Theme: Sustainable Fashion

SUSTAINABLE STYLE PRESENTS…

Sustainable Style Charity Gala 2023

March 9th, 2023 at Falside Mill

Sustainable Style is excited to invite you to our first ever Charity Gala, a unique event sure to stand out from the ball circuit this semester. While promising to keep your glasses full and your ears piqued by a live music performance, we will also regale your sights with an exhibition of sustainable student-made fashion, jewelry, and art, which will be available for guests to purchase in a silent auction. There are also great prizes to be won in our raffle, including gift cards for slow-fashion brands like Molby the Label, Treen, and more.

Place your auction bids while enjoying complementary bites, with gluten-free and vegan options available. At 10:00 PM, the auction will close and the after party will commence, featuring music that will keep you on your feet all night. The Gala ticket includes admission to the afterparty.

100% of net proceeds from the Gala and auction will be donated to Fashion Revolution, a charity organisation ‘campaigning for a clean, safe, fair and transparent fashion industry.’ Come along for an evening of elegance and celebration of slow fashion, from our own St Andrews community and beyond. This is a black-tie event with transport by coach included. Set your reminders for the early bird ticket drop February 9th, you won’t want to miss this!

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Join Advanced Clothing Solutions (ACS) for a site tour of Europe’s Largest circular fashion hub based right here in North Lanarkshire, Scotland! On the tour you will follow the journey of garments fulfilment experiencing the expert technology for extending its life through Rental, Resale and Renewal. Learn from the ACS team how they integrate sustainability to all elements of the facility for people, planet and profit.

ACS are hosting two in-person tours on Thursday 23rd March, with 10 tickets available for each.

This event is organised by Sustainable Fashion Scotland.

If you don’t know what to do with all your spare materials (including fabric), join this talk by CAN (Circular Arts Network) to learn how to use the new online circular economy exchange platform.

CAN will show you how to register and use the online exchange platform to upload freebies and paid listings, as well as how to source art materials. They will also share some examples of the projects they have been involved with supporting.

At the end of the session there will be a Q&A with CAN and an open discussion on sourcing and sharing supplies, skills and equipment, related to sustainable fashion and textiles.

This event is organised by Sustainable Fashion Scotland.

Join Advanced Clothing Solutions (ACS) for a site tour of Europe’s Largest circular fashion hub based right here in North Lanarkshire, Scotland! On the tour you will follow the journey of garments fulfilment experiencing the expert technology for extending its life through Rental, Resale and Renewal. Learn from the ACS team how they integrate sustainability to all elements of the facility for people, planet and profit.

ACS are hosting two in-person tours on Thursday 23rd March, with 10 tickets available for each.

This event is organised by Sustainable Fashion Scotland.

Join SFS Creative Director Mairi Lowe for a talk and Q&A on marketing and communicating sustainability. Bring along your fashion and textile marketing challenges for us to explore and workshop ideas together!

Whether you are looking to maximise profit, raise awareness of sustainability issues or encourage behaviour change, an effective marketing and communications strategy is essential for any organisation. However, many individuals and small businesses working in fashion and textiles in Scotland don’t have the time or capacity to dedicate to marketing.

Are you a small business owner who needs a communications plan that fits into your busy schedule? Perhaps you run sewing workshops and don’t know which newsletter tool is best to use? Are you wondering if TikTok is really worth it? Maybe you are looking for suggestions on who to collaborate with to expand your reach?

If you have a marketing challenge you’d like help with, please join Mairi, a freelance Communications Consultant specialising in sustainable fashion in Scotland, for a short talk sharing her top tips and tools, plus a Q&A session where together we will explore ideas and workshop solutions, learning from one another.

There is a space in the registration form to share any marketing challenges or questions you have in advance.

This event is organised by Sustainable Fashion Scotland.

Come along to Fort William’s Social Gathering event to connect with like-minded people in the community and learn how you can get involved in the sustainable fashion movement.

Jam, founder of The Caledonian Wool Co and Eilidh, founder of Beinn Nibheis, will share how the local community in Fort William is driving change in fashion. Jam will share about the importance of shopping and supporting local. Eilidh will discuss research being done on new environmentally conscious ways of waterproofing garments.

Other activities for you to get stuck into include a mending circle where you can learn tips and tricks from Jan on how to repair your clothing. There will also be a clothes swap to allow you to exchange items in your wardrobe for ones that are new to you. Please bring no more than 3 items of clothing per person to swap.

Drinks and snacks will be provided as part of your ticket! Tickets will also be available on the door.

This event is organised by Sustainable Fashion Scotland.

Creation Mill are excited to be opening their doors (physically and virtually via social media) to SFS Spring Gathering attendees on Friday 24th March with different activities on offer throughout the day:

• 10am-12pm: Mending workshop. Drop in to have a professional look over your garment or textile product and receive advice and demonstrate mending techniques.
• 12-1pm: Tour of the Buccleuch Mill. Our Creation Mill Space is set amongst the Buccleuch Mill and at 12pm we will offering a chance to explore the workspaces of the textile producers that operate on our doorstep. Spaces are limited to 8 people for the tour.
• 1-5pm: Stash busting fabric and haberdashery swapping event. Everyone is welcome to come and swap items to refresh their collection and get inspired for a spring of textile recycling. Each item will be exchanged for a button to be used as a coin. If you don’t have anything to swap don’t worry you are more than welcome to come along as buttons will also be available to purchase for £2.

Booking for the mending workshop and stash busting fabric event is not necessary but if you would like to join for the tour please book a ticket. Spaces are limited to 8 people for the tour.

This event is organised by Sustainable Fashion Scotland.

Join Jayne Chappell from Social Enterprise Scotland to learn about what a social enterprise is, why social enterprises are essential for our communities, and how to set up a social enterprise. Jayne will also share about the support available for social enterprises across Scotland from Social Enterprise Scotland and others. During the 30-minute session Jayne will share their top learnings and tips and answer any burning questions.

This event is organised by Sustainable Fashion Scotland.