Impact of fast fashion exhibition and sustainable runway show to feature at Blenheim Palace during Sustainable Fashion Week 2024

Blenheim Place has partnered up with Cherwell Collective, Oxford’s hub for Sustainable Fashion Week (20th to 29th September 2024), to debut an interactive exhibition which examines the impact of fast fashion as well as a live runway show.

From Monday 23rd to Friday 27th September between 10am and 5pm at The Stables Café in Blenheim Palace, visitors can experience the Carbon Cost of Fashion exhibition chronicling the impact of fast fashion. Complete with mannequins and hands-on elements, the unique exhibition showcases the stages of textile production and industry through the ages, whilst educating visitors on why change is needed and our part in how these challenges can be solved. Carbon Cost of Fashion uses immersive storytelling and an easy-to-understand Carbon Cost approach to help people understand the environmental repercussions of fast fashion and be guided towards sustainable alternatives.

What’s more, a sustainable fashion runway evening will also feature that week on Tuesday 24th September in the Orangery at Blenheim Palace from 7.30pm to 10pm. This is a ticketed event that will showcase more than 20 local designers, including Oxfam, who have created sustainable outfits. Materials used include recycled materials or upcycled clothes that have been reworked and refashioned. The show aims to celebrate local innovation and artistry in rethinking materials to divert them from landfills, and is set to be a joyous evening with music and food alongside the main entertainment.

Reinforcing the creative nature of the show, Cherwell Collective have encouraged guests to follow a “dress to progress” dress code.

Event producer Anna Sturrock said: “We are so excited to showcase these incredible local designers. It’s incredible to see the diversity of work created and how everyone has taken on totally different approaches to sustainability. It really shows that there are thousands of ways to be more sustainable when it comes to fashion!”

General Seated tickets for the Runway event are £38.62 per person or a VIP table for 10 including complimentary champagne and canapes for £2,709.21.

Carbon Cost of Fashion is a temporary exhibition inside the Stables Café. Admission is free with any valid Blenheim Palace ticket or annual pass.

For more information on sustainable fashion week visit, www.sustainablefashionweek.uk/oxford and to purchase tickets for the Runway event visit www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/refashion-show-tickets-949675985437?aff=oddtdtcreator

To find out more and to purchase tickets to Blenheim Palace, visit www.blenheimpalace.com.

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About Blenheim Palace

Home to the Dukes of Marlborough since 1705, Blenheim Palace was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. Set in over 2,000 acres of ‘Capability’ Brown landscaped park and gardens, it was designed by Vanbrugh in the Baroque style and is also the birthplace of one of Britain’s most famous leaders, Sir Winston Churchill.

With over 300 years of history to share and one of the most important and extensive collections in Europe, the magnificent stately home has a rich variety of cultural highlights and an extensive programme of special events and exhibitions.

The total Estate expands into a further 10,000 acres outside of the designated UNESCO World Heritage Site and focuses on care for the land through sustainable means, pursuing net zero, the growth of the local economy, the provision of affordable homes, apprenticeship training and supported community groups as part of its ambition to make this part of Oxfordshire a fairer and better place.