The revolution is here - What will you wear? This week we are speaking with Orsola de Castro, Founder and Global Creative Director of Fashion Revolution, a global fashion movement that calls for a fairer, safer, more transparent fashion industry. Join us as we chat with Orsola about the future of the fashion industry, including issues of fair and decent work, environmental protection, gender equality, sustainable consumption and disposal of clothing, and the importance of being an informed consumer. 

About Orsola de Castro: Orsola de Castro is an internationally recognised opinion leader in sustainable fashion. Her career started as a designer with the pioneering upcycling label From Somewhere, which she launched in 1997 until 2014. Her designer collaborations include collections for Jigsaw, Tesco, Speedo, and 4 best selling capsule collections for Topshop from 2012 to 2014.In 2006, she co-founded the British Fashion Council initiative Estethica at London Fashion Week, which she curated until 2014. In 2013, with Carry Somers, she founded Fashion Revolution, a global campaign with participation in over 100 countries around the world. Orsola is a regular keynote speaker and mentor, Associate Lecturer at UAL, as well as Central Saint Martins Visiting Fellow.

About the Fashion Revolution: Founded in 2013, the Fashion Revolution is a global movement made up of people from all around the world who make the fashion industry work, including designers, academics, writers, business leaders, policymakers, brands, retailers, marketers, producers, makers, workers and fashion lovers. Their vision is simple - to create a global fashion industry that conserves and restores the environment and values people over growth and profit.

Find out more about the Fashion Revolution: 

• Website: https://www.fashionrevolution.org/about/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fashionrevolution.org 
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/fash_rev 
• Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/fashrevglobal/ 
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fash_rev/ 

For Further Exploration: 

• Dr. Momo Vuyisich: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBF7um6l6mk
• Transparency Index: https://www.fashionrevolution.org/about/transparency/
• The Sustainable Angle: https://thesustainableangle.org/ 
• How toxic are my clothes? A documentary and website from Wilson Oryema: https://showstudio.com/news/how-toxic-are-my-clothes-documentary-and-website-wilson-oryema