Fashion for Good Museum

In our next Meet the Innovators series, you’ll be hearing from a few innovators in the first batch of our South Asia Innovation Programme which kicked off at the beginning of the year.

We’ll be joined by two innovators, who will share the disruptive solutions they are working on and you the audience will once again have an opportunity to ask plenty of questions. Fashion for Good's International Expansion Manager Priyanka Khanna will host this session, giving a brief intro on how we work alongside these innovators through our Innovation Platform.

Innovators Pitching:

Parth Patil - CEO of Infinichains
InfiniChains is a leading end-to-end track and trace solution using blockchain, AI and Cloud Computing to help brands and manufacturers to digitise sustainability practices. Through real-time data, efficiency and storytelling, they bridge the fragmented gaps between the different sustainability systems of farmers, manufacturers and brands.

Adrian Jones and Graham Ross - Founders of Blocktexx
BlockTexx turns textile waste into a resource, stimulates the production of new products and meets consumers demands to reduce the environmental impact of our everyday clothing.

With a little creativity, we can reimagine how our clothes are designed, made and worn.

Join us for an exclusive first look at our new theme! For “A CUT ABOVE”, we’ve curated a selection of pioneering brands breaking boundaries and taking fashion to the next level with their originality, creativity and a whole lot of imagination.
This unique online event will run PechaKucha style, with a selection of the brands featured in the theme sharing their insights into how they are reimagining their own design processes.

You’ll discover how materials are sustainably sourced, learn about precise designs, assembly techniques that minimise waste and modular outfits that create never-ending styles. We'll also dive into the ground-breaking new technologies that are moving fashion into the digital domain.
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BRANDS

FLAVIALAROCCA
This collection of modular garments uses hidden zippers to construct and deconstruct garments, creating new combinations that transcend occasion and season. This prolongs the product lifecycle, reducing environmental impact. Made in Italy, the collection uses only recycled and natural materials, with a transparent and traceable process.

UNSPUN
Unspun pairs body scan technology and software to collect thousands of metrics on your fit to make the perfect fitting pair of jeans. They don’t have inventory, produce responsibly and use low impact fabrics. They aim to create a future of closed loop, zero-waste supply chains for jeans. Their body scan is only available in Europe here at the Good Shop.

WIRES
Co-founded by Lily Cole, Wires is on a mission to reduce plastic and material waste in eyewear. Handmade in Italy using traditional wire craft, the frames are made of stainless-steel wire and the lens rims are 3D printed, reducing the amount of waste produced compared to conventional eyewear manufacturing.

EMROCE
Devoted to the seas. The surf friendly, zero-waste swimwear collection by Emroce is made using a pattern making method which eliminates waste in the cutting process. The collection uses high quality Italian fabrics made with ECONYL® nylon fibre that is regenerated from recovered fishing nets and other nylon waste.

SENSCOMMON
senscommon is a minimalist apparel label enhancing everyday living through the use of natural, innovative textiles, designing future standards in collaboration with sustainable, forward-thinking partners. Believing that designers have a responsibility for anything new they bring into this world, senscommon engineers smart clothes, each designed to address a specific need and purpose.

THE FABRICANT
The world’s leading digital fashion house shows what is possible with clothing that is digital, never physical. Using 3D design and animation at the intersection of technology, fashion and sustainability, The Fabricant shows that digital fashion can open up a new fashion world which greatly reduces the environmental impacts of the current system, promoting a sustainable fashion future.

On the 30th of June, Spinnova opens their doors for virtual tour of their lab and offices – giving a behind-the-scenes look at how they are shaping the future of fashion by creating more sustainable fibres. Spinnova’s ground-breaking innovation turns wood pulp into fibre without the use of harmful chemicals. These fibres can be recycled several times over and the entire process uses up to 99% less water than conventional cotton.
Join our guide Lotta Kopra, Chief Commercial Officer at Spinnova, who will share insights into their process as well as what the future holds for Spinnova, along with Fashion for Good’s Innovation Manager Georgia Parker as moderator.

The widespread shutdown across all industries, brought about by the pandemic, has resulted in the first-ever temporary halt in production for textile manufacturers.
As the existence of the fashion industry as we know it is challenged, in this webinar we explore the role of innovation in managing and addressing current issues as well as the impact on the sustainability targets set by leading manufacturers. Join fashion journalist and author Sujata Assomull in conversation with the driving force behind Arvind Mills sustainability initiatives, Executive Director Punit Lalbhai, and two of the fashion industry’s foremost female changemakers, Dipali Goenka, Managing Director of Welspun and Katrin Ley, Managing Director of Fashion for Good, to hear their thoughts and insights on the impact of innovation in the textile manufacturing sector.

Join us to find out more about the opportunities that lie within circular business models in the fashion industry.

