Fashion For Future 2025
WE ARE FASHION REVOLUTION IN BOLZANO
11-16 April 2025
Visit “Handmade”
22+23+24 April
Get ready for the 3rd edition of Fashion For Future from 11.–16. April 2025.
We are Fashion Revolution in Bolzano. With a series of downtown activities and downtown happenings, this year’s Fashion For Future will feel like an inspiring festival.
April 11th, we start our program with the opening of “HANDMADE” an interactive exhibition where you can meet young clothing makers from all over the world, learn why they are exploited, and discover what you can do about it?
The exhibition is accompanied by a series of downtown events including swap parties, public installations, store talks, walk & talk guided tours, hands-on workshops, including a unique poetry (GLAM) slam!
What? Where? Please see more details in the online program below. At this year’s main locations unibz (Piazza Università 1) and WAAG (Piazza del Grano) you will find more information soon. Stay tuned!
Full Program
Friday, April 11
Opening of the Exhibition “HANDMADE”
“Meet young clothing makers from all over the world, learn why they are exploited, and discover what you can do about it?” – Exhibition opening with aperitivo (multilingual event).
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: unibz Library Foyer, piazza Università 1, Bolzano
No booking required, free, open to all from April 11–24 (please note: unibz is closed from April 18–21)
Read more: schonekleren.nl
(Photo: Schone Kleren Campagne, SKC)
Recommended satellite event // Afterparty
Green House Party
“Dance like there is a tomorrow” – organized by Climate Action South Tyrol (multilingual event). Dresscode: Something green.
Time: From 4:00 PM to 01:00 AM
Location: JUMP (Eppan)
No booking required, free, open to all
Read more: climateaction.bz
(Photo: RaffiGiraphi – Climate Action South Tyrol)
Saturday, April 12
Installation “Textile Tours”
Interactive installation showcasing global textile supply chains (multilingual event).
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Rathausplatz, Bolzano
No booking required, free, open to all
Read more: @fairtrade.suedtirol
Slow Fashion Walk & Talk
A guided tour with Susanne Barta visiting studios in Bolzano, exploring slow fashion (spoken in German).
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: Secondhand store “Kleopatra” (starting point) along various studios in Bolzano.
Free and open to all / booking is required
Guided tour participants: Registration link
Sunday, April 13
SWAP Party – Breakfast
Clothing swap event with tasty breakfast to kick off the day (multilingual event).
Time: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Location: Ahoi! Minigolf BZ
No booking required, free, open to all
Read more: @ahoi.minigolf.bz
Monday, April 14
Special Contribution
Pop Up Swap @ WAAG
Three days days of permanent swap at WAAG! You can join anytime during the opening hours of the WAAG Café from April 14–16. Drop by, leave something you no longer wear, and take something new with you. No rules, no money, just exchange.
» Come as you are, swap as you like «
Time: 8:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Location: WAAG Café (Aquarium)
No booking required, free, open to all from April 14–16
* Student initiative by Carlotta, Angela, Tjorven, Franziska and Anna (MA Eco-Social Design)
Workshop: Unraveling Coloniality in Fashion Supply Chains
A discussion on colonial influences in fashion supply chains. With Lavinia Muth (spoken in German, presentation slides in English).
Time: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: WAAG Café (Aquarium)
Free and open to all / booking is required
Participants: Registration Link
Read more: laviniamuth.com
(Photo: Anna-Maria Langer)
Lecture & Talk with Lavinia Muth and Godfrey Katende
A conversation with provocateur, consultant and advocate activist Lavinia Muth and designer and Fashion Revolution Uganda coordinator Godfrey Katende, featuring a live connection to Uganda (spoken in English).
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: WAAG (+3 Loft)
No booking required, free, open to all
Read more: franzmagazine.com
(Photo: Godfrey Katende)
Tuesday, April 15
Workshop: S(ew)it: upcycling local textile waste into urban furniture
A hands-on workshop with Adele Buffa and Viola Redaelli. Sewing machines will be provided (multilingual event).
