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SUMMARY: Slow Fashion Season 2026: Reclaim\, remake\, rebel!
DESCRIPTION: Public events and exhibitions championing sustainable fashion 
 at UBC and beyond.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p><a href="https://ahva.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-c
 ontent/uploads/sites/37/2026/01/SlowFashionSeason26-Poster.png"><img class=
 "aligncenter wp-image-35742" src="https://ahva.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/u
 ploads/sites/37/2026/01/SlowFashionSeason26-Poster-663x1024.png" alt="" wid
 th="576" height="890" /></a></p><p><span data-contrast="auto">Fast fashion\
 , textile waste\, and unsustainable clothing consumption are global environ
 mental problems. </span><b><span data-contrast="auto">How can we make a dif
 ference\, here and now\, in the ways we consume and produce clothing?</span
 ></b><span data-contrast="auto"> Slow Fashion Season ignites change with ex
 citing textile creations and research. </span><span data-contrast="none">Bu
 ilding on the excitement of 2025 we return with even more public events adv
 ancing sustainability through inspirational fashion creations and knowledge
 -sharing activities at University of British Columbia and beyond. </span><s
 pan data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0\,"335559739":0\,"335559740":240}"> </spa
 n></p><p><b><span data-contrast="none">Slow Fashion Season kicks off in Jan
 uary and climaxes in March</span></b><span data-contrast="none"> with two g
 allery exhibitions\, the spectacular Slow Fashion Show in the Museum of Ant
 hropology at UBC\, a one-day research symposium\, and numerous free maker w
 orkshops and challenges for students across Metro Vancouver enabling them t
 o take the lead in creating sustainable fashion. Follow </span><a href="htt
 ps://www.instagram.com/slowfashionseason/"><span data-contrast="none">@slow
 fashionseason</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> for the latest updates 
 on all our events.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0\,"335559738":
 60\,"335559739":0\,"335559740":240}"> </span></p><p><span data-contrast="no
 ne"><strong>January–March</strong><br /></span><b><span data-contrast="none
 ">Maker Workshops<br /></span></b><strong>Held both on and off UBC Vancouve
 r campus</strong><b><span data-contrast="none"><br /></span></b></p><p>A do
 zen free skill-building workshops with expert instruction and tools for mak
 ing and reworking or renewing clothes.</p><p><span data-contrast="none"><st
 rong>February–March</strong><br /></span><b><span data-contrast="none">Sust
 ainable Fashion Challenges</span></b></p><p><span data-contrast="none">Post
 -secondary students in Metro Vancouver are invited to make sustainable outf
 its and submit them for a chance to present in our Slow Fashion Show and Ex
 hibition.</span></p><ul><li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font=
 "Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1\,"335559685":
 720\,"335559991":360\,"469769226":"Symbol"\,"469769242":[8226]\,"469777803"
 :"left"\,"469777804":""\,"469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posins
 et="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">The </span><b><span d
 ata-contrast="none">Sustainable Fashion Challenge</span></b><span data-cont
 rast="none"> is open for </span><a href="https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/
 form/SV_daolbSZsI13n5ps"><span data-contrast="none">online submissions</spa
 n></a><span data-contrast="none"> until February 25.</span></li><li aria-se
 tsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-
 defn-props="{"335552541":1\,"335559685":720\,"335559991":360\,"469769226":"
 Symbol"\,"469769242":[8226]\,"469777803":"left"\,"469777804":""\,"46977781
 5":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><b><span
  data-contrast="none">Fashion Games </span></b><span data-contrast="none">i
 s a fast-paced</span><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-contrast
 ="none">competition tasking designers with constructing a garment in just 6
 .5 hours\, using upcycled and pre-loved materials provided.</span><span dat
 a-contrast="none"> H</span><span data-contrast="none">osted by partner LaSa
 lle College Vancouver on March 7.<p></span></li></ul><p><strong>February 25
 –March 20<br /></strong><strong>Monday–Friday\, 12:00–4:00 p.m.<br />Slow F
 ashion Lab exhibition\, AHVA Gallery<br /></strong>Audain Art Centre\, <spa
 n data-contrast="none">6398 University Blvd\, UBC</span></p><p>Exhibition o
 f material research and textile-based art installations.</p><p><span data-c
 ontrast="none"><strong>March 12\, 7:00–8:30 p.m.</strong><br /></span><b><s
 pan data-contrast="none">Slow Fashion Show<br /></span></b><span data-contr
