Sustainable Fashion Week

Returns to Brighton: Join Us For A Week-Long Celebration of Ethical and Sustainable Fashion!

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Sustainable Fashion Week (SFW) is returning to Brighton on Mon 23 - Sun 29 Sept. It follows the huge success of 2023’s event, which saw more than 2,500 local people attend. This year promises to be bigger and better with sustainable fashion events taking place across the city and local area.

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This year’s theme is ‘The Power of Repair’, emphasising the importance of mending and reimagining fashion to foster sustainability. 

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Organised by Brighton Fashion Collective, SFW Brighton will feature a diverse range of activities including panel discussions, film screenings, textile workshops, styling sessions, and more. The flagship event will be hosted on Sat 28 Sept at Brighton Dome with a sustainable marketplace, clothes swap, mending and upcycling workshops, sustainable styling sessions and three runway shows featuring local designers, upcyclers, and fashion students. 

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“We’re delighted to once again host Sustainable Fashion Week in Brighton”, says Hayley Franco, Co-Organiser of Brighton Fashion Collective and Trustee at Brighton Peace & Environment Centre. “We hope to reach thousands of local people with our events and give them the opportunity to learn how to repair their clothes, support local designers, makers and menders across the city, and approach fashion more sustainably!”

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SFW Brighton 2024 Event Programme

• Mon 23 Sept: Launch Party & Flash Runway at HELM Gallery
• Weds 25 Sept: Food & Fashion Panel Talk at Terre à Terre Restaurant
• Thurs 26 Sept: The Future of Fashion is Circular Panel Talk hosted at Plus X Innovation Hub
• Fri 27 Sept: SFW Community Beach Clean on Brighton Beachfront
• Sat 28 Sept: SFW Brighton Flagship Event at Brighton Dome featuring runway shows, clothes swap, workshops, and marketplace
• Sun 29 Sept: RiverBlue Film Screening, Panel Talk and Clothes Swap at Depot Cinema, hosted in collaboration with DOLLY

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This year’s SFW Brighton is supported by headline partner LUSH and is part-funded by the UK Government and Brighton & Hove City Council through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. Brighton Fashion Collective brings together two local non-profit organisations - Brighton Peace and Environment Centre and Sew Fabulous - and a group of independent collaborators. Together, they work to produce and promote a year-round programme of community events showcasing sustainable, ethical and local fashion in Brighton, headlined by Sustainable Fashion Week Brighton every year.

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SFW Brighton is part of Sustainable Fashion Week UK, a global network uniting communities to promote more sustainable ways to enjoy fashion and call for a fairer fashion system.

For more information and a full schedule of events, visit brightonfashioncollective.org.uk 

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