Fashion Exchange embodies the College’s ongoing commitment to this tradition by bringing online new spaces, resources and technologies in support of applied industry research. In recent years the School of Fashion has collaborated on more than twenty applied research projects in partnership with industry stakeholders, while supporting hundreds of students in acquiring new skills in technical sampling, prototype development and small batch manufacturing. Projects have focused on addressing a range of product development, material, production and manufacturing challenges of bringing new technologies and product lines to market.
The Leading Innovation in Fashion Technology lab (FX LIFT) provides our students and industry partners with a suite of technologies that will bring products to market in a faster and more sustainable way—producing designs locally and with less waste. We are excited about the potential to transform the fashion industry. Implementation of these new technologies provide local industry with access to equipment to conduct research, to integrate innovation and bring their products to the market faster.
The lab includes the following technologies:
Fashion Exchange is set up as a lean production facility, which allows for smaller orders to be produced more efficiently in a modular production system.
FX manufacturing equipment includes:
By The Bridge/Community News Fashion Exchange (FX) is proud to be featured in The Bridge Community News for its role in The Love Club initiative. Led by Lauren Walker-Lee, The Love Club provides high-quality, Canadian-made baby clothing to families in need. FX contributed to this initiative by leveraging the expertise......
By Daniels’ President & CEO, Mitchell Cohen. Toronto’s Regent Park has transformed from a stigmatized “no-go” zone into a vibrant, inclusive community. This journey is chronicled in Rhythms of Change: Reflections on the Regent Park Revitalization, a new book by Mitchell Cohen, President and CEO of......
GBC – By GBC Sep14, 2023 Where style meets function. The Fashion Exchange (FX) applied research program enables industry collaboration with GBC research teams to address technical challenges and research questions specific to the partner organization. FX brings together fashion researchers, educators, industry partners, community organizations, and......
Cutting from a new cloth with Zoran Dobric. GBC – By GBC Research April 11, 2023 As home to one of the Top 50 international Fashion Schools, George Brown College works proactively with industry stakeholders to advance research and innovation in the areas of design,......
MAYD in CHYNA (MIC) is a political, environmental and social enterprise that has chosen fashion to transform the anthropocentric business model to an eco-centric one. GBC – By GBC Research April 11, 2023 GBC research team and FX worked with partners @MaydinChyna to develop a......
WHERE DOES ALL OUR DONATED CLOTHING GO? – A deep dive into your old clothes’ journey from the charity bin THE KIT – By Leanne Delap July 24, 2019 After you dutifully Kondo your closet each season, you do the right thing and haul those......
George Brown College (GBC) Fashion Exchange (FX) fosters collaboration between fashion educators, industry partners, community organizations, and fashion students from their location in Regent Park, Toronto, Ontario. FX aims to develop a sustainable, socially conscious, and economically viable fashion industry. Recognizing gaps in available talent......
An exciting new lab at George Brown College’s Fashion Exchange (FX) puts a positive new spin on the term “fast fashion.” The Leading Innovation in Fashion Technology lab (FX LIFT) officially opened on October 29, 2019 at the Fashion Exchange in Regent Park. This new facility provides......
There’s a lot of talk about single-use plastics lately, but have you thought about the impact your clothes have on the environment? The George Brown College Fashion Exhange is partnering with fashion retailer Joe Fresh to study cellulosic fiber regeneration from textile waste. So, what does this mean? We’ll......
Aug. 7, 2018 Research and production efforts at our Fashion Exchange have received a major boost thanks to $2.5 million in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s College Industry Innovation Fund (CIIF) awards and the provincial government. Kirsty Duncan, the Minister of Science and Sport, announced......
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Rosa Fracassa
Associate Dean, School of Fashion and Jewellery | Fashion Exchange
416-415-5000 x 2997
Shahrzad Sadeghi
Community Engagement Manager
shahrzad.sadeghi
@georgebrown.ca
Jeanine Larmour
Student Success & Industry Liaison
Sharon Pope
Program Support & Industry Liaison
