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Author, Co-Founder & Global Creative Director of Fashion Revolution
A longtime pioneer in the world of sustainable fashion, Orsola de Castro started her career in fashion as a designer and founded her own revolutionary upcycling fashion brand, From Somewhere, in 1997. Through her work in sustainable design, she, with her partner Filippo Ricci, then started Esthetica, the sustainable fashion showcase at London Fashion Week, which she still co-curates today.
Inspired by creating a space for sustainable brands and designers, Orsola de Castro then co-founded Fashion Revolution in 2013 with Carrie Somers to further increase public awareness of the growing movement.
Most recently, de Castro published her first book, Loved Clothes Last, about how the joy of re-wearing and repairing clothes can be a revolutionary act and why.
While the fashion industry is overwhelmingly known for its environmental exploitation and social injustice, the culprits and structures behind these atrocities remain largely under wraps. In order to address the issues within the fashion industry, corporate transparency is key.