Central St Martins College of Art and Design

Central St Martins College of Art & Design offers a number of fashion-related courses covering ethical issues:

Foundation

Undergraduate

The Responsibilities of Consumption: Cultural studies module offered to all BA students in the autumn term 2007 jointly organised by Fashioning an Ethical Industry and Mo Tomaney, CSM lecturer.

Contact: hannah_at_fashioninganethicalindustry.org

BA (hons) Fashion: Year 2 Sustainability project covers the human cost of fast fashion and labour standards and how designers' decisions can have an impact on workers and the environment.  Many students endeavour to incorprate an ethical or environmental element into projects and final collections.

Contact:  Willie Walters <w.walters_at_csm.arts.ac.uk>

Postgraduate

MA Design for Textiles Futures: Ethics and sustainability are core to the course philosophy. The course invesigates key issues that will affect our future selves from a design point of view.  New materials, new technologies and sustainable values related to textile design are the key focus of the curriculum.

Contact: Carole Collet <info_at_csm.arts.ac.uk>

Visit MA Design for Textiles Futures website.

Research 

 

Mo Tomaney, research fellow, is researching fair trade and ethical issues related to textiles & the clothing industry.

Contact: Mo Tomaney <motomaney_at_aol.com>

See Mo's biography at the TFRG website 

Short courses

Contemporary Textiles from Old - saturday course working with recycled textiles and garments. 

Contact: Sophie Gorton <sophie_at_sophiegorton.com> 

Extra-curricular activities

Several students are working on a development project with women textile producers in rural districts of Pakistan as interns, learning about fair trade and co-operative principles and developing markets in this environment.

Contact:  Willie Walters <w.walters_at_csm.arts.ac.uk>

Visit the Central St Martins website.