For the 15th annual Festival of Nature I curated ‘The Nature of Fashion’, a panel discussion exploring fashion and nature: how designers, brands, producers and everyone else involved in the supply chain can work with, not against nature. This exciting event brought together fashion industry leaders to discuss innovative products, processes and business models, and how these can be married with traditional techniques to build a more ethical, environmentally-friendly industry. The audience heard about the challenges and opportunities facing the fashion industry, and learnt more about what a more sustainable fashion future would look like.

The event was chaired by Professor Dilys Williams FRSA is Director of Centre for Sustainable Fashion, a University of the Arts Research Centre based at London College of Fashion. Panelists were:

• Debbie Luffman, Product Director at Finisterre, a British Cold Water Surf

• Hannah Cowie, an anthropologist and co-founder of TAMAY & ME

• Sophie Mather, Material Futurist and founder of at biov8tion

• Sven Segal, sustainable shoe designer and founder of Po-Zu

Image credit: Pozu.