Hosted by Brett Staniland, the new London event will host a day of panels, networking opportunities and honest conversations about the future of fashion.
For a long time now, sustainable fashion feels as if it has existed in two extremes: either as fluffy marketing language deployed by billion-pound global brands to deceive us, or as a niche space populated by smaller labels struggling to survive long enough to see meaningful change take effect. Aiming to transform this landscape from within, The Good Clothes Network (Opens in a new window), a new platform and community initiative founded by sustainable fashion advocate and broadcaster Brett Staniland (Opens in a new window) as part of The Good Clothes Show (Opens in a new window), is designed to connect independent brands, emerging creatives, and industry professionals working towards better business practices across fashion.
On Thursday 11th June, The Good Clothes Network will host its first major networking event and conference, The Business Behind Good Clothes (Opens in a new window), at Chelsea Old Town Hall in London, bringing together a series of panel talks, independent brands and pop-up shopping centred around the future of sustainable fashion. The event will also open its doors to emerging brands and creatives looking to connect with others working across sustainability, circular fashion and ethical business practices. And, for any sustainable brand owners, there’s still time to apply to exhibit your work (Opens in a new window) to both the public and industry audiences throughout the day.
Access to the event is free to explore and shop, with the talk series ticketed at £20 or £10 for students (Opens in a new window), and it’s hosting an impressive array of sustainable activists and industry members:
More Than A Logo; Branding the Right Way, with Amy Powney and Harriet Vocking
Aligning Business Strategy with Social Advocacy, with Orsola De Castro
The New Value Chain; Digital Product Passports and Circularity, with Jemma Tadd, Charlotte Morley and Philly Grogan
and Mastering the Art of Influence; Building Social Media Engagement, with Aja Barber, Mikey Caunter and Danielle Graham
The talk series will be hosted by Brett, who has become one of the UK fashion industry’s most visible sustainability advocates. Since appearing on Love Island in 2021, he has consistently used social media and public appearances to criticise ultra-fast fashion practices, including brands promoting extreme discount culture and overconsumption through campaigns like “100% off” sales, and joining protests outside PrettyLittleThing’s London Fashion Week show, campaigning against wage theft and labour exploitation within the brand’s supply chain. Alongside his activism, Brett has travelled to learn more about garment production and supply chains firsthand, while continuing to speak publicly about ethical sourcing, fair wages, transparency and the structural changes needed across the fashion industry. He also writes the Substack, Fashion’s Not For Everyone (Opens in a new window).
Ahead of the event, we caught up with Brett to talk about sustainable fashion’s biggest misconceptions, why emerging creatives shouldn’t obsess over finding the “perfect” ethical job, and the importance of opening up industry knowledge that too often remains inaccessible to the next generation.
Date
May 29, 2026
