The Re-Fashionable Summer Lab: Creativity, Circularity and Cross-Border Collaboration

Summer may be the season of rest—but for the Re‑Fashionable Summer Lab it has been a season of action, innovation and deep collaboration across Europe. Let’s dive into how this unique event has helped turn ideas into business models for sustainable fashion.

Energy at the start

As participants from across Europe arrived in Friesland, the atmosphere was buzzing. Trainers, students and professionals came together with one purpose: to rethink how fashion can be designed, made, consumed—and re-used.

Hands-on, minds-on

Over the course of the Summer Lab, teams worked using the Business Model Canvas to develop sustainable fashion business models. Workshops, design-thinking sessions and real-life industry challenges enabled participants to move from concept to prototype. refashionable.eu

Presentation & impact

At the end of the event each team presented their business model, sharing not only the idea but the journey: research, prototypes, the lessons learned, and the next steps. These final moments highlighted how much can be achieved when design, sustainability and entrepreneurship meet. refashionable.eu

Why this matters

The Summer Lab shows that sustainable fashion is not just theoretical—it’s practical, business-oriented and collaborative. It turns ideas about circularity into tangible models, bridges education and industry, and strengthens cross-border networks.

Keep the momentum

Interested in corporate innovation, educational collaboration or just want to explore the world of circular fashion? While the Summer Lab has ended, the resources, connections and momentum live on through our platform.

Register (free) and stay involved.

👉 Visit the Summer Lab section: www.refashionable.eu

ID: KA220-VET-5F9081FC. Funded by the European Union. The opinions expressed here are those of the authors and do not represent the official position of the European Union or the EACEA.