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FASHION. TECHNOLOGY. BUSINESS. EDUCATION.
THEY’LL MEET, COMPETE, COLLABORATE AND INNOVATE AT THE FASHION DISTRICT.
The Fashion District is a cluster of ambitious businesses, academic institutions and investors in East London. It’s an opportunity: to make London the global capital of fashion technology. To nurture talent. To create new jobs and innovative products. To drive economic and social transformation. To be a legacy to be proud of.
DESIGN FUTURES 2022: APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
WHY FASHION DISTRICT?
THE FASHION INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTED £32.3BN TO THE UK GDP IN 2017, AN INCREASE OF 5.4% ON 2016.
THE FASHION DISTRICT IN EAST LONDON WILL CREATE A CLUSTER THAT PAVES THE WAY FOR EVEN MORE GROWTH AND INNOVATION. LONDON IS A GLOBAL CAPITAL FOR CULTURE AND CREATIVITY, AND THIS EXCITING NEW DISTRICT WILL SECURE EAST LONDON’S PLACE AT THE CENTRE OF FASHION.
JUSTINE SIMONS OBE, DEPUTY MAYOR FOR CULTURE AND THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY
IN 2019, THERE WERE APPROX. 36,850 FASHION MANUFACTURING AND RETAIL BUSINESSES EMPLOYING APPROX. 630,700 PEOPLE ACROSS THE UK.
FASHION DISTRICT FESTIVAL
From 22-26 September 2021, the Fashion District hosted their first ever festival. A five-day celebration of sustainability and innovation launched in and around Stratford, where shoppers, start-ups and emerging talent could buy, learn and network with pop-up stores, styling sessions, a vintage market, workshops, events and installations. Discover more about the Festival and the exciting activity that took place in our exclusive mini-documentary.
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25th May 2022
Green Kids Studio: A Sustainable Children’s Fashion Pop-Up
Join us on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th June at The Lab E20 to pick up conscious products for your little ones from leading sustainable kidswear brands […]
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24th May 2022
New Exhibition: ReGo: Our Story in the Making
Brand new east London exhibition, ReGo, to explore fashion activism’s impact on positive social change through a fashion collection made from repurposed knives taken off […]
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17th May 2022
Meet Design Futures 2022 Prize Giver: Anglo American Sewing Machines
Anglo American Sewing Machines is a company with a difference – for one thing, they have a long, colourful history. “My grandfather […]
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9th May 2022
Design Futures 2022 Launch at The Lab E20
Last week we celebrated the launch of Design Futures 2022 in collaboration with PANGAIA. Taking place at The Lab E20, the event offered attendees the chance to hear from our panel of judges […]
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29th March 2022
Come along to the launch of our next Innovation Challenge: Design Futures 2022
We’re delighted to announce the launch of our next innovation challenge Design Futures 2022, in collaboration with PANGAIA […]
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