SUSTAINABLE FASHION EXPERIENCE ENSCHEDE 2023
“Changing the way we create & experience fashion”
Visit us 5 to 8 October at Concordia on Langestraat 56 for the Sustainable Fashion Experience Enschede.
Four days of Slow Fashion!
The 10th edition of Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week encourages to wear clothes longer with the slogan: "AFTER 30 TIMES STILL stylish"
PROGRAM:
Sustainable Fashion Shopping, Swapping & Experiencing
Thursday 5 October from 10:30-17:00:
Overlap Swap Station in the Expo Space with sustainable fashion tips and a presentation of the Ecopolitan Dress that can be read as a magazine.
The Concordia-Shop is dedicated to Sustainable Fashion Design and accessories for 4 days with beautiful items by Jasmijn Miltenburg and Hellen van Rees, streetwear by Turtlehorn, the bag line ‘Hug’ from Jolien Roesthuis and scarves by Enschede Textielstad. But also Sustainable Fashion Lectures including 'Loved Clothes Last' by Orsola de Castro and the ECOPOLITAN Magazine no 4.
Thursday evening 5 October opening night with a Panel Talk led by Marjon Kok (journalist TC Tubantia). Come and talk to experts on sustainable clothing and textiles, from 19:30-22:00, walk-in from 19:00.
Speakers: Hellen van Rees, Paul Kruize and Anton Luiken.
Music: DJ 'Jep Cambardella'. Entrance is free, be there on time FULL=FULL
Friday 6 October from 10:30-17:00, just like Thursday, you can visit for Sustainable Fashion the Concordia Shop and in the Expo area our Swap Station, where you can swap valuable garments for other beautiful items.
Friday late afternoon 6 October from 17:30-19:30; How can we make today's fashion industry more sustainable? Watch short documentaries/films together and discuss in the Expo Space Auditorium. Walk-in from 17:00. Entrance is free, be there on time FULL=FULL
Saturday 7 October from 10:30-17:00 Sustainable Fashion Experience at the Concordia Shop and the Expo Space with a DIY label action by Quinta Bies.
Sunday afternoon 8 October from 12:00-17:00 Sustainable Fashion Experience in the Concordia Shop and Expo space. Artist Quinta Bies will add an extra Slow Fashion touch to your swapped or existing clothes live with her label action.
N.B.: For the Overlap clothing swap at Concordia, we will take-in a maximum of 1 to 3 items per person and ask for a service fee of €5.00 per person/per swap.
Exhibitions:
At Concordia Expo, several exhibitions will also be on display throughout October, which will be about; 'Man's influence on nature'. In this way, Overlap and Concordia are putting sustainability on the map in Enschede.
A number of local entrepreneurs will be included in a route to alert visitors to more sustainable alternatives in Enschede city centre. Among them:
Studio Spitsbaard, KLOF, Granny Cool Vintage, Mevrouw Janne, Nassau Tailors, Chaplin Kledingherstel, Atelier Mesut, Schuring Naaimachines,
Foods and drinks: ETN Saladebar, Het Gouden Randje.
Video-impression of the opening DSFW 2023 Enschede