Leeds Institute of Textiles and Colour (LITAC)

Intellectual Property for Fashion Businesses - an Expert Legal Lab with Clarion
2024-10-09 09:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Clarion Law, Elizabeth House, 13-19 Queen St, Leeds, LS1 2TW, United Kingdom
The fashion industry is undergoing a transformative shift towards sustainability, driven by increasing consumer demand for environmentally friendly and ethically produced clothing. This shift necessitates the development of innovative technologies that enable the creation and recycling of fabrics and garments with minimal environmental impact. As a result, the industry is seeing a surge in advancements aimed at producing sustainable fashion in ways that are both ecologically responsible and ethically sound.

In a free, in-person event (at their Leeds city-centre firm), Clarion will be providing an overview of how intellectual property rights can be used to protect new technologies, fabrics and designs and be commercialised to grow businesses and to attract investment and funding.
In addition to exploring and exploding IP myths, specialist lawyers in Clarion’s highly rated Intellectual Property team will be available to discuss your queries and concerns on a one-to-one basis.
Please register using this Eventbrite link.

For any enquiries, contact Giorgio Grande, Future Fashion Factory Communications Officer at g.grande@leeds.ac.uk

Future Fashion Factory Spring Expo
2024-05-02 13:30 - 18:30 (Europe/London) | Nexus, University of Leeds, Discovery Way, Leeds, LS2 3AA, United Kingdom
Join Future Fashion Factory at our Spring Expo, taking place 2 May 2024 at NEXUS Leeds.

The Spring Expo will be a vital networking opportunity where attendees can share in the exciting success stories from the wider FFF membership, as well as hear the latest updates about the FFF programme from its thought-leaders.
The day will merge an innovation-focused exhibition area, where network members can connect and collaborate, with a series of panel discussions that will tackle some of the pertinent challenges facing the fashion and textile sector today.
With a focus on the success stories of our members, sustainability, and skills, the day will bring together businesses, policymakers, academics, and researchers from across the fashion, textile, and digital industries to explore new capabilities and opportunities.

1:30pm – 2:30pm: Registration and Welcome Refreshments
2:30pm – 2:50pm: Commencement Talks – Tom Riordan, Chief Executive of Leeds City Council and Professor Stephen Russell, Director of the Leeds Institute of Textiles and Colour, and Future Fashion Factory
2:50pm – 3:20pm: Panel One – Follow-on Funding for Fashion and Textile Businesses
3:20pm – 3:45pm: Coffee Break/ Networking in the Exhibition Area
3:45pm – 4:30pm: Panel Two – Synergies between Digital Technologies and the Fashion and Textile Industry
4:30pm – 4:45pm: Coffee Break/Networking in the Exhibition Area
3:45pm – 5:20pm: Panel Three – Challenges vs Opportunities for Fashion Manufacturing and Reprocessing Businesses
5:20pm – 5:30pm: Closing Remarks – Adam Mansell, CEO, UKFT
5:30pm – 6:30pm: Drinks Reception/ Networking in the Exhibition Area
To formally register, please complete this Microsoft Form with your details.

For any additional enquiries, contact Giorgio Grande, Future Fashion Factory Communications Officer at g.grande@leeds.ac.uk.

Circular Design for Fashion
2024-02-07 09:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | Design Museum, London, 224-238 Kensington High St, London, W8 6AG
What to expect

This introductory-level CPD-certified  is ideal for small and medium sized fashion design businesses wishing to enhance their understanding of zero waste design and zero waste principles around pattern cutting, the sustainable use of materials, and the case for reuse and regenerative materials.
The Fashion and Textiles industry is a major contributor to global carbon emissions and the UK alone generates c.300,000 tonnes of textile waste per year.
A part of Design Museum Academy’s Design for Business series, the Circular Design for Fashion workshop will empower businesses who are seeking practical tools to reduce carbon emissions and waste as part of their design practice.
This course has been developed in partnership with British Fashion Council’s Institute of Positive Fashion and ourselves at Future Fashion Factory, blending expertise from academia and industry, matching evidence-based insight with hands-on practical workshops led by top designers and industrial experts.
Sessions will include in-person case studies from fashion designers Phoebe English and Kresse Wesling, who will showcase how they have used circular design concepts within their practice.
The final section of the day will cover some of the key aspects of the proposed new regulations per EU’s sustainable and circular textiles strategy, which will introduce new requirements on how fashion products are being designed and manufactured, marketed and disposed of.

