FASHION DISTRICT ANNOUNCES 2025 FESTIVAL SHOWCASING SUSTAINABLE FASHION EVENTS IN SPITALFIELDS

Schedule

Tue, 03 Jun, 2025 at 09:00 am to Sun, 08 Jun, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Spitalfields | London, EN

Fashion District presents a six-day celebration of sustainable fashion with four festival themes: WATCH SHOP MAKE and GROW  


The Fashion District Festival is set to take over East London’s Spitalfields for its highly anticipated third iteration from 3 – 8 June 2025.  

  

The six-day festival will offer a celebration of sustainable circular and regenerative fashion. Bringing together fashion enthusiasts conscious shoppers and start up entrepreneurs the festival centres around four key themes of WATCH SHOP MAKE and GROW.  

  

As part of this year’s programme the Fashion District Festival proudly partners with SXSW London showcasing global pioneers and trailblazers in fashion technology and sustainability. The programme includes a live fashion performance showcase a curated pop-up shop and exclusive industry events uniting creative minds across fashion tech music and more.  

  

WATCH: Experience a one-off fashion performance showcase that will celebrate London’s extraordinary fashion talent. An evening of creative content supported by our screen and content provider C-Screens that blends fashion with dance tech and music to innovate and challenge ‘the catwalk’.  

  

SHOP: Explore a curated pop-up which will host pre-loved swapped upcycled and repair brands. Conscious shoppers can discover more sustainable ways to engage with fashion learn how to give clothing a second life and explore the latest trends in upcycling. Previous partners have included Depop By Rotation Lone Design Club The Seam and more.   

  

MAKE: Delivered by designer labels and brands to engage the wider public workshops will include upcycling craft customisation and digital fashion design to embed new values through creative experiences focused around the three R’s: Repair Reuse and Regenerate.  

  

GROW: Fashion businesses start-ups brands and investors can learn and connect at a series of roundtables talks and workshops that delve into the ideas and innovations driving change within the industry including themes such as circular design regenerative practice biomaterials early-stage investment and more.   

  

Helen Lax Director of Fashion District comments: “We’re thrilled to bring the Fashion District Festival back to East London’s Spitalfields this year spotlighting the next generation of talent and innovation in sustainability. For us the festival is a platform for progress and in a new 2025 collaboration with SXSW London we will explore critical industry themes. By championing emerging designers start-ups and thought leaders we aim to reshape the fashion landscape making it easier for communities to shop consciously while supporting a more sustainable and circular approach. Our mission is to shift industry perspectives ignite new ideas and inspire change paving the way for a more responsible innovative and inclusive future for fashion.”  

  

Katy Arnander Director of Programming SXSW London adds: "London has long been recognized as a global hub for fashion serving not only as a birthplace but also as a major point of convergence for consumers and designers worldwide. SXSW London is excited to celebrate this creativity with the Fashion District who have their home firmly rooted in East London and Spitalfields. Fashion District represents some of the UK’s most thoughtful and dynamic emerging talent while playing a vital role integrating sustainability and circular fashion into the very fabric of innovation."  

  

Jason Dervin Spitalfields Estate Director says “We are so proud to host the ever-inspiring Fashion District Festival for the second time. It’s fantastic to champion sustainable start-ups emerging talent and brands in such a dynamic way. This vibrant celebration perfectly complements our existing shops and eateries and we cannot wait to see everyone at the festival this summer.”  

  

Fashion District Festival is made possible through the support of London College of Fashion UAL and its partners SXSW Spitalfields E1 and C-Screens. All events can be booked via the Fashion District website (fashion-district.co.uk) from April 2025.  


www.fashion-district.co.uk | @FD_LDN  

For further images interviews and information please contact   

Charli Hirst or Melissa Langlands at Sister London:  

[email protected] / [email protected]   


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Spitalfields, Spitalfields, London, United Kingdom
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