Design for circularity in fashion - #1 Fashion rental
This official Dutch Design Week event will partly be an interactive session about design challenges when renting becomes the norm in fashion. Renting and leasing is part of the five circular business models, also called 'product as a service'.
This event is hosted by fashion platform 'Our World' in collaboration with The Student Hotel in Eindhoven. Together, we proudly present the following speakers and circular economy experts:
14:30-15:00 Walk in
15:00-15:20 Welcome and short introduction to the circle economy and fashion rental
15:20-15:50: Circle Economy will share insights based on the Switching Gear project
15:50-16:50: Industrial designer Yassine Salihine will provide a short workshop on design for circularity
16:50-17:25: Interactive Q&A with:
- Sabine Lettmann, fashion designer, creative consultant and initiator otherways[project]
- Maria Kuznetsova, owner Clothing Library Outfit Library Less
- Madina Ahadi, fashion designer who creates modular knitwear for House of Rezai
17:25-15:30 Closing
17:30-18:00 Drinks
We hope to welcome you 25 October in The Student Hotel in Eindhoven, but there's more:
- This event is accompanied with an editorial series about the rise of rental services in fashion published in OW. Magazine.
- We'd like to introduce you to beautiful sustainable fashion initiatives, therefore our regular ticket for this event includes a Sustainable Fashion Gift Card of 10 euros. This gift card will be launched later this year.
- Would you like to meet designers behind circular and sustainable fashion projects? RSVP to our free tour at Dutch Design Week, taking place 25 October at 11:00. Send your name and telephone numberr to: nanette@ow-ourworld.nl.