WE ARE

FASHION REVOLUTION

 IN SOUTH TYROL

Fashion For

Future

Fashion for Future is a participatory festival for fashion, sustainability, and social change in South Tyrol. Through exhibitions, workshops, and interventions, it makes fair fashion tangible and invites people to actively contribute to shaping a more just future.

 

This year's festival is organised by Annalena Egger, OEW – Organization for a Solidary World; Brigitte Gritsch, World Shops South Tyrol; Susanne Barta, Journalist and Slow Fashion Expert and Aart van Bezooijen, unibz – Faculty of Design and Art.

 

From April 21-25 you will discover our highlights including a thought-provoking exhibition at the WAAG house, inspiring open talks, interactive workshops at unibz, local studio visits, a swap party and a fashion show focused on second hand and fair trade. Check out the full program below! ↓

21. April

12 AM — 2 PM BLANKETTONE! (Workshop)

Co—design a wide social blanket starting
from trashed clothes, with the
récupérathèque MaMa ♡ Material Matters.
Do-it-together workshop. No skills required.
(Location)

2 PM — 5 PM Fixing Fashion (Bolzano) (Workshop)

Sewing Cafè: Bring your old and torn clothing - together we repair and upgrade!
Special: Poetry Slam with Lena Simonetti

(Location)

 

5:30 PM — 7 PM Greenwashing & Right To Repair (Open Talk) 

A closer look at empowering consumers for the green transition with Laura Valle, professor of private law at unibz

(English spoken)
(Location: unibz , Library entrance / Room A1.01)

Program

22. April

2 PM — 5 PM Fixing Fashion (Bressanone) (Workshop)

Sewing Cafè: Bring your old and torn clothing - together we repair and upgrade!
Special: Poetry Slam with Lena Simonetti
(Location: Piazza del Duomo, Bressanone)

2 PM — 4 PM Consumption Detox: Stitch‘n Bitch (Workshop)

Resisting consumerism by coming together in a Stitch n’ Bitch; working on a collective artwork; making instead of consuming.

(WAAG (Café / Aquarium), Piazza del Grano 12, Bolzano)

4 PM — 6 PM Working conditions in fashion – from “Made in Italy” to global textile districts

Sustainability advisor Caterina Occhio examines fashion supply chains, comparing “Made in Italy” with global producers, highlighting quality, exploitation, and the need for transparency
(Italian spoken) (Location: WAAG [Café / Aquarium])

From 6 PM Exhibition Opening: Inside Dust 

An exhibition taking a critical look at consumerism and the false promise of “the recycling” in the context of a textile material culture dominated by the exploitation of petroleum.

(Location: WAAG [Basement], Piazza del Grano 12, Bolzano)

23. April

10:30 AM — 12:30 PM Touching Toxic Textiles 

A playful quiz format creates space for exchange and offers the opportunity to learn more about fibres and the textile recycling chain together with “Experts by Experience”.

→ Limited spots available - please register in advance under info@fashionforfuture.bz.it

(Location: WAAG (Café / Aquarium), Piazza del Grano 12, Bolzano)

2 PM — 5 PM Fixing Fashion (Workshop) (Brunico)

Sewing Cafè: Bring your old and torn clothing - together we repair and upgrade!
Special: Poetry Slam with Lena Simonetti

(Location: Public Library, Brunico)

2:30 PM — 5 PM Slow Fashion Walk & Talk

A guided tour with Susanne Barta visiting studios in Bolzano, exploring slow fashion (spoken in German)


In collaboration with walk4future®-REthink Fashion!

→ Please register in advance under info@fashionforfuture.abz.it
(Meeting Point: WAAG, Piazza del Grano 12, Bolzano)

7 PM — 9 PM Atelier Visit & Interactive Textile Installation

You are warmly invited to visit and interact with the atelier space shared by eco-social designer and textile artist Adele Buffa and multidisciplinary artist Laura Pan. Within the space, the interactive textile installation Centoventi will be on display, fostering a sense of conviviality around the practice of embroidery.

(Location: Südtiroler Künstlerbund)

 

24. April

10 AM — 12 AM How to care for your garment (Workshop)

A session about materials, care symbols, and practical tips for sustainable use. Anne-Rose Klotz shares her experience in making your favorite pieces last longer

(Location: BITZ unibz fablab)

2 PM — 5 PM Fixing Fashion (Merano) (Workshop)

Sewing Cafè: Bring your old and torn clothing - together we repair and upgrade!

(Location: Public Library (1st floor), Merano)

2 PM — 4 PM No Fake Fashion (Workshop) 

An interactive workshop exploring what really lies behind the labels of the clothes we wear addressing traceability, transparency and the future of fashion – with Lauren Berardi of Lottozero 

(English spoken)
(Location: unibz , Library entrance / Room A1.01)

From 3 PM Award Ceremony: Fair Trend Design Contest

Creative competition for ages 11–14: flags made from recycled textiles focusing on fair trade. Awards for the top three entries in each category.

(Location: WAAG [Outdoors])

From 5 PM (Fair & Fixing) Fashion Show

A catwalk for Fair trade and Second Hand. Our favorite fashion items? See for yourself!

(Location: WAAG [Outdoors])

25. April

11 AM — 5 PM Swap Party

Refresh your wardrobe – exchange your clothes and accessories. Everyone is invited!

→ Please bring up to 5 items of clothing or accessories (clean and in good condition)
→ Hand your items to our staff at the check-in – and discover new pieces left by others!

(Location: Ahoi! Minigolf)

2 PM — 5 PM Second Wind (Workshop)

Upcycling retired paraglider fabric into new value. Explore the value of discarded technical textiles by transforming them into something new!

