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FRIDAY WORKSHOPS

SATURDAY WORKSHOPS

SUNDAY WORKSHOPS

MAIN STAGE FRIDAY

10:45 -11:30

Panel

Sisters in Sustainability

Sisters in Sustainability are a collective of Black and brown women who are all working within sustainability with varying and wide-reaching expertise and focus.

Finding Your Focus in Sustainability

  • Rosette Ale – CEO of Revival London
  • Isabelle Landicho – Creative, Direction, Stylist and co-host of Eastern Hunnies’
  • Tina Wetshi – Co-Founder of Colechi

 

Host: Emma Slade-Edmonson

 

 

11:45 -12:30

Panel

How Are Designers Shaping the Future of Fashion?

Finding Your Inspiration in Sustainable Fashion

 

  • Caroline Arthur – Bespoke Bridal Designer/Upcycler and Mentor
  • Jashaan Gill – Birmingham Designer of Award Winning Brand JHEEZ
  • Ashley Jess Knight – Upcycler, Weaver, Innovator
  • Slay3rr – Fashion Designer, Brooklyn Fashion Week

 

Host: Annaliese Dayes

12:45 -1:30

One on One

Fashion as a Force for Good

The Good Work of Smart Works

  • Alison Armstrong – Chairwoman Smart Works

 

Host: Clare Press

 

15:00-15:45

Panel

The Path to Positive Fashion

Collaboration, Innovation and Leadership

  • Ginnie Chadwyck Healy – VCH Style Consultancy, Smartworks
  • Karen Peacock – Albaray
  • Lora Gene – Lora Gene
  • Simon Platts – The Institute of Positive Fashion

 

Host: Clare Press

MAIN STAGE SATURDAY

10:15 - 11:00

Panel

What are Good Clothes?

Good Style, Great Quality and More

  • Tessa Hartman CBE- President of the British School of Fashion, Owner and CEO of HartiSwim, Real Housewives of Jersey
  • Amelia Twine – Sustainable Fashion Week
  • Patrick Duffy – Global Fashion Exchange
  • Annaliese Dayes – Fashion Stylist, Voice Actor and Presenter, Host of The Good Clothes Show

 

Host: Clare Press

11:15 - 12:00

Styling Talk

5 Steps to Style Confidence

  • Alex Standley, Luxe Leopard Lifestyle

12:20 - 12:45

No Books on a Dead Planet

Leena Norms Hosts Her Signature Podcast No Books on a Dead Planet Live with special guest Tori Tsui. Together Leena and Tori chat about “All We Can Save” a collection of essays and poetry edited by Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Dr. Katharine Wilkinson. The collection sets out to highlight a wide range of women’s voices in the environmental movement, most of whom are from North America.

Tori Tsui won’t be able to join us today. Leena will still be appearing at 12:20 …

Host: Leena Norms

13:00 - 13:45

Styling Talk

Creating a Style You Love

  • Roberta Lee, The Sustainable Stylist

14:15 - 15:00

Panel

Unravelling Fast Fashion: The Case for Slowing Down

How Do We Stop Buying All That Stuff?

 

  • Emma Slade Edmonson – Back of the Wardrobe, Sisters in Sustainability
  • Lauren Bravo – author of Preloved and How to Break Up with Fast Fashion
  • Caroline Jones – Knickers Models Own/Oxfam
  • Georgia Stidwell – Save Your Wardrobe

 

Host: Clare Press

15:20 - 16:00

Panel

The Hidden Cost of Cheap Clothes

What’s the real deal with those low low prices?

 

  • Natasha Nickson – Soil Association, Senior Certification Officer – Fashion and Textiles
  • Carry Somers – League of Artisans
  • Cate Victoria – Cate Victoria – Natural Fibres Expert, Supply Chain Sourcing

 

Host: Clare Press

16:15 - 17:00

Fireside Chat

Wardrobe Crisis Live, Special Edition: Patrick Grant and Brett Staniland

  • Patrick Grant – TV Presenter and Sustainable Fashion Designer, Author of LESS
  • Brett Staniland – Sustainable Fashion Campaigner, Model

 

Interviewer: Clare Press

MAIN STAGE SUNDAY

10:45 - 11:30

Styling Talk

Secondhand Style Secrets: You Don’t Need a Million to Look Like a Million

  • Lucy Norris, Secondhand Styling

11:40 - 11:45

One on One

Introducing Tiffanie Darke

  • Annaliese Dayes Q&A with Tiffanie Darke

11:45 -12:15

One on One

Fashion As a Force For Good

  • Tiffanie Darke in conversation with Smartwork’s Client Champion

14:00 -14:45

Panel

The Future of Vintage & Why Quality Matters

How does todays fast fashion impact tomorrows vintage market?

 

  • Mikey Caunter, Peekboo Marketplace
  • Antonia Johnstone, Sign of The Times

 

Host: Tiffanie Darke

13:00 -13:30

Live Styling

Oh My Dayes!

  • Show host and style diva Annaliese Dayes shows you three essential tips for styling a basic white shirt!

 

15:00 -15:30

Live Styling

Oh My Dayes!

  • Show host and style diva Annaliese Dayes shows you three essential tips for styling a basic white shirt!

 

15:45 -16:30

Panel

Can Fashion’s Future be Truly Circular?

What kinds of things can we do to make a circular system for fashion work?

  • Sara Elkholy – Institute of Positive Fashion
  • Stuart Trevor – Stuart Trevor

 

Hosted by: Tiffanie Darke

BOOK SIGNING

SATURDAY 21

10:15am - 10:45am

Caroline Arthur

11:15am - 11:45am

Lauren Bravo

12:15pm - 12:45pm

Emma Slade Edmundson

2:45pm - 3:15pm

Leena Norms

5:30pm - 6:00pm

Patrick Grant

SUNDAY 22

11:00am - 12:00pm

Caroline Arthur

3:45pm-4:15pm

Tiffanie Darke