Programme Outline

09:00 – Arrival reception and coffee
09:30 – Welcome and introductions
09:45 – The Design Museum: ‘What is Circular Design?’ featuring content from the exhibitions Waste Age: What can design do? and REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion
10:15 – University of Leeds: What does Circular Design mean for fashion?
11:15 – Break
11:30 – Case study: Elvis and Kresse
12:15 – Practical workshop – putting theory into practice
13:00 – Lunch
13:45 – Case Study: Phoebe English
14:30 – Institute of Positive Fashion: Changing Landscapes – a legislative focus
15:30 – Break
15:45 – Curated surgery
16:30 – End
• Lunch and light refreshments will be provided throughout the day.
• Your workshop ticket will give you same day access to the Design Museum exhibition REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion sponsored by Alexander McQueen.

Reserve your place here.

Online Fashion and Textiles Research Seminar
2023-09-19 15:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | Online
We warmly invite you to join us for this seminar, collaboratively organised by the Textiles and Fashion Design and Fashion Marketing and Management research groups. This event is supported by The Leeds Institute of Textiles and Colour (LITAC) a world leading research institute, of which Future Fashion Factory represents the fashion pillar.
The first half of the seminar will be delivered by Professor Sandy Black in a session titled, ‘Publishing with Fashion Practice.’
The talk will outline the origins, purpose and scope of the academic journal Fashion Practice: Design, Creative Process and the Fashion Industry, a Routledge journal. It will include insights into the review process and route to publication, including examples from past issues over the last 15 years.
The second half of the seminar will be delivered by Professor Andrew Groves in a session titled, ‘Inside the Westminster Menswear Archive.’
The Westminster Menswear Archive (WMA) was founded in 2016 as a teaching collection at the University of Westminster in London. Recognising the relative lack of menswear in other fashion and museum collections, the objective of the WMA was to establish a substantial teaching collection centred on men’s garments that could be used for object-based research by both design students and the fashion industry. Industry users include designers from Burberry, Versace, McQueen, C.P. Company, and Adidas. The presentation will focus on the establishment of the WMA, its work with students, researchers, and industry, and the exhibitions that have resulted from the collection’s formation.
About the Speakers:
Professor Sandy Black – Professor of Fashion and Textile Design and Technology, London College of Fashion, UAL, Sandy is a Research Professor working at the intersections of fashion and textile practice, design for sustainability, technology, business and culture. Sandy has published pioneering texts on sustainable fashion and design and on knitwear design, history and technology. Recent work brings academic research and the designer fashion sector together through dialogue and collaborative projects, focusing on the role of creative entrepreneurship, design, new business models and innovative technology application in addressing issues of sustainability in fashion. Sandy founded and is editor-in-chief of the journal Fashion Practice: Design, Creative Process and the Fashion Industry, published since 2009.
Professor Andrew Groves – Andrew Groves is Professor of Fashion Design at the University of Westminster, London, and the Director of the Westminster Menswear Archive which he established in 2016. It is the world’s only publicly accessible menswear archive, containing over 2500 examples of some of the most important menswear garments covering the last 275 years. It is used by industry and students on a daily basis to inform their design practice.
Please confirm your attendance on Eventbrite, and join using the Microsoft Teams access link in the ‘location’ section of the event page.