(Location: Ahoi! Minigolf)

WE ARE

FASHION REVOLUTION

 IN SOUTH TYROL

Fashion for Future is a participatory festival for fashion, sustainability, and social change in South Tyrol. Through exhibitions, workshops, and interventions, it makes fair fashion tangible and invites people to actively contribute to shaping a more just future.

 

This year's festival is organised by Annalena Egger, OEW – Organization for a Solidary World; Brigitte Gritsch, World Shops South Tyrol; Susanne Barta, Journalist and Slow Fashion Expert and Aart van Bezooijen, unibz – Faculty of Design and Art.

 

From April 21-25 you will discover our highlights including a thought-provoking exhibition at the WAAG house, inspiring open talks, interactive workshops at unibz, local studio visits, a swap party and a fashion show focused on second hand and fair trade. Check out the full program below! ↓

Program

21. April

12 AM — 2 PM BLANKETTONE! (Workshop)

Co—design a wide social blanket starting
from trashed clothes, with the
récupérathèque MaMa ♡ Material Matters.
Do-it-together workshop. No skills required.
(Location)

2 PM — 5 PM Fixing Fashion (Bolzano) (Workshop)

Sewing Cafè: Bring your old and torn clothing - together we repair and upgrade!
Special: Poetry Slam with Lena Simonetti

(Location)

 

5:30 PM — 7 PM Greenwashing & Right To Repair (Open Talk) 

A closer look at empowering consumers for the green transition with Laura Valle, professor of private law at unibz

(English spoken)
(Location: unibz , Library entrance / Room A1.01)

22. April

2 PM — 5 PM Fixing Fashion (Bressanone) (Workshop)

Sewing Cafè: Bring your old and torn clothing - together we repair and upgrade!
Special: Poetry Slam with Lena Simonetti
(Location: Piazza del Duomo, Bressanone)

2 PM — 4 PM Consumption Detox: Stitch‘n Bitch (Workshop)

Resisting consumerism by coming together in a Stitch n’ Bitch; working on a collective artwork; making instead of consuming.

(WAAG (Café / Aquarium), Piazza del Grano 12, Bolzano)

4 PM — 6 PM Working conditions in fashion – from “Made in Italy” to global textile districts

Sustainability advisor Caterina Occhio examines fashion supply chains, comparing “Made in Italy” with global producers, highlighting quality, exploitation, and the need for transparency
(Italian spoken) (Location: WAAG [Café / Aquarium])

From 6 PM Exhibition Opening: Inside Dust 

An exhibition taking a critical look at consumerism and the false promise of “the recycling” in the context of a textile material culture dominated by the exploitation of petroleum.

(Location: WAAG [Basement], Piazza del Grano 12, Bolzano)

23. April

10:30 AM — 12:30 PM Touching Toxic Textiles 

A playful quiz format creates space for exchange and offers the opportunity to learn more about fibres and the textile recycling chain together with “Experts by Experience”.

→ Limited spots available - please register in advance under info@fashionforfuture.bz.it

(Location: WAAG (Café / Aquarium), Piazza del Grano 12, Bolzano)

2 PM — 5 PM Fixing Fashion (Workshop) (Brunico)

Sewing Cafè: Bring your old and torn clothing - together we repair and upgrade!
Special: Poetry Slam with Lena Simonetti

(Location: Public Library, Brunico)

2:30 PM — 5 PM Slow Fashion Walk & Talk

A guided tour with Susanne Barta visiting studios in Bolzano, exploring slow fashion (spoken in German)


In collaboration with walk4future®-REthink Fashion!

→ Please register in advance under info@fashionforfuture.abz.it
(Meeting Point: WAAG, Piazza del Grano 12, Bolzano)

7 PM — 9 PM Atelier Visit & Interactive Textile Installation

You are warmly invited to visit and interact with the atelier space shared by eco-social designer and textile artist Adele Buffa and multidisciplinary artist Laura Pan. Within the space, the interactive textile installation Centoventi will be on display, fostering a sense of conviviality around the practice of embroidery.

(Location: Südtiroler Künstlerbund)

 

24. April

10 AM — 12 AM How to care for your garment (Workshop)

A session about materials, care symbols, and practical tips for sustainable use. Anne-Rose Klotz shares her experience in making your favorite pieces last longer

(Location: BITZ unibz fablab)

2 PM — 5 PM Fixing Fashion (Merano) (Workshop)

Sewing Cafè: Bring your old and torn clothing - together we repair and upgrade!

(Location: Public Library (1st floor), Merano)

2 PM — 4 PM No Fake Fashion (Workshop) 

An interactive workshop exploring what really lies behind the labels of the clothes we wear addressing traceability, transparency and the future of fashion – with Lauren Berardi of Lottozero 

(English spoken)
(Location: unibz , Library entrance / Room A1.01)

From 3 PM Award Ceremony: Fair Trend Design Contest

Creative competition for ages 11–14: flags made from recycled textiles focusing on fair trade. Awards for the top three entries in each category.

(Location: WAAG [Outdoors])

From 5 PM (Fair & Fixing) Fashion Show

A catwalk for Fair trade and Second Hand. Our favorite fashion items? See for yourself!

(Location: WAAG [Outdoors])

25. April

11 AM — 5 PM Swap Party

Refresh your wardrobe – exchange your clothes and accessories. Everyone is invited!

→ Please bring up to 5 items of clothing or accessories (clean and in good condition)
→ Hand your items to our staff at the check-in – and discover new pieces left by others!

(Location: Ahoi! Minigolf)

2 PM — 5 PM Second Wind (Workshop)

Upcycling retired paraglider fabric into new value. Explore the value of discarded technical textiles by transforming them into something new!

(Location: Ahoi! Minigolf)