How can we inspire changes in clothing consumption and waste habits? We recognize that artists, creators and designers have the power to influence taste and fashion and are key actors for advancing public knowledge about textile circularity. Established as the Cluster’s annual and focal knowledge mobilization activity, Slow Fashion represents the principle of including public-facing creative outputs for all our research, in the form of garments, designs, research developments, and artworks featured in our annual Slow Fashion Season and new Slow Mode Journal.
Each Slow Fashion Season is designed to exemplify the conscientious use and production of fibres and apparel. The exhibitions, workshops, student design challenges and fashion shows become the sites of artists’ power and influence, stimulating change in consumption habits by modelling more sustainable, conscientious textile use and production and guiding demand toward alternative products.
Photo: Ethan White, Slow Fashion Season 2025
