# Event Details - **Event Name**: 300 years of fast fashion in Yorkshire - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 18 Nov, 2025 at 06:30 pm – Tue, 18 Nov, 2025 at 07:30 pm - **Event Description**: Yorkshire's fashion history reveals that textile sustainability issues and solutions are not new.About this EventMerchant Adventurers' Arts Discovery Lecture300 years of fast fashion in Yorkshire: Using history to understand the challenges and opportunities of sustainable fashionFast fashion and unsustainable practices of making and consuming clothes are considered a 21st century problem, but the history of fashion and textiles reveals these issues are nothing new. This talk explores Yorkshire’s important role in the global fashion industry from the 18th century onwards through the lens of sustainability. The environmental and human impacts of making fashion can be found across the historical record, from the dye industry’s insatiable need for human urine to the development of synthetic textiles and the mass manufacture of cheap ready-to-wear clothing. These records also reveal Yorkshire’s pioneering role in sustainable practices, from innovations in wool recycling to trade unions that won improved rights and conditions. This talk examines the role of Yorkshire fashion as an agent for change – both positive and negative – and asks how this history could be applied to building a more sustainable industry today.This year we will be holding a special session before our Arts Discovery Lecture. We have a Christmas Tree in the York Minster Christmas Tree Festival, and we would like our decorations to reflect the Merchant Adventurers’ links to the wool trade and the subject of this lecture. We are inviting all our lecture attendees to come to the Hall at 5.30pm and join us in a mass pom pom making session!All equipment will be provided; no previous experience necessary and pom pom experts will be on hand to help! You will get to see your finished pom pom adorning the Merchant Adventurers’ Christmas in York Minster! So come and join us for a world’s first….pom pom making in a medieval guildhall.Pom pom making 5.30pmLecture starts at 6.30pm* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *If you require more than 5 tickets, please contact the Events Team who will be happy to help.Please ensure you use the correct email address as this is where your ticket will be sent. If you do not provide the correct address, you will not receive the acknowledgement email or ticket. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/york/300-years-of-fast-fashion-in-yorkshire/100001922465900259 - **Event Categories**: christmas, festivals, art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: York - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Merchant Adventurers' Hall - **lat**: 53.9582215 - **long**: -1.0784773 - **full address**: Merchant Adventurers' Hall, Fossgate, York, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: 300 years of fast fashion in Yorkshire - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/e6f7756587ba5278d00971283541be1e46d82feb994cf713640c279a196a79d1-rimg-w800-h400-dcd9d8d7-gmir.jpg?v=1762253380 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is 300 years of fast fashion in Yorkshire being held? - **A:** 300 years of fast fashion in Yorkshire takes place on Tue, 18 Nov, 2025 at 06:30 pm to Tue, 18 Nov, 2025 at 07:30 pm at Merchant Adventurers' Hall, Fossgate, York, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing 300 years of fast fashion in Yorkshire? - **A:** 300 years of fast fashion in Yorkshire is organized by University of York Open Lectures. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** 300 years of fast fashion in Yorkshire is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in York, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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