A Selection of Fashion Commentary…
…to Watch
BBC Worklife: Discussing the impact of Brexit on UK fashion industry
BBC World News discussing the opportunity of UK fashion rental market
BBC World News reviewing Paris Haute Couture Collections (Spring 2021)
Discussing the Bangladesh Accord on BBC World News
BBC Worklife discussing fast fashion performance within the UK
Business Insider discussing ageism within the fashion industry
BBC Worklife discussing consumer behaviour shifts when purchasing fast fashion
BBC News discussing the impact of Covid-19 on UK’s fashion industry
… to attend
LCF x USC: Future of Tech, Ethics, and Sustainability in Fashion
Fashion District Festival, September 2021
Fashion Revolution Week 2021: Rawan Maki, London-based brand and designer on the RETURE fashion upcycling platform, shares her design process behind upcycling the garment of her client Arizona Muse.
Pure London Trade show, February 2020
… to Listen
How Might We… (2023)
LCFMA22: Nina Van Volkinburg in conversation with Fashion Business School graduates
Who's Shaping Sustainable Fashion's Design Future? Each Wardrobe Crisis series we present a new generation talent episode, spotlighting emerging fashion designers who are pushing sustainability forward.
This time we’re talking with: a positive knitwear designer from Canada who’s ongoing collaboration with Post Carbon lab sees her creating living garments that photosynthesise as you wear them. A British fashion multi-tasker who works as a sustainable womenswear designer focused on deadstock materials, a freelance writer, model and stylist. And a community-driven womenswear designer from Brazil who is wowing with his artful, high-craft textile treatments - and challenging fashion’s obsession with youth while he’s at it.
Meet Olivia Rubens, Joshua James Small and Joao Maraschin.
This Episode is guest-host - Nina Van Volkinburg, fashion academic and co-founder of the Reture designer upcycling marketplace.
Episode 12: Providing a New Life for Your Old Garments
Nina Van Volkinburg, who studied both her undergraduate degree and PhD at Exeter, talks about founding the world’s first upcycling marketplace for premium fashion, RETURE, as well as her time at Exeter and why she has volunteered her time to Exeter since graduating.
… to read
Not Just a Label (2023)
Vogue Business (2023)
Case study on Burberry in Strategic Brand Management and Development (Lalalounis, 2020)
The Zoe Report: Made-To-Order Clothing Is The Antidote To Fast Fashion
TANK Magazine (2020)
The Spin Off (2021)
The Rise Of Made To Order Fashion: Are Made To Order Brands Retail's Solution? There's a new breed of small, slow, sustainable, and size-inclusive fashion brands making their way into the mainstream (ELLE UK)
Digital Materialism Grant from XR Network + (2023)
Elle Belgium (2021)
British Vogue (2021)
Vogue Business (2023)