sustainable fashion

Local designer takes over Salvation Army window for Great Big Green Week

A local fashion designer has transformed the window display in Bedford's Salvation Army store to highlight the importance of 'slow fashion' as part of the Great Big Green Week...

Grab a bargain and raise money for charity at Brewpoint’s first Thriftathon

Bedford-based brewery, Brewpoint, is turning its Garden Bar into a pop-up thrift shop this month, to raise money for a children's cancer charity. On Saturday, 18 May, the brewery's first-ever Thriftathon will take...

Successful clothes swap ‘swish’ is back in Bedford

As the cost of living soars and climate fears loom, many Bedfordians are looking at ways to cut their costs as well as finding ways to live more sustainably. One such way is a...

Two Bedford businesses launch collaboration to save waste products from landfill

A Bedford clothing brand is collaborating with an accessories designer to divert its damaged and returned stock from landfill. Amber Reeson, the owner of Neon Marl, has teamed up with...

Cranfield Uni researchers are turning crop waste into high-value sustainable fashion

Researchers at Cranfield University and their partners at the University of York are working together to develop a greener way to manufacture textiles for clothing using biomass derived from crop waste...

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