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FASHION SPACES

Making workspace more affordable, available and fit for purpose.

At the Fashion District, we use existing spaces, refurbish other spaces, and create new, more affordable spaces for fashion businesses, manufacturers, entrepreneurs, and community groups.

An alliance of like-minded organisations safeguard those spaces. We have introduced a gold standard for good employment and sustainability for all the businesses that use them. Fashion space doesn’t just mean space. It means access to specialist equipment. Access to finance. Skills development. And employment programmes for local people that develop the area, long-term.

We encourage manufacturers to cluster together in hubs, promoting sustainable, inclusive working practices and spaces – with added business support.

The result? A resilient, creative fashion ecosystem where businesses of all sizes can thrive. A sustainable place for decades to come.

The Trampery’s workspaces at Fish Island Village and Poplar Works provide 80,000 square feet of high-quality studios, manufacturing, teaching and venues. With Fashion District we’re establishing East London as the UK’s focal point for sustainable fashion, creating new opportunities for the diverse and talented local community.

Charles Armstrong, The Trampery

POPLAR WORKS

We have given unused garages in Tower Hamlets a total makeover. To create a vibrant fashion hub, with a community focus. Workspaces, educational facilities, events space and manufacturing facilities open to all. Skills training for early-stage businesses.

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THE TRAMPERY FISH ISLAND VILLAGE

Purpose-built studios at Fish Island. Spaces for promising domestic brands on the cusp of going huge. With added support – like enterprise growth programmes, networking, training, high-spec facilities and equipment.

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LEYTON GREEN STUDIOS

A fashion hub run by Arbeit Studios, providing creative work spaces for designers, small businesses and start-ups, alongside business support, event/gallery space and shared environments for innovative collaboration and community involvement.

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THE TAILORING ACADEMY AT FASHION-ENTER

This fully equipped 11,500 sq ft space is a joint collaboration between Fashion-Enter and the Haringey Council – providing the sector with the next generation of tailors, teaching up to Level 7 apprenticeships.

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THE LAB E20

The Lab E20 is a 3,500sq ft creative hub situated at the centre of the new Innovation District in Stratford, influenced by Christopher Raeburn’s design philosophy of: RÆMADE, RÆDUCED, RÆCYCLED. The space is ideal for creative workshops, experiential retail and exhibiting.

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BUILDING BLOQS

Building BloQs is London’s largest open-access workshop. It offers a huge range of machinery and equipment, including Fabric Workspaces – making it the perfect place for toiling, pattern cutting and sampling. Workshops can be accessed on a pay-as-you go basis.

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