Apply Now: Fashion Students Wanted for Sustainable Challenge 2025
by Adriano Batista
Thirty students from fashion schools across Europe will gather in Barcelona this November to tackle one of the industry’s biggest challenges: waste. From November 12th to 15th, they’ll participate in the seventh edition of the Sustainable Challenge, this year titled “Collective Mending.” Unlike traditional design competitions, this four-day workshop focuses on creative solutions for repairing and reimagining damaged clothing, placing sustainability at the heart of fashion’s future.
Organized by MODA-FAD and hosted at Disseny Hub Barcelona, the event brings together students from Spain, the Netherlands, and other European countries to work in multidisciplinary teams. Under the guidance of Amy Twigger Holroyd, Associate Professor of Fashion and Sustainability at Nottingham School of Art & Design, and other expert tutors, participants will explore how mending can become a central practice in fashion rather than an afterthought. Each team will create a complete look from repaired garments, which will be presented in a public fashion show on the final day.
By focusing on collaboration rather than competition, the workshop encourages students to share knowledge and develop collective approaches to sustainability. The organizers cover all costs, including travel, accommodation, and meals, making the event accessible to students who might not otherwise have this opportunity.
Applications are open until September 28th, offering fashion, design, and communication students the chance to be part of a project that treats repair as an act of creativity. Past editions have explored upcycling and material innovation, but this year’s theme goes further by questioning why we discard clothes in the first place. In a world where fast fashion dominates, the Challenge proposes an alternative: what if the most radical thing a designer could do is fix what already exists?
The answers may not come easily, but the conversation starts here. By training a new generation of designers to see mending as innovation, the Sustainable Challenge plants the seeds for a fashion system that values longevity over constant production.
APPLY HERE!
Nicola Formichetti Appointed Director of Masks for Masquerade by The Phantom of the Opera
Heads or Tails: MARINE SERRE FW25 Campaign
The collection revisits some of the brand’s earliest and most emblematic pieces. It is a tribute to the two pillars of their identity: Exclusive and Inclusive.
Stefano Tomadini photographed by Edgar Vazquez and styled by Victor Lopez, in exclusive for Fucking Young! Online.
Graphpaper from Tokyo and the Amsterdam label Camiel Fortgens have created an eight-piece capsule for Fall/Winter 2025.
Choclock has spent years redefining Spanish R&B and hip-hop, and his new EP Dame Más Tiempo marks another leap forward.
Discover the new Saint Laurent boutique on Avenue Montaigne, a refined, art-infused space that redefines modern luxury in the heart of Paris.
The third instalment of Canada Goose by Haider Ackermann elevates winterwear with bold minimalism and functional sophistication.
Weaving (literally) together activism, design, and queer culture, Grindr partnered with Rainbow Wool to present I Wool Survive on the runway in New York.
PUMA and ROMBAUT have released the second and final chapter of their collaboration.
Eastpak has released a new collection in its Movie Club series, this time inspired by the 1984 film Gremlins.
The Oakley Factory Team returns for Fall/Winter 2025 with a collection focused on technical experimentation.
The 17th FASHIONCLASH Festival filled three November days in Maastricht with performances, films, workshops and shows made by students, activists and designers from over 25 countries.
With over two decades of dedicated experience in the fashion industry, Andrea Moore has forged a distinctive path, blending vibrant colors and innovative materials into gender-neutral designs that resonate with today’s diverse audience.
Saint Laurent Rive Droite has introduced its first Advent calendar. The project is a unique vinyl box set curated by Creative Director Anthony Vaccarello.
Designer Gosha Rubchinskiy has relaunched his brand, opening a new chapter for the label.
Pull&Bear and French artist Thomas Lélu have released their second collaborative capsule, titled “Objets.”
For the first time, the partnership extends beyond bags to include apparel.
We headed down to Geneva over the weekend for the HEAD Fashion Show, made up of 23 Bachelor and 8 Master graduate collections offering a fresh, diverse, and contemplative reading of what clothing can be today.
The competition, which began in 2013, is open to designers from around the world who are between 18 and 40 years old.
Over four intense days, 30 students from across Europe breathed strange, electric life into discarded garments — relics pulled back from the brink and reimagined with hands that refuse to waste. What emerged wasn’t just clothing, but a shared vocabulary: sustainability as a dialect, mending as a manifesto.
Photographer Gorka Postigo’s new book, You’ll Never Meet My New Friends, launched at LSD Paris during Paris Photo Week.
Ami Paris presents its festive collection, Ami Holidays.
The Salomon XT-Whisper Aries Arise is a collaboration that looks to the past and the future.
MRKNTN presents its Spring/Summer 2026 collection, titled SAINT-MAURICE.
Balenciaga becomes the first luxury house to collaborate with the video game PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS and its mobile version, PUBG MOBILE.
AMIRI’s Pre-Spring 2026 draws inspiration from John Hughes’ 1985 film, The Breakfast Club, paying homage to its universal story and the contradictions of youth.
The CASA LOEWE concept blends high-end retail with the personal feel of an art collector’s residence.
The drop is a focused exploration of college sports culture from the American South.
Personal Parade presents its new season, “Return to Eden.” This is the brand’s first collection dedicated entirely to homewear.
Drop Books has released its second publication, titled “Wildness.” The book is a collaboration between photographer Mark Borthwick and fashion designer Duran Lantink.
Church’s presents its Holiday 2025 campaign through a series of festive scenes.
