Wednesday 11 March

4pm - 6pm

Herringham Hall

Orsola de Castro is a pioneer and internationally recognised opinion leader in sustainable fashion. In 1997 she founded From Somewhere, a label designing clothes made entirely from pre-consumer waste. In 2006, she co-founded Esthetica, the British Fashion Council's pioneering showcase for sustainable fashion, which she curated until 2014.

In 2013, she co-founded Fashion Revolution, to mark the tragedy in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 24 April 2013 when the Rana Plaza factory collapsed killing and injuring thousands of workers. Raising public awareness of the continuing fashion supply chains, Fashion Revolution has become a global campaign with participation in over 60 countries around the world.

Orsola is a regular keynote speaker, educator and mentor, a judge and mentor for the British Fashion Council New Gen initiative, Associate Lecturer at UAL, as well as a Visiting Lecturer at Central St Martins.