Learning & Teaching
Reading, courses and teaching materials for learning about fashion, textiles and sustainability. Choose resources to suit the learner’s level, language and intended activity.
Selected Resources
Explore comprehensive resources offering insights into sustainable practices across various industries.
Fashion and Sustainability: Design for Change
Book · Kate Fletcher and Lynda Grose · 2012
A book examining changes in fashion products, systems and design practice, with sustainability extending beyond individual material choices.
How to use it
Pair a chapter with a garment or business-model case and ask students to distinguish product improvements from changes in the wider system.
Scope
A foundational text, rather than a current annual industry report. Publication access is separate from access to the author’s description.
Redress Circular Fashion Design Courses
Self-paced courses · Redress · Ongoing course collection
A collection covering circular fashion design, fibre choices, recyclability and zero-waste design. The official page lists course-specific duration and languages.
How to use it
Choose a course that matches an identified learning need and combine it with a practical design task.
Scope
Check the individual enrolment page for access and certificate conditions. Separate paid third-party programmes may also be promoted.
Redress Educational Resource Library
Activities, case studies and guides · Redress · Ongoing collection
A filterable collection of circular-fashion learning activities, guides and case studies.
How to use it
Select one activity for a defined class objective and record the intended learner level, time and materials before teaching.
Scope
Review individual resources before use. A case study’s inclusion does not independently verify every claim made about a featured brand.
The Circular Fashion Programme and Educational Resources
Curriculum and teaching resources · Fashion for Good · Online education archive
An education collection linking a circular-fashion programme, exhibition learning and museum-related resources.
How to use it
Review the programme structure when planning lessons that connect material systems, production and consumer practice.
Scope
The physical Fashion for Good Museum closed on 5 June 2024. Present these as online resources and archives, not a currently bookable museum visit.
FashionSEEDS
Educator resources · FashionSEEDS project · Project resource collection
An educator-focused project resource for engaging fashion education with sustainability.
How to use it
Use the collection as a reference when reviewing how sustainability appears across a course, rather than only within a single lecture.
Scope
Check the date and availability of each linked output. A project archive does not imply a currently open training programme.
Garment Life Observation Activity
A classroom exercise linking the condition of one existing garment to care, repair and redesign decisions.
How to use it
Observe first, record the wearer’s account with consent, and test one proposed intervention before discussing its limits.
Scope
A single garment is a learning case, not representative evidence about all consumers or a quantified environmental saving.
Worksheet
| Stage | Activity and evidence |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Investigate how an existing garment’s material, construction and use relate to a proposed repair or redesign. |
| Preparation · 10 min | Use a personally owned garment or obtain the owner’s permission. Prepare a ruler, camera if permitted and observation record. Use sample material for any destructive trial. |
| Observation · 15 min | Record composition label, construction, fit and condition. Sketch damage locations; separate observation from assumptions about cause. |
| Wearer account · 10 min | With consent, ask how the garment is used and cared for and why it is retained or no longer worn. Do not collect unnecessary personal information. |
| Proposal · 15 min | Choose one intervention and explain which observed issue it addresses. List material, skill and care implications. |
| Trial · 20 min | Trial on an appropriate sample; photograph only with permission. Record conditions and outcomes. Extend time where needed. |
| Reflection · 10 min | Compare expected and observed outcomes. Explain what remains untested and whether the wearer considers the intervention useful. |
| Submission | One observation sheet, a labelled sketch or permitted photographs, trial notes and a short reflection. |
| Assessment | Assess clarity of observation, traceable evidence, connection between problem and intervention, and honest reporting of limitations. |