Fashion For Future 2025
WE ARE FASHION REVOLUTION IN BOLZANO
11-16 April 2025
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.
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: unibz Library Foyer, Bolzano
No booking required, free, open to all from April 11–24
(Photo: Schone Kleren Campagne, SKC)
#Recommended satellite event
#Afterparty?
Green House Party
“Dance like there is a tomorrow” – organized by Climate Action South Tyrol
Time: From 4:00 PM to 01:00 AM
Location: JUMP (Eppan)
Saturday, April 12
Installation “Textile Tours”
Interactive installation showcasing textile art.
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Rathausplatz, Bolzano
No booking required, free, open to all
Slow Fashion Walk & Talk
A guided tour with Susanne Barta visiting studios in Bolzano, exploring slow fashion.
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: Secondhand store “Kleopatra” (starting point) along various studios in Bolzano.
Registration link (Free and open to all / booking is required)
Sunday, April 13
SWAP Party – Breakfast
Clothing swap event with tasty breakfast to kick off the day.
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Ahoi! Minigolf BZ
No booking required, free, open to all
Monday, April 14
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 (Loft)
(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.
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: WAAG (Loft)
(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.
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: BITZ unibz fablab
bitzfablab.unibz.it
Free and open to all / booking is required
Talk with Dagmar Gruber
A discussion on how to build a (slow) fashion brand with designer Dagmar Gruber, moderated by Susanne Barta.
Time: 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Location: DAMA studio
dama-studio.net
No booking required, free, open to all.
(Photo: Dagmar Gruber)
#Recommended satellite event
#Bäh #Wolle #locale #pecore #Handwerk #Design #futuro #Beee
Care x Wools N1
Premiere Video Screening “Con Calma – Mit Ruhe – Calmly” & Talk with wool entrepreneur Waltraud Schwienbacher, moderated by Merve Bektaş.
Time: From 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Location: WAAG (Loft)
Poetry (Glam) Slam
An evening of spoken word performances, moderated by Lene Morgenstern.
Time: From 8:00 PM
Location: WAAG (Basement)
Wednesday, April 16
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.
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Location: BITZ unibz fablab
bitzfablab.unibz.it
No booking required, free, open to all.
(Photo: Rachele Salvioli)
Talk: Denim Done Right
Eva van Gelder, founder of Pezzi di Perla, shares insights on shopping for denim more sustainably.
Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Pezzi di Perla
pezzidiperla.com
No booking required, free, open to all.
Closing Event
Model, Coach and Future Fashion Activist Martina Gleissenebner-Teskey talks about her new project “walk4future”.
Time: From 6:00 PM
Location: WAAG Café
No booking required, free, open to all.
Fashion For Future Bolzano is organised by Aart van Bezooijen/unibz – Faculty of Design and Art, Brigitte Gritsch/Botteghe del Mondo – Weltläden, Verena Dariz/OEW, and Slow Fashion Journalist Susanne Barta.
Coordination at unibz: Massimo Eccli (event management), Sonia Candura (administrative support). Student team 2025: Mahya Hashemi, Iris Eberhardt, Jonas Vogt, Karola Ujlaki Orsolya. Press support: Maria Lobis.
Get in touch? Write us at info@fashionforfuture.bz.it