Biothread is developing microbial solutions to reduce reliance on chemical fertilisers in cotton farming, improving nutrient efficiency, yields and on-farm profitability. Its products have been validated through trials with leading research institutions such as UC Davis, and scaled across more than 300 acres in 2025 partnerships with certification programmes including Regenerative Organic Certified (ROC), Supima and Regenagri.

Cirkular.co is a curated aggregator for second-hand fashion, helping consumers discover the best pre-loved pieces from across the web in one place. By streamlining the fragmented second-hand market, they make it easier, faster and smarter to shop sustainably. Cirkular connects you to listings from trusted marketplaces, charity shops and resale platforms—all through one curated, user-friendly interface.

Clothing Connected is a software platform transforming fashion supply chains by providing full visibility across materials, suppliers and production tiers. The platform streamlines supplier audits, tracks compliance and sustainability metrics, and integrates with existing systems to improve operational efficiency. By centralising supply chain data, Clothing Connected helps brands stay transparent, meet regulatory requirements and achieve sustainability goals.

House of Kind is a London-based womenswear brand founded in 2024 with a mission to unite women through fashion. The brand champions safety, solidarity and sisterhood, creating affordable luxury pieces for a boardroom-to-bar lifestyle defined by sculpted tailoring and high-quality fabrics.Through inclusive sizing and charitable partnerships, House of Kind proves fashion can drive meaningful change.

Intotum is a multi-award-winning adaptive fashion brand designed with and for the disabled community. They create comfortable, functional, and fashionable ready-to-wear garments, reducing the need to alter or customise clothing. Alongside its children’s line Intots, Intotum produces sensory-friendly clothing for wheelchair users, ostomates, and more, empowering independence and confidence in their community.

Isabelle Pennington Edmead is a UK-based womenswear label founded in 2023, blending Caribbean heritage with British craftsmanship. Known for bold, hand-painted prints and timeless silhouettes, the brand operates a made-to-order model to minimise waste and ensure inclusivity. All garments are produced in the UK, with a focus on sustainability, transparency and craftsmanship, including carbon-offsetting and Fabacus digital passports for traceability.

Khanum’s is a British Bangladeshi fashion brand founded by Rokeya Khanum, specialising in timeless occasionwear and contemporary design. Known for their signature details—pearl trims, draping, heart-shaped necklines and co-ords—the brand blends cultural storytelling with modern elegance. Khanum’s has built a loyal community of women who seek investment pieces that celebrate individuality, confidence and luxury style.

LOUÉ Studio is a luxury handbag and accessories brand blending Spanish craftsmanship with innovative, plant-based materials.
Designed for the discerning customer who refuses to compromise on style, LOUÉ’s vision is to grow into a complete accessories house and create a future free from animal use.

Makea builds the shared infrastructure that enables agile fashion production, helping brands overcome the barriers that make small-batch manufacturing unviable. By pooling demand across brands to make small runs viable, turning manufacturing expertise into AI guidance to prevent costly errors, and creating a shared data layer so the whole system gets smarter with every order, Makea provides more responsive, efficient production.

Moma Hilo is a responsible womenswear brand crafting timeless, sculptural pieces in London. Born from a desire to reconnect people with the clothes they wear, the brand champions slow fashion in a world of overproduction and disposable trends. Every garment is made-to-order using carefully sourced deadstock fabrics and produced locally in London by female-led, small-scale manufacturers.

Nanofique provides wastewater treatment solutions for textile dyeing processes, enabling the recycling and reuse of water in garment manufacturing. Developed by leading scientists over more than a decade, the company’s patented nanostructured biocatalyst rapidly degrades dyes and associated toxicity, offering a fast, efficient and cost-effective alternative to conventional treatment methods.

Naturoplastix Dynamix transforms fallen leaves from the streets of large cities into fast-decomposing bioplastic composites, providing a sustainable alternative to conventional plastics. The company combines scientific innovation with eco-conscious practices to advance circular economy solutions and reduce environmental impact.

OríkìTextiles, founded by London-based fashion and textile designer Aminat Akande, is a textile design consultancy leveraging artificial intelligence and digital printing to reimagine African textiles and streamline surface pattern design. The platform enables designers to generate artwork in seconds, significantly reducing the time and cost of traditional textile design, while offering digital printing on textiles as a lower-impact alternative to conventional dyeing processes.

Pilio spun out of the University of Oxford in 2011 to provide innovative sustainability solutions for businesses. Pilio runs the ACE Cotton Programme for fashion brands to meet their sustainability commitments by investing in climate, nature and livelihoods at the farm level of their cotton supply chains. In the UK, Pilio has worked with wool farmers and artisan mills to create sustainable heirloom pieces.