About this Event
COVID-19 has had an immense impact on the fashion supply chain, putting everything on hold and highlighting the problems that require immediate actions.

In this session, we focus on some of the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic has created in the fashion industry and how this catalyzing moment can be an opportunity for brands to seriously explore new business models. We'll address both the short term actions in utilising innovative solutions to deal with excess inventory and the longer term objectives towards disrupting the status quo around consumption patterns.

Two of our Fashion for Good innovator alumni, Reflaunt and Lizee, will be offering their insights on the topic and sharing how their innovative solutions can accelerate digital transformation and help with excess stock.

We’re also joined by Daniel Newton from Accenture Strategy and Georgia Parker from Fashion for Good, who worked on the ‘Future of Circular Fashion’ report which was published in 2019.

Speakers

Felix Winckler – Co-Founder, Reflaunt
Felix is the co-founder and CCO of Reflaunt, a circular technology which bridges first-hand and second-hand markets, enabling high-end brands to give customers the option to re-sell, donate or recycle their wardrobes. An ex-New York State lawyer, Felix has co-founded several startups including Voicepolls and Votebox. Felix has an extensive expertise in growth, sales and online marketing.

Tanguy Frécon – Co-Founder, Lizee
Tanguy is the co-founder & CEO of Lizee, the leading eCommerce and Logistics Solution dedicated to rental. Before becoming an entrepreneur, he worked for various retail-tech solution providers such as Cegid, Microsoft or Wynd in NY, London and Paris. Aware of the impact of retail on the environment, he is determined to help brands in their ecological transition from a linear to a circular model.

Daniel Newton – Sustainability Strategy Consultant, Accenture Strategy
Daniel has extensive experience in the circular economy, with a particular focus on new business models. He was part of the team that developed The Future of Circular Fashion report, in collaboration with Fashion for Good, which analysed the financial viability of Rental, Recommerce and Subscription-Rental and recently contributed to The Circular Economy Handbook: Realising the Circular Advantage, focused on the circular business model, technology and retail chapters.

Moderator

Georgia Parker – Innovation Manager, Fashion for Good
Georgia Parker is responsible for scouting, screening and scaling innovators in the areas of raw materials, wet processing and circular business models. She also looks after impact reporting, tracking both FFG's and the innovators progress across key KPIs. Georgia joined Fashion for Good from adidas, where she worked in the Brand Sustainability team.

Join us to learn more from the start-ups at the cutting edge of sustainable fashion innovation - 'Meet the Innovators' is going digital again in May! This time we’ll be hearing from some of the first innovators in our South Asia Innovation Programme which launched earlier this year.

Fashion for Good's International Expansion Manager Priyanka Khanna will host this session, giving a brief intro on how we work alongside these innovators through our Innovation Platform. Each innovator will then share the disruptive solution they are working on – with an opportunity for you to ask plenty of questions to make the most of the session.

Innovators Pitching:

Shikha Shah – Founder and CEO of AltMat
AltMat (previously Canva Fibre Labs) uses a mixture of mechanical, chemical and enzymatic process to produce industrial fit fibre and yarn made of agri-waste such as hemp and banana waste sourced directly from farmers and hemp producers.

Amit Gautam – CEO and Founder of TextileGenesis
TextileGenesis is a blockchain traceability system specifically created for the apparel sector that focuses on sustainable fibres such as wood-based fibres, organic cotton and organic wool. Consumers can scan the barcode with their mobile device to see the various steps that were taken to create the product​.

Krunal Patel – COO of Indra Water
Indra Water has developed affordable, fully automated wastewater management treatment and packaged re-cycling solutions. The process is capable of a variety of water treatment through novel innovations in electro-coagulation, electro-chemical oxidation, two-phase solids separation, disinfection, distillation and pollutant monitoring hardware.

Please note that this is part of our Meet the Innovator series - with each event introducing different innovators working on different solutions - watch this space for date announcements for the next event.

Live in central Amsterdam and want to help support local? You can still purchase and pick up one of our Sustainable Fashion books every Thursday at Rokin 102 between 11am and 3pm!

While our museum remains closed for the time being, you can purchase and pick up some sustainable fashion inspiration from us.

If you would like to preorder one of the publications, please email us at hosts.experience@fashionforgood.com and include the name of the book you wish to pre order, your first & last name and the Thursday you will pick the book up. We accept payment via contactless card at the counter.

Click here to see the full range of books we stock.

https://fashionforgood.com/books/

Lily Fulop, author of Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes, and the maker of @mindful_mending, will host a video tutorial introduction to the basic hand stitches used in mending on our Instagram Stories at midday(12:00 CEST) on April 28th.

Watch here: https://www.instagram.com/fashionforgood/?hl=en