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Credit Photo: Fashion Parade

Globally, sustainable fashion may have appeared to take a back seat during the Covid‑19 pandemic, but Fashion Parade is flipping the script. Started in 2021 by the 23‑year‑old Lumin Hew as a simple online search for like‑minded peers, it has grown into a 100‑strong community transforming textile waste into playful, creative projects.

Hew’s approach skips the usual sustainability guilt trip and makes it about connection: Anyone from Gen Zers to seniors is invited to roll up their sleeves and make something together. Case in point: Fashion Parade has drawn more than 1,000 contributors to its signature The Art Of Everyone exhibition – a tapestry of portraits made using discarded textile waste – that has been shown at the likes of Singapore Art Week. Hew and her team have also collaborated with elderly folks to upcycle textiles and the results will be staged at an exhibition held at Jalan Besar Community Centre this January.