Future Fashion Factory Annual Showcase 2023
2023-06-30 09:00 (Europe/London) | Nexus, University of Leeds, Discovery Way, Leeds, LS2 3AA, United Kingdom
Taking place at Nexus Leeds on 30th June, Future Fashion Factory’s 2023 Annual Showcase will be a celebration of the outcomes of our programme, bringing together the industrial partners who have collaborated throughout our five years of R&D innovation.
The event will be Future Fashion Factory’s first in-person Showcase since 2019 and will combine a series of roundtable panel-discussions with an exhibition area, illustrating the themes that have been central to our ethos of Heritage x Innovation by way of live demonstrations, including proof-of-concepts, prototypes, working products, curated garment displays and more.
In attendance will be delegates from across Future Fashion Factory’s Core Partners, such as UKFT, Burberry, a range of Yorkshire Textile mills, and a variety of innovators from the fashion and textile industry.
Specific topics that underpin the Showcase include Next Gen fabrics, Regenerative Agriculture, Sustainability across the Supply Chain and Net Zero Futures.

Registration begins at 9am, closing at 4:30pm, with a series of keynote speeches, roundtable discussions as delivered by industry experts, a networking lunch, and scheduled time to explore the exhibiton are comprosing the agenda for the day.
Please register your attendance on Eventbrite and email contact@litac.leeds.ac.uk should you have any enquiries.

Sustainable Threads - What We Can Learn from Fashion Archives
2023-04-12 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Join us in an online fashion archive webinar, taking place 11am-12pm April 12th, via Zoom.
Delivered by Elaine Evans from the Yorkshire Fashion Archive and Dr Danielle Sprecher from the Westminster Menswear Archive, the webinar will use examples from both collections and will address:

Yorkshire as a historical centre of textile manufacturing,
what can we learn about historical clothing and how this affects contemporary fashion, including how the contemporary fashion industry uses archives,
different forms of mending and how this informs ‘conscious consumerism’.

We will send links to join the Zoom webinar via email closer to the time.

Please register your attendance on Eventbrite and once registered, you will recieve a Zoom invite link via email closer to the time.

Inside Future Fashion Factory: Sustainability
2023-01-23 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Five themes have always underpinned Future Fashion Factory’s research. The last of these themes to be discussed in a webinar format is perhaps the most prescient: sustainability.
Join us from 11am-12pm on the 23rd of January 2023 in a live webinar with expert panelists discussing design-led innovations to support the Fashion sector’s development of sustainability & cricularity practices within the fashion and textile industry for processes, materials and agile tooling.
Future Fashion Factory R&D projects will be used to exemplify the design-led innovations developing through cross sectoral collaborations between industry and academia and the impact this R&D process has had on the research and stakeholder network involved.

Please register your attendance on Eventbrite and email contact@litac.leeds.ac.uk to receive a Zoom invite link.

Futurescan 5: Conscious Communities
2022-09-07 - 2022-09-08 | Nexus, University of Leeds, Discovery Way, Leeds, LS2 3AA, United Kingdom
FTC exists as a subject association to promote and develop fashion and textiles through academic debate, education and research.
In September 2022 FTC brings the Futurescan 5 conference to the University of Leeds with the theme of ‘Conscious Communities’:

Environmental and resilient communities
Societal and political communities
Cultural and ethical communities
Material and technological communities
Collaborative and participatory communities.

Submissions for long and short papers, posters and physical or digital exhibitions will now close on 24 January 2022.

Virtual Showcase
2022-06-15 10:00 - 17:00 UTC | Online
Join us for in-depth conversations with leading fashion designers and panel discussions with industry experts on topics from digital fashion futures to the tools we need to support reshoring and agile manufacturing in the UK.
There will also be opportunities to network with the speakers and members of the audience through our dedicated event platform on Hopin.
Futher details will be announced in the coming weeks.
Read more: Matty Bovan, Patrick McDowell, Phoebe English and Joshua Kane Set for Virtual Showcase 2022

Inside Future Fashion Factory: Digital Communication of Aesthetics
2022-05-27 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | Online
This event is open to Future Fashion Factory members only.

