I am keen to improve our efficiency as a manufacturer within all our processes from development and sampling through to production lines. At Lavenham, we are working on “being better” and educating both ourselves, our work force and our customers in how to be more sustainable, and implementing improvements throughout our supplier chain from raw material stage (with help from our suppliers) through to finishing and packaging products for consumer use. With a view to reduce waste and recycle as much as we can.
My main interests are around sustainable materials development and designing for sustainability throughout design and manufacture processes, as well as marketing sustainability effectively to consumers. I’m also interested in the intersection between traditional craft processes and innovation, and how combining the two can create high value products. My work is focused on highly textural textiles and finding new ways to use textures that, due to their labour-intensive production and delicate results, have previously had very limited functionality.
My main focus is reducing micro plastic pollution through non-plastic based products. The product I am currently developing Linen Leather, aims to replace current polyurethane ‘vegan’ leather with a biodegradable non-plastic alternative. In regards to strengths for any other FFF projects I have a background in textile testing and quality control, an interest in reducing textile waste and experience in textile design/structure.
The business will provide the next generation of retail for lingerie. We will be providing custom made lingerie. It will be entirely custom (including the underwire if they choose it) – so no more bra sizes! The items can be available on the same day (while you wait). There will be a focus on a retail experience ideally using AR, and the intention is to offer a subscription service also. Measuring breasts is notoriously challenging; if you measure with an existing bra on, or off – in either situation it would not provide a suitable measurement to make a bra....
Sustainable Recycled Activewear Strengths: Digital marketing, Design & Development Also: Recycling & sustainability
Angela Quaintrell mentors emerging designs and has showrooms in London and Paris. She is also a specialist coach at the Royal College of Art.
Arcadia comprises seven fashion brands: Burton Menswear, Dorothy Perkins, Evans, Miss Selfridge, Topman, Topshop and Wallis. Our sustainability programme is called ‘Fashion Footprint’ and works to minimise the company’s environmental impacts and supports all the brands to improve their sustainability. Recognising that the products we sell have the greatest environmental impacts, we are looking at alternatives and circularity options.
Supply 2D and 3D Computer Aided Design software to fashion designers and companies. We also supply large format printers and automatic cutters for sample making and clothing production.
Atelier Rahman is a small independent bespoke tailoring house based in Leeds specialising in designing and tailoring groomswear, fusing contemporary with traditional styles. As well as traditional lounge and morning suits, we’re well known for our themed wedding groomswear creations – anything from Prince Charming to Game of Thrones, we have covered them all. Most of our designs are gender-neutral serving both brides and grooms and have appeared on many catwalks throughout the UK with the National Wedding Show and featured in wedding magazines including Confetti, TietheKnot, Rock n Roll Bride, Belle Bridal Magazine as well as numerous blogs sites....
Aurélie Fontan Studio specialises in circular fashion couture pieces made from upcycled and recycled materials. In parallel, we develop completely biodegradable bio-based clothing and textiles using living organisms (Kombucha, Mycelium etc…). We are interested in combining textile waste or sustainable fibres with living organism, bio-mimicry and synthetic biology to tackle the environmental issues created by the fashion industry. Our expertise lies in both our ability to maximise streams of waste from other industries (not restricted to textiles) and apply various biological and couture processes to transform this waste into a new product.