The EU’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)

Fashion designers should know: The European Union’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) is here, and it mandates various eco-design requirements with the goal to reduce the environmental impact of clothing and footwear imported into the region.
Conjoined, Spliced, and Pieced Techniques
In this activity, you will explore a variety of techniques to reconstruct post-consumer garments into innovative new shapes whilst striving for zero waste.
Our Jeans and the Planet

On this interactive website, ‘create’ your very own pair of jeans and see its environmental impact while learning about innovations that are transforming fashion sustainability.
DHL x Angus Tsui: case study

This case study explores how designer Angus Tsui, in collaboration with DHL and Redress, applied circular design techniques to remanufacture corporate textile waste, highlighting how cross-sector partnerships can drive change.
SDGs
Discover the huge potential for circular fashion to be a force for good and how this advances the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals towards a better, more sustainable future for all.
COzTERRA: Turning Clothing into Climate Action

This case study explores how COzTERRA uses material science and AI to create carbon-capturing garments, partnering with designers and brands to bring wearable climate solutions from lab to market.
Zero-Waste

This guide provides an overview of the zero-waste design technique. You will learn different methods and approaches from planning the pattern to final execution.
How circular fashion addresses the climate crisis
Discover how the fashion industry contributes to the climate crisis by using dirty energy, clearing land, and creating waste, and how circular fashion offers solutions to reduce negative environmental impact.
What is Circular Fashion?
Discover what it means to transition from a linear to circular fashion system, and how both designers and consumers play important roles in creating a more sustainable future for fashion.
Upcycling & Reconstruction

This guide provides an overview of upcycling and reconstruction design techniques. Explore the use of different types of textile waste, waste streams, and ways to develop reconstructed designs.