In September 2022, Metal Peterborough hosted a week-long series of activities around sustainable fashion, to learn, have discussions and build new skills to proactively move towards a more sustainable future. In partnership with Shado, Pluto Press and The Reading Room, the activities were part of a series of events happening across the UK as part of a wider programme ‘An anti-capitalist fashion week’.
Drawing inspiration from Tansy E. Hoskins’ book ‘The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion’ and coinciding with London Fashion Week, the wider programme seeks to uncover the roots of extractivism in the fashion industry and to celebrate the organisations shaping alternatives and building a different future.
Events included pop-up Make and Mend Café’s hosted by Linda Genever and BeeCrafty, a revive and customise workshop with artists Sa’adaih Khan and Victoria Kelly-Gobuiwang, a SWISH clothes swap, a natural dye workshop with artist Amanda Rigby and be your own fashion desginer works with experienced textile artist Romana Zadissa. In partnership with the Left Book Club, we also ran a reading group discussing ‘The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion’. Throughout the week, we also profiled sustainable fashion and creative businesses.
