Workwear: From Factory Floor to Fashion Statement

Make Works' talk at The Glasgow School of Art

On 22nd January we were joined at The Glasgow School of Art by an audience of 250 people to hear our evening talk in partnership with A Feral Studio about Workwear. Comprising of designers, researchers and manufacturers, each of our three speakers gave a twenty minute presentation about how Workwear influences their practice.

Our speakers were Sadie Hough, The Comradettes and Dawson Denim. Thank you to everyone who came along to the event. We will be announcing more events soon, to find out more sign up to our newsletter

Here is an excerpt from WGSN's write up about the workwear talk, you can read the rest of their article here

"An important point made during the talk was how Kelly and Scott felt that there is definite “sea of change” in the British denim industry with a resurgence of brands in the UK creating hand made, artisanal products with a focus on quality. When asked about if “Made in Britain” is going to be such a big movement as the “Made in America denim goods” movement Kelly explained “In a way it is easier for them to source domestic quality fabrics as they have the famous Cone denim Mills. They have the luxury of having domestically produced quality denim fabric. This is one obstacle for British denim brands I think, we are forced to source fabric internationally making it harder.”