The Fashion District Festival

Tuesday 11 - Sunday 16 July

Taking over Shoreditch for a six-day festival, the Fashion District Festival returns for its second iteration on 11-16 July. Offering an exciting celebration of fashion, sustainability, innovation, and community, the festival will feature a diverse range of over 40 events, including pop-ups, swap shops, styling masterclasses, upcycling workshops, and interactive experiences.

Bringing together fashion enthusiasts, professionals, and customers, visitors will have the chance to explore, learn, create, and network with leading conscious brands and digital fashion businesses.

This year’s festival covers four themes - watch, shop, make and grow. As part of the Watch programme, the launch show, curated by Lee Lapthorne from On|Off and Agro Studio, will introduce some of London’s most promising emerging designers, combining physical and digital installations to create a truly unforgettable experience. The week will see further digital showcases from brands across the world and styling events from charity partner Give Your Best.

The Shop series will feature a collaborative retail pop-up located in a brand-new building at Number 1 Lamb St in Spitalfields – the first event to take place in the light filled, contemporary building designed by Foster + Partners. Featuring emerging and planetpositive designers and start-ups, the brands on show specialise in preloved, swapped, rented, and upcycled fashion, such as The

Alterist, Loanhood, The Cirkel, Verte London, Circular Threads and The Seam.

The Make space offers a diverse programme of interactive events and workshops for all ages, encouraging participants to explore sustainability and innovation in fashion via the three Rs: Repair, Reuse, and Recycle.

And finally, the Grow programme is dedicated to supporting fashion start-ups and SMEs through a series of roundtables, talks, and workshops that delve into the ideas and innovations driving change within the industry, including themes such as the circular economy, regenerative materials, digital fashion, design for the metaverse, early-stage investment and more. Festival supporter, London College of Fashion, UAL’s Fashion Innovation Agency will host a fash-tech meet-up, discussing AI and the most promising and innovative applications in the fashion industry.

Helen Lax, Director of Fashion District, comments, “We are thrilled to bring back the Fashion District Festival for a second time, and we are delighted to have Spitalfields as our host. With such a vibrant celebration of fashion, sustainability, and innovation awaiting shoppers and attendees, we cannot wait to unveil our full programme of events and experiences which will provide a platform for exploration, creativity and networking within the fashion industry.” fashion-district.co.uk

All events are free and bookable via the Fashion District website.