 ast="none"><strong>Museum of Anthropology UBC</strong><br /></span><span da
 ta-contrast="none">6393 NW Marine Dr\, Vancouver</span></p><p>Join us for t
 he results of our Slow Fashion Season challenges\, featuring a Slow Fashion
  Show in the Great Hall with sustainable clothing creations by student and 
 professional designers.</p><p><strong>March 14\, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.<br />S
 low Fashion Research Symposium\, Audain Art Centre<br /></strong>Room 1002\
 , 6398 University Blvd\, UBC</p><p>Presentations of research towards slower
  and resilient textile practices: Learn what members of the Slow Fashion Re
 search Cluster have been working on through presentations of research addre
 ssing questions around slower and more resilient textile practices. <em>Ope
 n to all and admission is free.</em></p><ul><li aria-setsize="-1" data-leve
 ltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552
 541":1\,"335559685":720\,"335559991":360\,"469769226":"Symbol"\,"469769242"
 :[8226]\,"469777803":"left"\,"469777804":""\,"469777815":"hybridMultilevel
 "}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><b>9:00 a.m.: </b>Panel on s
 ustainable fashion issues: Hazel Clark (Parsons School of Design)\, Carl St
 ewart (weaver\, Ottawa)\, and Anna Hunter via Zoom (sheep farmer and author
 \, Manitoba)</li><li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol
 " data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1\,"335559685":720\,"3
 35559991":360\,"469769226":"Symbol"\,"469769242":[8226]\,"469777803":"left"
 \,"469777804":""\,"469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" 
 data-aria-level="1"><b>11:00 a.m.:</b> Panel on materials: Mackenzie Kelly-
 Frere\, Farzan Gholamreza & Rohith Jayaraman Krishnamurthy\, Kathy Dunster 
 & Karla Sandwith\, and Marc Massicotte.</li><li aria-setsize="-1" data-leve
 ltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552
 541":1\,"335559685":720\,"335559991":360\,"469769226":"Symbol"\,"469769242"
 :[8226]\,"469777803":"left"\,"469777804":""\,"469777815":"hybridMultilevel
 "}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><b>2:00<span data-contrast="
 none">–</span>5:00 p.m.: </b>Natural dye and fiber workshop with local mate
 rials led by Rita Point Kompst (Musqueam fiber artist).</li></ul><p><strong
 >March 16–27<br />Monday–Friday\, 12:00–4:00 p.m.<br />Slow Fashion Exhibit
 ion</strong><span data-contrast="none"><strong>\, Hatch Art Gallery</strong
 ><br /></span><span data-contrast="none">UBC Nest\, </span><span data-contr
 ast="none">6133 University Blvd<br /></span></p><p>Ensembles from our Slow 
 Fashion Show on exhibition for up-close viewing.</p><p> </p><p><span data-c
 ontrast="none">Slow Fashion Season is produced by the interdisciplinary</sp
 an><b><span data-contrast="none"> <a href="https://slowfashion.ubc.ca/">Slo
 w Fashion: Circular Textiles\, Sustainable Fibre Research Cluster</a></span
 ></b><span data-contrast="none">\, two dozen artists\, designers\, engineer
 s\, historians\, curators\, and materials researchers based at UBC and othe
 r schools\, plus community and industr</span><span data-contrast="auto">y p
 artners\, all working towards more sustainable\, conscientious use and prod
 uction of clothing. This year’s exhibitions\, fashion show\, and symposium 
 include cluster research such as a “wood leather” soccer ball and from UBC’
 s BioProducts Institute and recycled polyester textile research from UBC Ok
 anagan’s Materials and Manufacturing Research Institute alongside the creat
 ive costume designs.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0\,"335559739
 ":0\,"335559740":240}"> </span></p><p><b><span data-contrast="auto">Slow Fa
 shion Season 2026</span></b><span data-contrast="auto"> is produced by the 
 UBC Slow Fashion: Circular Textiles\, Sustainable Fibre Research Cluster\, 
 in partnership with the UBC Department of Art History\, Visual Art & Theory
 \; UBC Arts & Culture District\; UBC SEEDS Sustainability Program\; Museum 
 of Anthropology at UBC\; the Hatch Art Gallery\; LaSalle College Vancouver\
 ; DreamStill Technologies\; and Fashion Revolution Canada. </span><span dat
 a-ccp-props="{"201341983":0\,"335559740":240}"> </span></p><p><b><span data
 -contrast="auto">Media Inquiries:</span></b><span data-contrast="auto"> Deb
  Pickman\, </span><span data-contrast="auto"><a href="mailto:deb.pickman@ub
 c.ca">deb.pickman@ubc.ca</a>\, 604-319-7656</span><span data-contrast="auto
 "><br /></span><b><span data-contrast="auto">Slow Fashion Research Cluster 
 at UBC:</span></b><span data-contrast="auto"> Germaine Koh\, Assistant Prof
 essor in Visual Art\, </span><span data-contrast="auto"><a href="mailto:ger
 maine.koh@ubc.ca">germaine.koh@ubc.ca</a>\, </span><span data-contrast="aut
 o">778-317-9745</span></p>
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