carry somers
An author, changemaker and social entrepreneur, Carry's work connects the worlds of fashion, nature, and creativity. She co-founded the global fashion activism movement Fashion Revolution and founded Pachacuti, the world's first Fair Trade certified company. Alongside her role as director of Advocacy and Programmes at League of Artisans, she acts as an expert consultant on fashion and textiles for the UN International Trade Centre. Research interests include microfibre pollution and the environmental persistence of natural textile fibres; co-author, Stanton et al. (2026), "Natural" fibers in lakes: A 150-year sedimentary perspective on persistence, iScience. Her book The Nature of Fashion (Chelsea Green/Rizzoli 2025) travels across landscapes and centuries, tracing the roots of plant fibres and dyes and revealing how the choices we once made shape the world around us today.
fazilat damani
Fazilat Damani
josie warden
Josie Warden is a strategic designer with over a decade of experience working with grassroots, policy, business and civil society organisations to build more regenerative futures.
Beginning her career as a textile designer for luxury fashion brands, she moved into social change work at the RSA as Associate Director of Design, leading multi-stakeholder research and action projects. These included Rethink Fashion, a learning programme for circular economy entrepreneurs in partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and Leeds Fashion Futures, which explored how Leeds' textile heritage could inform a more sustainable future.
Josie is a member of the Sqwá First Nation, and her ongoing textile practice is informed by her relationship to land and the role of Indigenous and place-based knowledge, culture and craft. She is a Design Council Design Expert.
shruti singh
Shruti Singh is a strategist shaping the future of fashion at the intersection of climate, craft, culture, and material innovation. With over 17 years of experience, she leads Canopy’s work in India to transform textile and packaging supply chains and scale next-generation materials that protect forests and biodiversity.
She has played a key role in shaping Fashion Revolution India, contributing to one of the world’s largest citizen-led movements for transparency and justice in fashion.
Shruti has authored policy reports including Craft in the Age of Climate Crisis, presented at G20 and COP28 side events, helping elevate craft priorities within the global climate agenda. Recognised by Vogue Business among its 100 Innovators, she also founded Designing Future Earth, a grassroots initiative supporting climate storytelling and youth leadership.
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