Temporary Fashion Museum
Below is a selection of organisations and businesses who develop, promote and /or research the value of fashion, fashion and technology and/or fashion and sustainability.
Centre of Expertise: Future Makers in Fashion & Design
Centre of Expertise: Future Makers in Fashion & Design is an initiative by CLICKNL|Next Fashion and ArtEZ Institute of the Arts. This project aims to develop new, sustainable materials and manufacturing processes and to deploy them in fashion and design. Students at ArtEZ, three lecturers and the Art and Business Centre are working with businesses on this project.
The Next Fashion network develops and implements the agenda for innovation in the fashion sector from within CLICKNL, the knowledge and innovation network for creative industries in the Netherlands. The network is supported by three partners: ArtEZ Institute for the Arts (knowledge centres); MODINT, industry associations for fashion, interiors, carpets and textiles (commercial); the Provincial Government of Gelderland and Arnhem City Council (state).
The five-year old interdisciplinary research project Crafting Wearables is a collaboration between Radboud University Nijmegen, Eindhoven University of Technology, ArtEZ Institute for the Arts Arnhem, Philips Research, Textile Museum Tilburg, MODINT, Freedom of Creation, Solar Fiber, Inntex and Xsens. PhD candidates Pauline van Dongen and Lianne Toussaint, along with four junior researchers, are researching the integration of fashion and technology.
Fair Wear Foundation is an independent, nonprofit organisation which works with fashion companies and manufacturers to improve working conditions for employees in the textile industry. FWF is active in 11 producer countries in Asia, Europe and Africa. The Code of Labour Practices, to which every member is expected to adhere, is based on eight labour standards.
Fashion designer Anke Jongejan uses theory and practice to research possible future scenarios for fashion, both as an industry and as a cultural phenomenon. Fashion Futures presents solutions which are fundamentally different from those currently used in today's fashion system. Using innovative prototypes and (fictional) products, Jongejan speculates on the future look of fashion.
LENA the Fashion Library is a clothing library where you can borrow high-quality and sustainable vintage clothes for a fixed monthly amount and where you can bring you own clothes to lend. This initiative aims to reduce over-production and over-consumption and thereby contribute to a better, cleaner world.
MADE-BY is a nonprofit organisation for fashion companies, retailers and manufacturers who want to improve social, economic and ecological conditions throughout their entire production chain. MADE-BY's mission is to make sustainable clothing commonplace. MADE-BY advises and supports companies applying for social or environmental certification and helps them procure sustainable materials.
MINT is part of the Modefabriek. At this trade fair, MINT co-founder Marieke Eyskoot presents around 25 sustainable fashion labels and lifestyle products, which have been made with respect for people and their environment. A lecture programme, an exhibition and a shop are among the ways MINT works to enlighten a wide fashion audience and to stimulate the industry to adopt "forward fashion".
Ever since 1989, Schone Kleren Campagne (clean-clothes campaign) has been bringing clothing companies together to improve labour conditions and the position of workers in the global garment industry. SKC is a coalition of unions, consumer organisations, women's groups, aid organisations and research groups. They not only highlight abuses, but also propose constructive solutions.
Strawberry Earth's mission is to inspire people to make sustainable choices in fashion, design, cosmetics and food. Projects and initiatives like the Strawberry Earth Academy and Strawberry Earth Fair are aimed at stimulating a fair and green economy in the creative sector.
With her office Talking Dress, Marieke Eyskoot works to put fair garments and a sustainable lifestyle well and truly on the map. Eyskoot is author of the book Talking Dress - alles over eerlijke kleding en lifestyle, een gids voor eerlijke en modieuze kleding en lifestyle (currently only available in Dutch). She also lectures and organises events on sustainable fashion and improving the garment industry.
Texperium is an open-innovation centre for textile recycling, which aims to make the textile chain more sustainable and to offer new market opportunities. The centre aims to bring together sorters and re-users by organising symposia and meetings around particular themes. Companies, knowledge centres and the government are working together on a range of research projects in the centre.