Some properties of fabrics and garments, such as handle, drape and fit, are difficult to communicate objectively. As a result, fabric swatches and sample garments are transported around fashion supply chains, while customers often return products purchased online.

Chaired by Professor Ningtao Mao, who leads Future Fashion Factory’s research in the communication of aesthetics, this webinar will explore the digital tools being created to accurately convey information about how fabrics look and feel.

See some of these new technologies in action and find out how they can help to shorten product lead times, cut carbon emissions and reduce waste in fashion design and manufacturing.
Email contact@litac.leeds.ac.uk to receive the event invite.

Life of Colour Seminar Series: Colour and Wellbeing
2022-05-26 14:00 - 15:00 UTC | Online
The Leeds Institute of Textiles and Colour in association with VeriVide are pleased to present the Life of Colour Seminar Series.
In the first seminar of the series Stephen Westland will review several recent research projects from the University of Leeds that explore the effects of coloured lighting and environments on human wellbeing and performance.
There are at least two distinct biological mechanisms for these effects; one of these is autonomous and tends to be similar for different people whereas the other is more cognitive and tends to show individual variation. Conflicting findings in the literature may occur because these two mechanisms have not been widely understood.

Inside Future Fashion Factory: Data-Driven Design
2022-05-10 15:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | Online
This event is open to Future Fashion Factory members only.
Whether combating over-production, providing new tools for fashion designers or optimising low-waste manufacturing, data-driven design will play an important role in producing the right product for the right customer at the right time – and doing so sustainably and profitably.
Professor Stephen Westland (University of Leeds), who leads Future Fashion Factory’s data-driven design research, will chair this webinar with a deep dive into how AI, machine learning and big data techniques are being developed and expanded across the Programme.
Email contact@litac.leeds.ac.uk to receive the event invite.

Inside Future Fashion Factory: Late-Stage Customisation
2022-04-26 15:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | Online
This event is open to Future Fashion Factory members only.
As demand grows among consumers for more personalised products and experiences, the fashion and textile industry is exploring digital and new textile technologies to design and produce designer-led, small volume, customised products – all while cutting lead times and waste.
Professor Parik Goswami (University of Huddersfield), leader of Future Fashion Factory’s research in late-stage customisation, will chair this webinar exploring some of the groundbreaking work taking place across the Programme.
From dyeing and finishing to new weaving technologies and make-on-demand production models, find out how researchers are paving the way for a more agile, intelligent and sustainable fashion and textile industry.
Email contact@litac.leeds.ac.uk to receive the event invite.

Inside Future Fashion Factory: Skills
2022-03-31 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | Online
This event is open to Future Fashion Factory members only.
The fashion industry is changing rapidly. Industry 4.0, digital design tools, the impact of the pandemic, and widening skills gaps in key sectors are all placing new demands on education and training providers.
Dr Kevin Almond (University of Leeds) and Bill Macbeth OBE (Textile Centre of Excellence) lead Future Fashion Factory’s research in training and skills for the future. In this webinar they will share some of the ways in which fashion and textiles education has changed in recent years, along with some of the findings from their work so far.
Hear about the responses from industry so far, and the new courses and opportunities that have become available as a result. Kevin and Bill will also lead a discussion where you can have your say about the skills that fashion and textile professionals need to drive future growth across the UK fashion industry.
Email contact@litac.leeds.ac.uk to receive the event invite.

Meet the Manufacturer: Journey of a Burberry Heritage Trench Coat
2022-03-03 15:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | Online
Burberry’s iconic trench coats are still rooted in Yorkshire design and manufacturing: each piece is created in Castleford from luxury fabrics made near Keighley, proudly continuing the journey of Made in Britain.
In this special session Lutf Rehman, Senior Manager (Engineering and Quality) at Burberry, will tell the story of a trench from fibre to finished product.
Follow each stage of manufacturing process and discover how many highly skilled professionals work on every Burberry trench, with an opportunity to ask questions and hear more about manufacturing luxury fashion in the UK.

