Honest, not Perfect Ep 29: Berni Yates, Knowledge Exchange Lead at Central Saint Martins and Suzanne Ellingham, Event Director of Source Fashion
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Rebuilding British Fashion’s Creative Future
How can the fashion industry nurture emerging talent, preserve creativity and build careers that last?
Live from Source Fashion, Suzanne Ellingham is joined by Bernie Yates, Knowledge Exchange Lead for Fashion at Central Saint Martins, to explore the challenges facing the next generation of British designers. They discuss the industry’s growing talent drain, the financial barriers confronting young creatives and why the pressure to achieve overnight success is making it harder to build resilient, sustainable businesses.
Together, they consider how fashion can restore its spirit of originality, rebellion and creative risk-taking while embracing technology with purpose. From UK manufacturing and local textiles to micro-factories, education and greater industry investment, they examine how stronger connections between designers, makers and manufacturers could shape a more sustainable and creatively ambitious future for British fashion.