design Ecologies Challenging anthropocentrism in the design of sustainable futures Konstfack – University College of Arts, Crafts and Design. Stockholm, Sweden Sunday 7 – Wednesday 10 June...
View ArticleSustainable Fashion: New Approaches – free book!
Aalto University has published an excellent book, edited by Kirsi Niinimäki, titled Sustainable Fashion: New Approaches. Where there were really no books before 2008, there are now many, some of great...
View ArticleQuick Q&A
Alison is a senior at a high school in New York, and she got in touch with me with a few questions for a research project for her Environmental Science class. Whenever I encounter high school students...
View ArticleNYC Book talk: Zero Waste Fashion Design
Holly McQuillan will be in New York next week and Parsons School of Design will host a talk on our new book, Zero Waste Fashion Design, published by Bloomsbury in January 2016. Location: The New...
View ArticleRecap: Holly McQuillan at Parsons School of Design
Thank you everyone who came to the book talk on Thursday night; it was a packed house and Holly and I really appreciate it! Amazon now lists our book as the #1 release in Fashion and Textile Business...
View ArticleSlow Down! We are Creative!
MLS by Timo Rissanen, 2011; photograph by Mariano Garcia The following is an edited and revised outline of my keynote lecture that opened the Creative Cut conference at the University of Huddersfield...
View ArticleOn laundering
An inspiring and inspired student I met with recently shared with me the site Buy Me Once, which I was already familiar with, however I hadn’t noticed their Design Challenge until now. Their call for...
View ArticleWhat is fashion good for?
I’m delighted to be a contributor for a new publication, One Quart Magazine. My first article is now up, part one of my response to the question, what is fashion good for? I hope you check it out,...
View ArticleWhat is Fashion Good for? Part 2
The second part of my article for One Quart Magazine, ‘What is Fashion Good for?’ is now up. It is my response to why I teach fashion design. I hope you enjoy it, alongside the excellent articles by...
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