Slow Fashion Festival

Date
17 August 2024
Location/Venue
Watershed Upper Level
Cost
Free

Join us for a day of slow fashion experiences on 17 August at the Watershed.  

 Why? The current fast fashion system overproduces clothing for a hyper consuming world. We no longer cherish our clothes – we dispose of them easily as they have become cheap to replace. As we approach 2030, we understand the urgency to meet the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Twyg is aligned with SDG12: responsible consumption and production. The current fashion system drives inequality, pollution, carbon emissions. To reverse these, we need to act with urgency to change the current fashion system.  

 At Twyg, in collaboration with Our Better Nature by the V&A Waterfront and V&A Watershed we promote circular, slow, responsible and ethical fashion.  Join us on this journey.  

 The Slow Fashion Festival will leave you inspired to continue your sustainable fashion journey, armed with helpful information, usable skills and a new life for the clothes you own. 

 Learn different mending methods, make your own mending kit, swap your preloved clothes and more. Taking care of the items you already own is an act of love for the planet and the people who made them. By mending items we give them a new life, saving them from the landfill and learning a new skill while doing so.  

 Several crafters and skilled menders will be hosting workshops and demonstrations at the Slow Fashion Festival and will be on hand to guide and inspire participants in the art of repair. Attendees can also expect music and dance experiences and can also shop for various local products from the merchants at the Watershed.  

PROGRAMME 

Saturday – 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

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