ongoing

Worn Archive

Worn’s projects all contribute to the Worn Archive: an ongoing collection of people’s clothing stories and experiences. The clothing chronicles we collect range from stories of the mundane everyday act of dressing to the complex and ever-changing relationship between clothing, identity and society.

For us, this valuable archive is a storytelling repository, rich research resource and way of sharing the stories of our community. Representing a diversity of real people, practices and topics, the Worn Archive’s stories come together to inspire and inform what we do at Worn and offer insight that can change the way we produce, use and value clothes.

2024

12 Stories from the Worn Archive︎︎︎

A publication about clothing and storytelling curated by Worn from contributions to the Worn Archive: an ongoing collection of stories about people’s relationships with their clothes.

2024

Making Zero Waste︎︎︎

Designers Consociate, ZWDC and Worn collaborated to create a series of in-person workshops in Lagos, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana in April 2024. Each workshop took place over 4 days. With collaboration and knowledge sharing as a key focus, these workshops are dedicated to advancing the practice of Zero Waste Fashion Design within the local African context by offering circular solutions in design and garment making.

2024

Careworn︎︎︎

Careworn by Sophie-Nicole Dodds, curated in collaboration with Worn co-founder Abigail Jubb, Constance Howard Gallery, London (24 April - 14 May 2024)

2023

Worn Objects in Process︎︎︎

The Glasgow School of Art, Visiting Lecturing and Workshop Series (November 2023 -March 2024)

2022

‘Modular Shirt’ UKRI Interdisciplinary Textiles Circularity Centre︎︎︎

The Royal College of Art, research project with contributions from the Worn Archive. Exhibited at The Regenerative Hub, the Lab E20, London (October-November 2022)

2022

‘Calls to Action’ in Collaboration with GSA Sustainability︎︎︎

The Glasgow School of Art, Campaign Series in Collaboration with The Glasgow School of Art Sustainability in Action Group (16 March 2022)

2022

Visiting Lecturing in Fashion and Textiles

The Glasgow School of Art (ongoing)

2022

Garment Stories: Worn Workshop in Conversation with GSA Sustainability

The Glasgow School of Art, Talk and Q&A Comissioned by The Glasgow School of Art Sustainability in Action Group (19 January 2022)

2021

Generation of Waste: COP26

Generation of Waste, Blue Zone, COP26, Glasgow (31 October - 12 November 2021)

2021

Wardrobe Workshop: Leeds Museums and Galleries

Virtual Workshop (26 Aug 2021)

2021

Stories from the Worn Archive︎︎︎

Social Fabric curated by Pa/Do Curatorial, London,
(5-6 June 2021)

2021

Garment Stories and Sustainability: Past, Present and Future

University of York Annual Fashion Symposium
(4 Jun 2021)

2021

Design in an Age of Crisis: London Design Biennale

London Design Biennale, Somerset House, (1-27 June 2021)

2021

Worn X Bernat Klein Foundation

Research and Public Engagement Project

2021

Visiting Lecturing in Fashion and Textiles

The Glasgow School of Art (Ongoing)

2021

Worn Clothes, New Ideas: People, Purpose and Process

The Glasgow School of Art, Virtual Workshop Series for Fashion and Textiles Students Comissioned by The Glasgow School of Art Sustainability in Action Group (16-17 February 2021 and Ongoing)

2021

Design Domain: Responsibility

The Glasgow School of Art, Panel Discussion for Design Domain: Responsibility (15 February 2021)

2021

Worn Clothes, Responsible Design: Materiality, Identity and Comfort

The Glasgow School of Art, Conference Paper for Design Domain: Responsibility (15 February 2021)

2021

Valuing our Clothes

Zero Waste Leeds and the RSA: Leeds Fashion Futures, Live Talk (12 February 2021)

2021

In Conversation with Worn

XPO North, Heritage as Creative Future: Narrative of Collections, Collection of Narratives, Live Talk (11 February 2021)

2021

Design in an Age of Crisis

Virtual London Design Biennale (January to June 2021)

2020

In the Future, I hope Fashion in Scotland Will be Worn

Sustainable Fashion Scotland Magazine, Article (20 December 2020)

2020

Worn Workshop: Garment Biographies

The University of York, Interwoven: Fashion and Clothing Cultures in Art History (5-6 October 2020)

2020

How Can We Change the Way We Value Worn Clothes?

Sustainable Fashion Scotland, Community Call Chaired by Worn Workshop (24 September 2020)

2020

Wardrobe Workshop Series

Worn Workshop, Virtual Workshop Series (Ongoing)

2020

Pilot Wardrobe Workshop Series

Worn Workshop, Virtual Workshop Series (25 May 2020, 15 June 2020, 29 June 2020)