Free Work and Volunteering
Free work allows me to follow different paths, explore different opportunities and develop my skills. Through various small and large projects, events and groups I have been able to uncover my passions like sustainability, event planning and my communication skills.
Global Fashion Summit Copenhagen
I travelled from Amsterdam to Copenhagen to be apart of the volunteer team of the Global Fashion Agenda for their Global Fashion Summit. Hosted in the grand setting of the Royal Opera House, Copenhagen, the event convened over 900 leaders from brands, retailers, NGOs, policy, manufacturers, and innovators to drive urgent action. I was able to see, meet and listen to so many industry experts and innovation pioneers in person and hear their thoughts on a truly sustainable future fashion industry. The connections I made were priceless especially with my fellow volunteers who I know will join me in becoming the next generation of leaders who want to make real substantial change.
MADH Denim x Dirty Laundry
We collaborated with MADH, an upcoming circular denim brand who has been consulting with AMFI and Dirty Laundry over the past year to develop their circularity strategy.
We hosted a discussion session with students to help map out a list of topics that are fundamental for any future brand to address, which MADH will use as a foundation for their brand communication and consumer education. This gave students an open discussion to unpack their concerns, doubts and hopes about the future of the industry whilst also providing valuable information to MADH.
Our biggest takeaway from this was that students are highly educated and motivated around sustainability and are willing to be more hands on with brands as well as that we want to continue to collaborate with more brands that fit into our own values.
MUD Jeans x Dirty Laundry
To help launch their ‘Sustainable Fashion Course’ MUD Jeans contacted us to make a video about Dirty Laundry & some promotional content for their social media.
In the video we introduce DL and ourselves individually, while also sharing the Closet Mass Index and tips for other students to become agencies of change within their own institutions.
Sorting For Circularity
Circle Economy together with Fashion For Good are conducting qualitative research on non-rewearable textiles which aren’t of value in the second hand market.
We visited a sorting facility in Dordrecht as volunteers to help sort through textile waste using scanners that detected the textile composition down to the percentage. We helped to sort through items as well as to collect that data of the textile percentage makeup.
Among the volunteers were DL students as well as 3 first year AMFI students who all, including myself, found the experience eye-opening to the larger issues at play within the fashion Industry.