School of Design Guest Lecture: A Colour Communication System for Textile Supply Chain Management
2022-03-03 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Digital colour technology has long been available for use by the global supply chain in the textile industry. However, it has yet to achieve total appearance reproduction including both colour and texture. A new computer system named LEDSimulator was developed to achieve this. It reduces the design cycle from months to weeks. At the same time, it assures a high degree of colour reproduction accuracy between different systems.
About the Speaker
Over the past 35 years Professor Ming Ronnier Luo (University of Zhejiang) has made an exceptional contribution to colour science and colour technology in both academia and industry. From 2004 to 2015 he was Professor of Colour Science at the University of Leeds, UK where he is still a visiting professor. He is a Fellow of the Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC) and Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T).
Prof Luo has always worked closely with industry and is author of 25 patents within areas of colour technology. Many of his new technologies have become successful industrial products, in collaboration with major international companies such as AkzoNobel, J&P Coats, Hewlett Packard, Huawei, LG Displays, OPPO, Philips Industries, Samsung, Unilever, and VeriVide.

Upcycling Masterclass
2022-02-08 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/London) | Online
Join Julia Roebuck, founder of Upcycle Fashion, for this exciting workshop exploring how old clothes can be given a new lease of life through upcycling into new pieces.
The first part of the workshop will be a live make-a-long session, transforming an old, unwanted T-shirt into a ball of T-shirt Yarn. Julia will then demonstrate how to add a drawstring into other garments to enable better fit and visual appeal, followed by a presentation of other ways T-shirt Yarn can be used in clothing and accessories.
About Upcycle Fashion
Julia Roebuck founded Upcycle Fashion in 2010 whilst studying MA Fashion and the Environment at the London College of Fashion. Creative sewing for lifelong clothing is the ethos of the business, with work programmes focusing on design education and skills training for the upcycling, customisation and repair of clothing and textile products.
Through project collaboration with industry, school & community workshop delivery, freelance project management and podcast One Planet Fashion, Julia shares her passion for rethinking waste and enabling circular solutions for textiles with a focus on place and maximising local opportunities: Viewing clothing as a collective community asset to be shared and valued to support local innovation, industry creativity and education.
Julia is also one of 4 directors of Thread Republic CIC, a Mend Assembly affiliate in Kirklees, where the Upcycle Fashion studio is also based. She was the winner of Future Fashion Factory’s 2020 Zero Waste Fashion Competition.

Six-Month Sustainability Challenge
2022-01-10 09:00 - 2022-03-16 16:00 (Europe/London) | Online
The Six-Month Sustainability Challenge offers grants up to £25,000 for short-term, high-impact innovation projects focused on sustainability and creating viable circular economies. Grants can fund up to 50% of the total project value, with the rest coming from company resources. In-kind match, such as staff time, is encouraged.

Applicants must be businesses associated with the fashion and textile industry; you can apply as an individual business or in collaboration with other companies.

The lead applicant must:

Have been established for more than 12 months
Generate turnover above £50,000 per year
Be registered in the Yorkshire and the Humber region, or working with a project partner registered there
Be a member of Future Fashion Factory – if you have not already joined our free membership community, you will be asked to do so when you submit your application.

In addition, the project must include collaboration with a researcher at one of our three centres: the University of Leeds, University of Huddersfield, and Royal College of Art. Read more To request an application pack and arrange an appointment with our team to discuss your proposal, email Programme Administrator Natasha Francis: n.l.francis@leeds.ac.uk.
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Ask the Manufacturer: Q&A
2021-12-09 15:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | Online
The UK is home to some of the world’s finest fashion and textile manufacturers, with centuries of knowledge and experience to share with designers.
With expertise in knitwear, woollen yarn production, woven fabric and garment manufacturing, our panel will cover topics such as choosing the right manufacturer, preparing a usable tech pack, explaining your requirements and much more.
Submit your questions in advance or ask the panel live and find out what you need to know ahead of your next collection.

