New Mills Fashion Week

New Mills Fashion Week returns this autumn (1–8 October 2025), bringing a week of creative, sustainable fashion events organised by local community group the New Mills FashionActivistas.

The group, founded during lockdown by women passionate about style but concerned about the environmental and social impacts of fast fashion, has been running free fashion events for five years. Now in its sixth year, the 2025 programme will feature a Clothes Swap, an inspiring Talk, and a creative Window Display.

Clothes Swap

• Saturday 4 October, 10.30am – 2pm

• Millers Refillers, Market Street, New Mills

• Free entry. A selection of clothes will be available at the start, with attendees invited to bring items to swap or purchase for just £1 each. A “repair corner” will also be on hand to help with alterations and fixes.

Talk: “Sustainable Fashion Frustrating? Clothing Reuse as Emotional Repair”

• Wednesday 8 October, 7.30pm

• New Mills Volunteer Centre, Union Road

• Speaker Tetyana Solovey will explore how re-wearing, mending, and thrifting can offer joy, self-expression, and emotional resilience in the face of climate and consumer pressures. The evening will include discussion, questions, and refreshments.

Window Display

• 1–8 October

• Blythe House Hospice Shop, Union Road

• A creative showcase celebrating re-using, repairing, upcycling, and making clothes.

In addition, the group will host an Alternative Fashion Show at Glossop Labour Club on Monday 24 November at 7.30pm – another free community event.

A spokesperson for the New Mills FashionActivistas said:

“We set up New Mills Fashion Week to create space for people to rethink fashion in fun, creative, and sustainable ways. This year’s programme is all about showing that re-using and repairing clothing isn’t just better for the planet, but can also bring joy and connection.”

For more information, search “New Mills Fashion Week” on Facebook or email [email protected]