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: BITZ unibz fablab
Free and open to all / booking is required
Workshop participants: Registration Link
Talk with Dagmar Gruber
A discussion on how to build a (slow) fashion brand with designer Dagmar Gruber, moderated by Susanne Barta (spoken in German).
Time: 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Location: DAMA studio
No booking required, free, open to all.
Read more: dama-studio.net
(Photo: Dagmar Gruber)
Recommended satellite event // Public programme
Care x Wools N1
Premiere Video Screening “Con Calma – Mit Ruhe – Calmly” & Talk with wool entrepreneur Waltraud Schwienbacher, moderated by Merve Bektaş (spoken in Italian).
Time: From 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Location: WAAG (+3 Loft)
No booking required, free, open to all.
Read more: weighstation.eu
Credits
The public programme is part of the Feral Wool research project within iNEST at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, curated by Seçil Uğur Yavuz and Merve Bektaş. It is realised within the Citizen Engagement (CC3) activities of the iNEST programme ‘Interconnected North-East Innovative Ecosystem’ supported by European Union – Next Generation EU (iNEST ECS00000043 – CUP I43C22000250006), in collaboration with Weigh Station, and with the support of Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige, Ripartizione Cultura Italiana and Naturmuseum Südtirol.
(Photo: Feral Wool research project, unibz)
GLAM SLAM
A poetry slam evening of spoken word performances in multiple languages, moderated by Lene Morgenstern.
Featured poets: Adam Dalpiaz, Manuel Hilber, Filomena Hunglinger, Team Olivia Kaufmann und Andreas Kofler, Mavie, Irene Moroder, Missie Schmidt, Lena Simonetti
Music: Manny Pardeller
MC: Lene Morgenstern
Time: From 8:00 PM
Location: WAAG (-1 Basement)
Free, open to all. Reservation highly recommended (office@waaghaus.eu)
Read more: @waag_bz
(Photo: Jonas Eisenstecken)
Wednesday, April 16
Lecture: Greenwashing in the Fashion Industry – The Case of SHEIN
“Greenwashing in the Fashion Industry: The Case of SHEIN” with Veronica Buiatti (spoken in Italian).
Time: 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Location: unibz, Piazza Università 1, Room F1.01
No booking required, free, open to all
Interactive talk: Life-long learning and education tool for sustainable textiles and fashion
Arianna Moroder, co-founder of LOTTOZERO textile laboratories, will be focusing on materials, textiles, and skill building through a series of free learning modules (spoken in English).
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Location: BITZ unibz fablab
No booking required, free, open to all
Read more: lottozero.org
(Photo: Rachele Salvioli)
Talk: Denim Done Right
Eva van Gelder, founder of Pezzi di Perla, shares insights on shopping for denim more sustainably (spoken in English).
Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Pezzi di Perla
No booking required, free, open to all
Read more: @pezzidiperla
Closing Event
Model, Coach and Future Fashion Activist Martina Gleissenebner-Teskey talks about her new project “walk4future” (multilingual event).
Time: From 6:00 PM
Location: WAAG Café
No booking required, free, open to all
Read more: walk4future.com
Fashion For Future Bolzano is organised by Verena Dariz (OEW – Organization for a Solidary World), Brigitte Gritsch (World Shops South Tyrol), Susanne Barta (Journalist and Slow Fashion Blogger) and Aart van Bezooijen (unibz – Faculty of Design and Art).
Coordination at unibz: Massimo Eccli (event management), Sonia Candura (administrative support), Eva Bauer (Material Library). Student team 2025: Mahya Hashemi, Iris Eberhardt, Jonas Vogt, Emma Boaro, Emily Whitney, Federica Kozma. Press support: Maria Lobis.
Get in touch? Write us at info@fashionforfuture.bz.it