Future Talks with Lucy Siegle
As the busiest month for fashion returned, we examine the most pressing challenges, practices and innovations that are impacting the industry today and explored what the future could look like. Hosted by celebrated writer and broadcaster Lucy Siegle, the curated conversation invited designers, commentators and fashion insiders to share their experiences, scrutinise new approaches to sustainability and dissect new technologies.
Our Host
Lucy Siegle is a journalist, broadcaster and eco-expert with a particular focus on the global fashion industry. She spent 14 years as the Observer and Guardian’s Ethical Living columnist and has written three books on sustainability issues, including her most recent: Be the Ultimate Friend of the Earth (2022). She reports for BBC1’s The One Show and co-hosts the climate podcast So Hot Right Now.
Future Talks: How Does Fashion Get The Next 10 Years Right?
With people all over the world demanding social, environmental and economic change how should the fashion industry evolve? Who gets to tell whose story? How can we use the huge challenges of sustainability as a catalyst for creativity and innovation? From climate justice and conscious consumerism, to diversity, visibility and body positivity, this thought-provoking panel brings together some of those who are helping to inspire change at the forefront of fashion.
The Panellists
Phoebe English founded her eponymous label in 2011, spending much of her career rejecting mass-made or fast fashion. Focusing on creating clothing with close attention to detail and narrative, the Central Saint Martins alumna launched her eco-conscious brand from her South London studio, with the journey from sketch to garment all taking place within a 15-mile radius.
Aja Barber is a writer, stylist and consultant whose work deals with the intersections of sustainability and the fashion landscape. Her work builds heavily on ideas behind privilege, wealth inequality, racism, feminism, colonialism and how to fix the fashion industry with all these things in mind. Aja is the author of Consumed: on colonialism, climate change, consumerism & the need for collective change.
Kenya Hunt is a writer, editor, and highly sought-after voice on issues on the cross-section of fashion, representation and identity. Appointed the Fashion Director of Grazia UK in 2019, Kenya's work has been published in The Guardian, Vogue, Marie Claire and The Evening Standard, to name a few. The founder of R.O.O.M. Mentoring, Kenya advocates for greater diversity within the fashion industry, providing a supportive network for some of London's best and brightest aspiring designers, journalists and image makers of colour.
Haeni Kim is the founder of KITRI Studios, an independent fashion brand founded in 2017. KITRI was borne from Haeni's frustration of not being able to find hard-working, well-made hero pieces that didn’t break the bank. A digitally focused direct-to-consumer brand, KITRI produce all their styles in strictly limited quantities offering a fresh fashion collection every month without overproducing and contributing to waste.
