Stories

Romanian craftswoman

A trip to Borlești: the crafts of the Romanian countryside The Romanian countryside is forever linked, in my mind, to traditional crafts of sewing, embroidery and knitting. In... Read more

textiles

10 Questions for Bill Macbeth, shemakes Advisor Bill Macbeth, Managing Director of the Textile Centre of Excellence, expresses his thoughts on the future of the textile... Read more

Tasneem working in the lab.

Tasneem Hussain: a shemakes ambassador in Berlin The added value of being an Ambassador is having access to a network that engages in live discussions with open-minded... Read more

Marilena Georgantzi writing notes at CCD

Marilena Georgantzi: from Athens to London Subcultures, especially youth ones, use fashion as a way of demolishing stereotypes, and London is a city where... Read more

grace-jun-poster

shemakes Voices: Grace Jun Grace Jun speaks about inclusiveness beyond gender and how we can create inclusive and accessible fashion designs. Read more

daniela-toccafondi

shemakes Voices: Daniela Toccafondi Daniela spoke about her career and her experience as a woman in high-level roles. Interestingly, she told us how she... Read more

Campaign authors

These two women are taking on the language of colour Two Italian women - Giuditta Rossi and Cristina Maurelli - are taking on the inherent bias in the way we name colours... Read more

Nuria Robles in geek mode

From STEM to Textile: how these Women Connected the Dots On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022, we speak with four female innovators who... Read more

valeria-valotto

shemakes Voices: Valeria Valotto Valeria Valotto speaks about ethical fashion and her upcoming projects as Head of Public Affairs at Progetto QUID. Read more

women-innovators

Networks that nurture innovation: shemakes innovation narratives For women working in the textile and clothing industry, strong networks nurture innovation. We asked twelve women about... Read more