The Business of Fashion, Textiles and Technology: Back to the Future

The ecosystem of fashion, textiles and technology is a focal point of activism and industrial strategy about sustainability. This conversation explores sustainable innovation within the entire fashion and textile supply chain today.

Professor Jane Harris, Director of the Creative R&D Partnership The Business of Fashion, Textiles and Technology (BFTT) and Professor of Digital Design and Innovation at the University of the Arts London, and Hannah Auerbach George and Dr Liz Tregenza, both Post-Doctoral Research Fellows working across the V&A and BFTT, will discuss how their research into circular material resources, and online fashion experiences is providing vital support to the next generation of fashion, wider apparel, textiles and related technology entrepreneurs as they navigate new practices and markets in the fashion metaverse and engage fully in the challenges of the climate emergency.

Chaired by Dr Claire O’Mahony, Associate Professor in the History of Art and Design at the Department for Continuing Education, Oxford University.