Resources
Applied Arts Scotland
Applied Arts Scotland is a membership organisation run by makers for makers giving an authentic, collective and professional voice for the sector and delivering tangible benefits. They nurture the creative heart and soul of making practice by:
Connecting the craft community
Engaging the community through events, projects and discussions
Building skills through access to peer experience and skills swop at a professional level
Influencing, lobbying and ensuring the voice of makers is heard
Encouraging self sufficiency & confidence in the sector
British Fashion Council
The British Fashion Council aims to:
Strengthen British Fashion in the global fashion economy as a leader in responsible creative businesses.
Empower and engage all within the British Fashion industry to play their part in positive growth.
They will do this through championing diversity, building and inviting the industry to actively participate in a network to accelerate a successful circular fashion economy.
Fashion Revolution Scotland
This is Fashion Revolution’s Scottish organisation. Made up of designers, producers, makers, workers and consumers led by Country Co-ordinator Niki Taylor, they are academics, writers, business leaders, brands, retailers, trade unions and policymakers, the industry, the public and world citizens.
A community who love fashion, but don’t want their clothes to exploit people or destroy our planet, they demand radical, revolutionary change…
Fashion Roundtable
Fashion Roundtable is the leading think-tank for the fashion industry, improving people’s lives by influencing policy and outcomes. It works towards the transition to an economy which is environmentally sustainable and inclusive, levelling up across the UK and global partners, committed to net zero and supporting the green economy with a roadmap of jobs and opportunities. Fashion Roundtable work closely with Government and Parliament, through All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs), and to support the diverse voices of the sector and across the public, private and third sectors to develop policy ideas and strategies.
Fashion Scout
Fashion Scout is an award winning international consultancy and platform, renown for empowering and showcasing the future of fashion.
They scout the world for pioneering talent and our showcase events at London and Paris Fashion Weeks have presented over 1,000 designers to international media, buyers and influencers.
With 20 years experience in the industry their consultancy creates and delivers bespoke mentoring and business accelerator programmes for designers and organisations around the world - enabling designers to adapt and build sustainable businesses in these challenging times - and providing them with the opportunity to showcase their work to the international market
Graduate Fashion Week
The Graduate Fashion Foundation is a charity that bridges the gap between education and employment.
Their mission is to bring together graduates, fashion educators and industry leaders to support and encourage the next generation of talent to reach their full potential once they have completed their studies.
They organise events like Graduate Fashion Week, create industry-led projects, offer advice and guidance, as well as mentorship opportunities, to ensure that graduates worldwide are supported to gain meaningful employment. They share good practice and knowledge with opportunities for connectivity and benchmarking within the fashion community.
FIDA
Free innovative learning experiences to help build a sustainable future.
The Futures Institute at Dollar Academy believe in the power of education to transform the future, and a compelling alternative to traditional classroom teaching and exams. FIDA delivers opportunities for young people to tackle real-world challenges rooted in the UN Sustainable Development Goals, through creative thinking and collaboration with experts from industry and universities. All projects and courses are free of charge.
Nesta
Alliance Fashion and Manufacturing Toolkit: Designers Edition
This toolkit helps make production management easier for specialist high-end fashion designers. It focuses on production management and helping designers communicate their needs effectively to production units.
Sustainable Fashion Scotland
Sustainable Fashion Scotland (SFS) is a community-led social venture with the mission to connect the fashion community in Scotland and facilitate a sustainable fashion transformation through collective impact and knowledge exchange.
Textiles Scotland
passionate about the design and manufacturing of Scottish textiles.
This Member’s organisation led by the Scottish Textiles Industry Leadership Group and run by the U.K. Fashion & Textiles Association, want to help you find textiles made in Scotland, and invite you to search their Textile Directory for a vast range of textiles companies. Their members make and manufacture apparel, accessories, interiors, and technical textiles products in Scotland and benefit from support and information, textile news, and opportunities to promote business.
UKFT
The UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) is the largest network for fashion and textile companies in the UK. They bring together designers, manufacturers, suppliers, agents and retailers to promote their businesses and our industry, both in the UK and throughout the world.
They are in a unique position representing the entire UK fashion and textile supply chain, from spinning, weaving and knitting, right through to the catwalk.
UKFT Rise
The fashion and textile industry is notoriously exclusive and while running a start-up can be hugely rewarding, it can also be challenging and lonely…
UKFT Rise is here to change that.
UKFT Rise is a free-to-join community of early-stage (under 3 years trading) fashion and textile businesses looking to build a network of supportive like-minded people. They also welcome anyone who is thinking of starting a fashion/textile company in the near future. (Note: these companies must be selling a product).
We Are Here Scotland
We Are Here is a Community Interest Company with an aim to amplify the voices BIPOC (Black And Indigenous People of Colour) in particular Artists and Creatives who reside in Scotland with opportunities to share their work, connect with each other, and have their voices heard within the wider art community. The presence of BIPOC artists and creatives working within Scotland's creative industries are significantly underrepresented.
Zero Waste Scotland
Existing to lead Scotland to use products and resources responsibly, focusing on where we can have the greatest impact on climate change.
Using evidence and insight, their goal is to inform policy, and motivate individuals and businesses to embrace the environmental, economic, and social benefits of a circular economy. They are a not-for-profit environmental organisation, funded by the Scottish Government and European Regional Development Fund.