Colèchi Farm Trips are a chance to explore the connection between fashion and agriculture. Born from the AGREENCULTURE: Fashion and Farming campaign, which was the theme of our first Clean Fashion Summit, then becaming Issue I of Colèchi’s print journal, and recognised by British Vogue and Elle UK’s Green List.
AGREENCULTURE sparks new thinking around how the clothing industry can work in harmony with nature through collaboration.
We work with UK farms and attend away days throughout the year, and host intimate events in London including supper clubs, reading clubs, gardening days and workshops.
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circular design
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Come to our next event or work with us to curate an AGREENCULTURE experience, from team away days and employee training on fibre; to programming large or small scale events that explore the intersection between materials, nature and agriculture. We work with sheep, wool, hemp and linen.
Send an email to info@colechi.com and we can plan a UK farm trip for you.
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AGREENCULTURE: Fashion and Farming in print
AGREENCULTURE by Colèchi, explores the relationship between fashion and farming with contributions from growers, makers, designers and more to provoke new thinking and collaboration on how the clothing industry can work with nature.
The journal contains 208 pages of essays, writings and photography giving both a local and international perception on farming and fashion. Blending academic research style with the aesthetic and approach of a magazine.
Contributors Adina Nicola / Alice Robinson and Sara Grady/ Alyssa Jaffer /Aurelie Fontan /Bjorn Eriksson / Claire O’Sullivan and Kitty Wilson Brown / Elle Magana Mireles / Emma Slade Edmondson / Freyja Haddrill-Selman / Hanna Whiteman / Ioana Pop / José Hendo / Katie Allen / Katie Kubrak / Lilian Wiermann and Melanie Hiegel / Marion Jaouen / Nadia Bunyan / Renuka Ramanujam / Risa Ueno / Rosie Trethewey /Simone Brewster /Tamsin Blanchard
the next generation of designers and growers: ykwu east
Design is changing and we work directly with universities and in the community through our knitting and craft club YKWU (You can Knit With Us). In 2024, we launched YKWU East in collaboration with Westfield and Foundation for Future London to connect a cohort of 20 emerging designers to the production of fashion through a series of industry talks and trips. Each group produced a garment using UK alpaca fibre, grown, processed, spun and knitted locally, at a farm in Somerset. Showcased at the Clean Fashion Summit at the iconic Somerset House, London.
Watch the video (5mins)
Filmed by Charlotte Sawyer