Creativity Across The Commonwealth

Showcasing the power and potential of artisan fashion skills across 53 countries

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A New Initiative

What is The Commonwealth Fashion Exchange?

Empowering the Fashion Industry

A Sustainable Future

An introduction to the Commonwealth

Commonwealth Secretary General the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland

A New Era in Fashion

Marion Hume on Why the Handworker Economy Matters

Transparency, sustainability and stunning collaborations

The Fashion Exchange by region

Meet the 61 designers and artisans behind the 31 looks

Africa

From recycled netting to organic silk

Nigeria x Malawi

NKWO + Joel Suya

Sierra Leone x Ghana x Gambia

Sydney-Davies + Big Dread Kente + Ousman Toure

Mozambique x Mauritius

Zinzi De Brouwer + Beautiful Local Hands

Botswana x Swaziland

iZAURA + Quazi Design

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Asia

Jamdani cloth to digital prints

EDITORIAL FEATURE

The Importance of Cultural Exchange across the Commonwealth

Natalie Kingham in conversation with designer behno

India x Tuvalu

behno + Fafine Niutao I Aotearoa

Sri Lanka

Buddhi Batiks + Swarovski

Singapore x Brunei Darussalam

Farhanna Pura + Lully Selb

Malaysia

Bernard Chandran

View all Asian exchanges

Caribbean and Americas

Natural tie dyes and carnival couture

Bahamas x Barbados

Theodore Elyett + Catherine Rocheford

Canada x Namibia

Lucian Matis + Omba Arts Trust

Trinidad x Tobago x Dominica

Meiling + Dominica Arts & Crafts Producers Association

Guyana x Barbuda

Shasha Design + Launesha Barnes

View all Caribbean & Americas exchanges

Europe

Celebrating Maltese lace and handwoven silk

United Kingdom

Burberry + Woolmark

Cyprus

Afroditi Hera + The Kiribati Handicraft Association

Malta x India

Charles and Ron + Khushboo

United Kingdom x India

Stella McCartney + Oshadi

Pacific

Showcasing tivaivai skills to handmade flowers

New Zealand x Cook Islands

Karen Walker + Kuki Airani Creative Mamas

Samoa x Papua New Guinea

Afa Ah Loo + Margie Keates + Ofeira Asuao

Tonga x Nauru

Bou Fonua + Rendina Edwards

Australia x Solomon Islands

KitX + Pasifik Creations

View all Pacific exchanges

Go behind the seams

Meet the makers

EDITORIAL FEATURE

Exhibition curator Hamish Bowles in conversation with Eco Age's Livia Firth

Curating the Commonwealth's fashion

Online Exhibit

The world's first biodegradable mannequin

The history of Bonaveri

Online Exhibit

Sustainable crystals

Swarovski and their support for artisanal practices

Online Exhibit

The Woolmark Company

The ultimate natural fibre

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Artifacts

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