University engagement:
CFJ works with institutions to transform fashion education for the industry’s next generation: towards a total ethics fashion future.
Opposite: Institut Français de la Mode
Collective Fashion Justice believes that to create a fashion industry prioritising the planet and life on it before profit, we must engage with young people who will shape fashion’s future.
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GCNYC
GCNYC is the first school to endorse the total ethics fashion manifesto.
Our founder Emma Hakansson has given a proseminar class at GCNYC, showing students how they can contribute to greater sustainability and ethics in fashion.
The CFJ manifesto book, Total Ethics Fashion, has also been set as reading for students at the progressive, responsibly-minded school. -
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UAL's London College of Fashion
Another fashion school ranked highly by Business of Fashion, London College of Fashion has held multiple screenings of SLAY, which features Dean of Academic Strategy, John Lau. Lau and CFJ’s founder Emma Hakansson hosted a Q and A for students.
Emma, as well as CFJ’s Stephane Kotto, guest lecture and engage with the school. -
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Accademia Costume e Moda
CFJ’s partnership with this renowned Italian fashion school was made possible through Sara Maino, head of special projects at Vogue Italia, and her support for inspiring a new generation of fashion.
Our founder has lectured at the school, discussing total ethics fashion, and with Milano Fashion Film Festival, SLAY was screened to students and faculty of the school. -
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The New School: Parsons
New York City’s Parsons The New School of Design consistently ranks as one of the US’s best design schools, with a respected school for fashion. CFJ board member Joshua Katcher has taught as an adjunct professor at the school.
Our total ethics fashion primers have also been shared with students at the school, and students in some classes have been set Total Ethics Fashion for their reading. -
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LCI
LCI is a global educational institution offering bespoke design education.
CFJ has lectured at the school, and continues to engage with students at LCI’s Melbourne campus, where our founder is based.
Our ongoing partnership with LCI has also included a thorough review of all fashion units, resulting in updates to include total ethics fashion teachings throughout the content. -
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Marist College
Marist’s New York based fashion program made Business of Fashion’s top 40 list.
CFJ board members Joshua Katcher has lectured at the school, provided our total ethics fashion primers to students, and screened SLAY, too. -
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Institut Français de la Mode
Ranked by the Business of Fashion as one of the very best fashion schools in the world, Collective Fashion Justice hosted a screening of SLAY at the Parisian institute, where our founder Emma Hakansson spoke with students.
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ESEDS
India’s top design school has been awarded for its teaching of sustainability in fashion.
Organised alongside Fashion Revolution India and Slow Fashion Movement, CFJ has engaged with students at the school, screened SLAY and spoken about total ethics fashion. -
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Birmingham City University
Our founder has lectured to students across fashion design, promotion and business courses at BCU.
Our Total Ethics Fashion book is in the BCU library and recommended for student reading across a number of classes. -
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MSKPU
Collective Fashion Justice engages with this Polish vocational fashion school, which is dedicated to responsible fashion.
Our founder acts as a mentor partner with expertise on the subject of animal-derived materials, and her book, Total Ethics Fashion, is included on MSKPU’s reading list. -
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Western Washington University
Organised by international CFJ volunteers, a screening of SLAY and a question and answer session between our founder and students was organised.
Students continue to be offered resources from CFJ. -
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University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw
Collective Fashion Justice engages with this Polish university to promote total ethics values and educate students on the impact of fashion on people, animals and the planet.
Our founder acts as a mentor partner with expertise on the subject of animal-derived materials, and her book, Total Ethics Fashion, is included on one of the school’s reading list. -
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Università di Bologna
Fashion students at the university have received a lecture on total ethics fashion, and our book is on their reading list.
Professor Simona Segre Reinach has endorsed the total ethics fashion manifesto, featuring CFJ’s work on the topic in her academic publication and the university’s conference with the London Metropolitan University, on fashion decolonisation, deconstructing and decentering.
Reviewing fashion education
to protect people, animals and the planet.
Collective Fashion Justice invites fashion schools to integrate total ethics fashion teachings throughout all classes, units and courses. We help make this possible through our course review consultation offerings.
LCI Melbourne was the first school to engage CFJ in this manner, with our founder collaborating with the academic team to meticulously review all units within the fashion and costume discipline.
Recommendations spanning updates to reading materials, lecture and tutorial content, as well as assessment task enhancements have helped to ensure that, as stated by LCI’s renowned fashion academic, Todd Heggie, “this newly refined content diligently addresses the pressing ethical quandaries that confront fashion and costume design practitioners on a global scale.”
Swinburne University
professional partnership
Collective Fashion Justice has an ongoing relationship with Melbourne’s Swinburne University. The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the respected school engages with Collective Fashion Justice through a number of units. Students learning about campaigning for social change, Australian public policy, climate change action and a range of other subjects receive resources from CFJ and complete coursework (for credit) which is used by our organisation – offering students a chance to learn while contributing to meaningful change towards a total ethics fashion system.
Supporting students in their learning
Alongside our more formal engagement with universities, students around the globe contact CFJ regularly for resources, questions, project support and placement opportunities.
We are proud to have supported students at a wide range of schools, including Pearl Academy, Carleton University, Marymount University, University of Central Florida, RMIT, Boston University and many more. The Total Ethics Fashion book is also in the libraries of a number of universities we are yet to collaborate with more deeply, including Regent’s College.
Are you a lecturer or university representative interested to connect with CFJ? Reach out.
info@collectivefashionjustice.org
Looking for resources for your students?
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Total Ethics Fashion book
This book (both physical and digital) explores the need for a fashion system prioritising people, animals and the planet before profit, and how we could work towards making this system a reality.
Universities and schools can receive student discounts and significant discounts for bulk orders for students.
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Material guides
Learn about the impact of different animal-derived materials, as well as synthetic and other harmful materials – and those innovations we can replace them with.
These guides are useful starting points for further research by students, able to guide them through the need-to-know impacts of materials on people, animals and planet. -
Reports
Students can find more in-depth information on a number of topics such as the impacts of leather production, wild animal use in fashion, as well as the use of wool and synthetics, through our reports.
Reports on wool and synthetics
Reports on leather
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Films
Screened across international universities, CFJ has produced and contributed to a number of films on fashion’s impacts, and recommends others for viewing, too.
Films are a great way to immerse students in issues and solutions requiring consideration.