David Evans – The Grey Fox www.thegreyfoxblog.com, Susannah Hall (gentlemans tailor), Carolyn Massey Head of Design, Product Development and Technical: Vintage @ Lyle and Scott plus additional eminent speakers tbc

Katharine Hamnett

Katharine Hamnett is a global heritage brand, famous for making great clothes that you keep forever, launching new trends, creating new fabrics and inventing new technical processes as well as campaigning for political and social issues.

Katharine Hamnett has received awards including Designer of the Year (1984), Cotton Designer of the Year (CottonInc 1983), Bath Museum Menswear Awards (1984) and the BKCC award for export (1984). Katharine has also been awarded CBE (2011), (Commander of the Order of the Queen.

Katharine is the pioneer of ethical and environmental clothing, a leading ethical and environmental spokesperson and has the ability to generate international media attention across news, current affairs as well as fashion. She was voted ‘Britain’s number 1 Ethical Hero’ by New Consumer magazine and ‘Queen of Green’ by UK Vogue.

The Katharine Hamnett mission statement: To produce ethical and environmental clothing on a large scale, alleviating poverty and preserve traditional skills.

Carolyn Massey

After completing her MA in Menswear at the RCA in 2005 Carolyn Massey launched her own label in Paris the following year and within three years had been awarded the NEWGEN MEN Award by the British Fashion Council which she went on two win for three consecutive seasonsand show in Tokyo and Milan. She has collaborated as guest designer with Topman, (UK, JP, NY) ASOS, Slazenger, Tabio and Japanese brand Orihica and acted as creative consultant to Savile Row based brands Bernard Weatherill and Kilgour. In 2012 Carolyn was appointed as Head of Design at Lyle & Scott to create on brand concept and direction for seasonal and pre-lines.

Amy Congdon

Amy Congdon is a freelance researcher, designer and critical thinker who explores the boundaries between science, technology and future fashion. A graduate of the MA Material Futures at Central Saint Martins, she is currently undertaking a part-time PhD with the Textile Futures Research Centre, exploring the crossovers between design and science. Amy is also a senior researcher and designer for the biocreative consultancy Biocouture