QOVE is a peer-to-peer rental and resale marketplace focused on modest fashion, created to serve Muslim women and modest dressers. The platform offers an easy, centralised way to access high-quality, preloved clothing for both everyday wear and special occasions, with a curated experience tailored to its community. By making rental and resale more accessible, QOVE encourages its users to choose circular fashion first, supporting more conscious purchasing decisions before buying new.

Recondition is a fashion e-commerce brand breaking stigmas around adaptive clothing through a user-centred design process. Creating style-first pieces that balance comfort and accessibility, the brand makes everyday fashion more inclusive without compromising personal style.

Replica Biomaterials is a biotechnology start-up developing animal-free leather materials through protein engineering and scalable biomanufacturing. The company is developing materials designed to replicate the look, feel and performance of traditional leather, with colour engineered during material formation to reduce reliance on livestock, toxic chemicals and plastic-based alternatives.

Founded by designer Sans in London, SansPeng is a fashion brand committed to upcycling and circular design. Using deadstock fabrics and discarded garments, they craft one-of-a-kind pieces through free tailoring techniques. SansPeng embraces imperfection and individuality, offering a relaxed, effortless aesthetic that challenges fast fashion’s uniformity.

Slow Projects is a creative studio that challenges traditional notions of sustainability in sports, both visually and practically. The studio celebrates repair, rework and circularity in sports apparel. It works with major companies to demonstrate the clear market opportunities available to them and to inspire broader change beyond its immediate community.

Sophie Darling is an independent fashion and textile studio, dedicated to creating bold, print-led garments. The label is known for its signature hand-printed silks, crafted in small batches with local makers. Combining contemporary design with traditional screen-printing techniques, Sophie Darling offers limited-edition collections alongside workshops that open up the creative process. With a focus on sustainability and artistry, the brand celebrates individuality, slow fashion and community through every piece it produces.

StyleGaze AI is a London-based fashion technology company building an AI fashion research partner that empowers fashion brands to make faster and smarter design decisions. The platform analyses fashion data from social media, e-commerce, runway shows and online sources to deliver real-time, verifiable insights. Teams can ask questions and instantly uncover trends, design directions and market activity, transforming complex data into clear, actionable intelligence that drives creative and commercial decisions with confidence.

Tailr is a deep-tech fashion production platform that digitises fabric behaviour and integrates AI-driven insights to ensure garments are consistent, efficient and sustainable. Built for brands and manufacturers, Tailr connects fabric mills with production teams, reducing waste, sampling and costs while improving speed-to-market. Its modular product suite powers everything from automated tech packs to advanced fabric feasibility checks, positioning Tailr as the digital backbone of modern fashion supply chains.

The Array is a contemporary luxury womenswear brand consciously designed and crafted in London. The label reimagines tailoring through a feminine lens, creating a series of future classics for the modern romanticist. Its core collections focus on timeless dresses and shirts with a modern twist, blending contemporary tailoring with old-world craftsmanship to create refined silhouettes that celebrate elegance, self-expression and quiet confidence.

The Killer Muse is a fashion discovery platform powered by digital wardrobes. They help users style, shop and organise clothing with intention, making fashion more accessible, affordable and sustainable. Their mission is to be the everyday fashion best friend, empowering individuals to express themselves through style while building a more conscious and engaging relationship with fashion.

The Purse Parlour is a luxury handbag restoration company advancing circular fashion through technology, craftsmanship and education. They specialise in high-end handbag restoration and bespoke aftercare services across Europe. Their mission is to extend the life of leather goods and make repairs more intuitive, accessible and scalable. Beyond restoration, they promote leathercraft as a valuable, future-facing skill. Through their online training programs, they equip artisans and entrepreneurs to build sustainable businesses in the growing luxury aftercare space.

TheCart is a personalised fashion app, acting as a universal shopping cart. The app allows users to save items from wherever they see them online to one central space for users to compare, review and purchase. From here an AI curated explore page is created dedicated to individual style preferences and current interests. On top of this, users will receive bi-weekly personalised recommendations and discounts from the UK’s top independent brands.

Founded in East London in 2022, Vaughan Anson was established to explore the resilience of local economic networks and ethical business practices in a globalised market. Since its inception, the brand has successfully localised every aspect of its operations—including sourcing, manufacturing and design—all based in England, with many processes rooted in East London, where the company was founded.

VYN was created from the belief that luxury should last. After years designing for global fashion houses, they set out to build footwear with longevity, meaning and heart. VYN sneakers feature renewable and replaceable components, evolving with their wearer. More than shoes, they embody conscious ownership—a movement to “wear in, not out” and leave behind a legacy, not waste.

YIBRI is a London-based womenswear brand creating modern wardrobe essentials with quiet, enduring elegance. Founded by Yvonne Lin in 2023, it blends refined tailoring, tactile fabrics and timeless silhouettes. Named after ‘Vibri’, the Esperanto word for “vibration,” YIBRI designs pieces that transcend seasons and trends while prioritising quality and thoughtful design.