In Conversation: Wayne Hemingway and Lucy Siegle on Fashion and Sustainability

Name: In Conversation: Wayne Hemingway and Lucy Siegle on Fashion and Sustainability
Start: 2016-10-05T18:00:00
End: 2016-10-05T20:30:00
Location: Imperial War Museum North (IWM North)

Creative Tourist Last Updated 14 September 2016

In Conversation: Wayne Hemingway and Lucy Siegle on Fashion and Sustainability at Imperial War Museum North (IWM North), Manchester 5 October 2016 Tickets from £10.00 — Book now

Drawing on issues raised by IWM North’s major special exhibition, Fashion on The Ration: 1940s Street Style, award-winning fashion designer Wayne Hemingway and journalist and author Lucy Siegle discuss fashion and sustainability, taking lessons from the Second World War as a starting point to discuss modern challenges and modern solutions.

Both passionate advocates for sustainability and innovation, Hemingway and Siegle will look to the future in this special, one-off event, and discuss how we can take lessons from the past to find practical and lasting solutions for a more sustainable fashion industry where creativity and individuality can still thrive.

In Conversation: Wayne Hemingway and Lucy Siegle on Fashion and Sustainability at Imperial War Museum North (IWM North), Manchester 5 October 2016 Tickets from £10.00 Book now

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