A Stitch in Time

Unpicking the fashion industry.

Hosting this six-parter is Kate Burnett, a journalist specialising in the creative industries. In this series Kate talks to six of the leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators and activists who are influencing fashion’s future.

Unpicking as it does the world of fashion, A Stitch in Time fittingly airs in fashion month, as New York, London, Paris and Milan hit the catwalk. But since this is an industry slammed for promoting the overconsumption of clothing, as you might expect, we at THUNK aren’t celebrating its XS, but instead we lay bare the issues and put the future of sustainable fashion in the spotlight.

In Episode 1 Kate speaks to Harriet Lamb, current CEO of NGO WRAP, about the circular economy and ending waste in textiles. WRAP is the NGO committed to ending waste in textiles food and plastics. Harriet Lamb discusses the scale of the crisis in fashion and consider the big picture solutions to move from a linear to a circular economy and fashion’s place within that. 

Prior to joining WRAP, Lamb led Ashden, the charity that supports inspiring solutions to climate change. Before that Lamb led International Alert, and prior to that spent 16 years at the helm of Fairtrade in the UK and globally.