Speakers will include:

Diana Kakkar (MAES London)
Ivana Rosinova (AW Hainsworth & Sons)
James Laxton (Laxtons)
Jo Storie (KnitLab North)

Social Media Marketing: Q&A
2021-12-06 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | Online
After the success of our Social Media Marketing Masterclass, social media marketer and trainer Becky Boyd is back to answer your questions about making the most of social media for your brand.
Bring examples of your content for discussion, ask specific questions about your strategy, or go in depth on time-saving tips and tricks.
Submit questions in advance or live on the night and find out more about how to drive sales through your key social channels.
Becky Boyd is a social media marketer and trainer who specialises in supporting small and medium businesses to develop their online presence and shout about their brands through social media.

Phoebe English: What Sustainability Means To Me
2021-11-16 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | Online
The fashion industry is having urgent conversations about how to lessen its environmental impact, from the challenges of growing and processing raw materials responsibly to closing the loop in manufacturing.
Award-winning fashion designer Phoebe English will share her approach to sustainability in the design and production of her eponymous brand. Using examples from her most recent collection and ongoing research, Phoebe will discuss how she has embedded circularity into her design practice and the wider business.
About Phoebe English
The PHOEBE ENGLISH label, founded in 2011, creates pieces with close attention to detail and quality, rejecting mass-made or ‘fast’ fashion. All production is made in London, meaning the footprint from sketch to garment is minimised and the entire business operates from one studio in South London. The brand’s dual roots of craftsmanship and reduced negative environmental impact are never sacrificed where possible and a bedrock sense of producer responsibility underlies all decisions from design to business and. The growth of the brand proves to be tackling obstacles that have been put in place within the traditional fashion and retail sectors, and aims to look at design as a solution-based opportunity to respond the extreme environmental times we live in.
The clothing comprises an ever-evolving search for communicative design and construction, exploring a personal narrative through surface structure, and textile engineering. As well as employing a straightforward, natural and utilitarian nature.
Phoebe English trained at Central Saint Martins where she completed both BA and MA in Fashion. On graduation, she was awarded the L’Oreal Professional Prize, Ungaro Bursary and Chloe Award. She has been nominated for both emerging Menswear and Womenswear categories several times and has worked across a wide variety of disciplines and organisations, regularly guest lecturing in leading Universities.

Designer Drop-In
2021-11-10 11:00 - 13:00, 2021-09-15 11:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Pop in to this informal drop-in to meet designers from across the Future Fashion Factory community.
Spend a few minutes saying hello or stay to chat with fellow members, building your support network and sharing your experiences in a relaxed and open environment.
These drop-in sessions are primarily aimed at fashion and textile designers. If you are interested in attending, please email contact@litac.leeds.ac.uk to be sent the Zoom invite.
Designer Drop-Ins will be informal and held under the Chatham House Rule – afterwards you are free to share anything that is said during the event, but please do not mention who said it.

BEYOND
2021-10-20 - 2021-10-21 | Titanic Belfast, 1 Olympic Way, Queen's Road, Belfast, BT3 9EP
BEYOND is a unique, annual gathering of current and future innovators focused on Research and Development across the Creative Industries.
In its fourth year, BEYOND 2021 (20 – 21 October) is a hybrid conference offering our global community the chance to join us online for live and catch-up sessions, as well as welcoming delegates and speakers to Belfast, Northern Ireland in person from 19 October.
For 2021, BEYOND focuses on Creative Places as a hybrid conference, offering an international community the opportunity to join online, as well as welcoming delegates and speakers to Belfast in person for a programme including location-based immersive experiences, access to view the new Screen and Media Innovation Lab facilities, networking and VIP receptions, and lots of fine Northern Irish hospitality and very possibly swords and dragons…

