Examine how sketching, sampling and trend cycles in fashion contribute to waste long before a garment is made.

While many sustainability conversations focus on consumption, this workshop shifts attention upstream. Challenging overproduction at its source - the design process - participants will examine how sketching, sampling and trend cycles in fashion contribute to waste long before a garment is made.

Facilitator: Limma Ali has over a decade of experience in the luxury fashion industry, venturing into the art world in 2020 and showcasing themes such as cultural identity, social justice and personal expression. In November 2025, she launched her own jewellery brand inspired by her South Asian Heritage, Ataro Jewellery.

Age: 16+; Level: Beginner

Please arrive 10 minutes early to ensure a prompt start. Latecomers may be denied entry and their tickets offered to our waiting list.

This workshop is a part of the Ahista Stories event - click here to find out more.

Your Bio: Ahista Stories is a community-led platform building a fairer fashion system and celebrating South Asian textile artistry. Through our annual festival, workshops, panel discussions and digital content, we work at the intersection of fashion, labour rights and climate justice - insisting that the fashion system must change.

‘Ahista’ means slow in Urdu, an official language in Pakistan and India. For us, slowness means advocating for mindful, maker-led production of fashion; fair labour; and conscious consumption in the face of ever-faster trend cycles and overproduction.

Contact: If you have any questions regarding this event, please email programming@stmargaretshouse.org.uk

Venue: The Cabin at St Margaret’s House, 21 Old Ford Road — E2 9PL

Date: Sunday 18th October

Time: 4-5 pm

Tickets: £4-£26