FFF Fridays: Circular Systems
2021-10-15 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Closing the loop in manufacturing to create a sustainable, circular economy is increasingly a business priority. From regenerative agricultural practices to designing for circularity, traceable supply chains and re-manufacturing waste, FFF members are taking new approaches to building circular systems.
Join host Dr Dawn Ellams (Royal College of Art) for this relaxed lunchtime webinar. Members of our network will share insights into their innovative work and answer your questions as we explore the future of fashion.
Speakers will include:

Antonia Jara Contreras, SaltyCo
Graeme Raeburn, Lead Designer, Albion Cycling
Dr John Parkinson, iinouiio
Mark Randle, Galaxius Systems

Where To Start with Intellectual Property
2021-10-14 15:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | Online
When and where do fashion designers create intellectual property (IP)? How can IP be protected? When should you seek legal advice?
IP is more than copyright and trade secrets. This talk will introduce the IP issues fashion designers need to consider when launching and growing a brand, from the assets that can and cannot be protected to how Brexit is changing the law and the questions around IP in digital design.
Andrew Bravin is a Partner in the Digital Media, Advertising and Brands, Technology and Fashion and Design Groups at Sheridans.
Andrew advises clients on a range of issues, with specialist expertise in intellectual property rights (disputes and licensing) and commercial law. He has worked with a number of start-ups in the creative industries guiding them on intellectual property, commercial contracts, contract negotiation, advertising and regulatory compliance. Andrew also has considerable experience dealing with intellectual property and contractual disputes.

FFF Fridays: Materials Innovation
2021-10-08 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | Online
The materials we choose determine every aspect of a product – how it looks, how it performs, and even what becomes of it at the end of its life. Whether finding new approaches to working with existing materials or developing new ones, this is an area ripe for innovation.
Join host Dr Dawn Ellams (Royal College of Art) for this relaxed lunchtime webinar. Members of the Future Fashion Factory community will share insights into their innovative work and answer your questions as we explore the future of fashion.
Speakers include:

Rachel Clowes, The Sustainable Sequin Company

Aurélie Fontan, Aurélie Fontan Studio

Jun Kamei, Amphibio

Joshua Nusenbaum, SeFF Fibre

Will We Shop 'Til We Drop? Fashion and the Circular Economy
2021-10-07 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | Online
This citizen challenge is a chance to get inspired and have your say to help solve climate change through re-imagining fashion and textiles.
Take part in this interactive event to:

Help set new policy for creating system change
Suggest how we incentivise & drive change before 2030
Have your say & influence global policy at COP26.

Did you know that 10% of all global carbon emissions are attributed to fashion and textiles? At this pace, the fashion industry will account for ¼of all global emissions by 2050. Will fashion be the industry that burns our house down?
Participants will be challenged to solve how we can:

Fast track circular practice
Fast track awareness
Protect the workers in the supply chain.

Together, how can we incentivise the change to ensure that we do not ‘Shop ‘Til We Drop’ and produce action not words.

FFF Fridays: Colour
2021-10-01 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Combining art and science, aesthetics and technology, colour impacts every aspect of the fashion industry. From identifying the next big trend to developing the dyes of the future, how is the Future Fashion Factory community innovating in colour?
Join host Dr Dawn Ellams (Royal College of Art) for this relaxed lunchtime webinar. Members of our network will share insights into their innovative work and answer your questions as we explore the future of fashion.
Speakers include:

Aida Rafat, DyeRecycle

Andrew Filarowski, Society of Dyers and Colorists

Professor Stephen Westland, University of Leeds

Social Media Marketing Masterclass
2021-09-21 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/London) | Online
With so many fast-changing platforms to choose from, social media marketing can be challenging for fashion brands. At this workshop, social marketing expert Becky Boyd will look at how businesses can use social channels to build brand awareness and drive sales, including:

Choosing which channels to focus on
Planning and tailoring content to your audience
Social selling, e.g. Instagram Shopping
Time-saving tips, including social media management tools

Becky Boyd is a social media marketer and trainer who specialises in supporting small and medium businesses to develop their online presence and shout about their brands through social media.
This event is open to Future Fashion Factory members only.
