The team of the largest global sustainable fashion movement "Fashion Revolution" in Lithuania, together with the Vilnius City Municipality, is organizing a sustainable fashion week "Fashion Revolution Week'22" in the capital on April 27-25, according to a press release.
During the three-day open events, visitors will be able to get up close and personal with sustainable fashion trends and best practices, engage in discussions, and experience activities to reduce throwaway culture. Events will take place in the Lukiškės prison complex and the Estradà music hall.
"April is considered Earth and Sustainability Month around the world. It is a time when public attention is drawn to the damage fast fashion is doing to the environment and people. Emphasizing the slogan of this year's Sustainable Fashion Week "Think Globally, Act Locally", during it, first of all, we want to celebrate all participants in the sustainable fashion chain in Lithuania, hear them, see them and experience their creativity.
"And most importantly, we aim for everyone who comes to the event to leave thinking that more sustainable wardrobe choices are simple and can be made every day," says Aušra Juozapaitytė, national coordinator of the Fashion Revolution movement in Lithuania.
Fashion Revolution Week '25 event partner Vilnius city municipality Sustainable Fashion Week events were also included in the "Vilnius – European Green Capital 2025" program.
"For Vilnius, as the European Green Capital, sustainable fashion is inseparable from the vision of a sustainable city. By joining the Fashion Revolution movement, we aim to promote responsible consumption, circular economy principles and the reduction of textile waste."
"The fashion industry has a huge impact on the environment, so we invite you to change your approach: choose quality, recycling and conscious consumption. Every responsible choice contributes to a cleaner and greener Vilnius," says Jurga Pociūtė-Mikūtienė, coordinator of the project "Vilnius - European Green Capital 2025".
On the opening day of Fashion Revolution Week '25, April 22, visitors are invited to see a sustainable fashion happening and participate in the opening discussion on the topic "Sustainable Fashion: How to Think Globally, Act Locally."
It will be attended by Green Capital Ambassador Milda Paukštė, The Knotty Ones CEO Ieva Zubavičiūtė, fashion journalist Deimantė Bulbenkaitė, and designer Reda Paulauskė. The discussion will be moderated by stylist Lukas Svirplys.
The opening events will take place at "Lukiškės Prison 18" from 2.0 p.m.
“From the first days of the Lukiškės Prison Conversion, we have been setting sustainability in a broad sense as a goal. Every day, we carry out sustainable, long-term projects that have a continuation. We are pleased to have established a new partnership with Fashion Revolution this year. The ideas of this organization are very close to us,” says Martynas Butkevičius, co-author of the Lukiškės Prison Conversion.
The second day of Sustainable Fashion Week (April 24) will be held at the Estradà music venue on Vilniaus Street in the capital. This day will be exclusively dedicated to conversations and discussions.
Fashion industry experts will talk about sustainable fashion innovations, stylists will discuss how to create sustainable images for performers on stage, and representatives of second-hand businesses and sustainability initiatives will discuss whether used items can become, or have already become, the next generation of fashion.
During the closing day events (April 26), visitors will be able to get to know the creators of sustainable fashion up close and personal and become one themselves. The Lukiškės prison complex will become a residence for a whole day of clothing swaps, pop-up fairs of Lithuanian designers and creators, and creative workshops with the designers themselves.
Fashion Revolution is a global sustainable fashion movement that was founded in the UK in 2013, in the wake of the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh, which saw the collapse of a commercial building and its factory, which produced clothes for well-known fast fashion brands.
This disaster claimed the lives of more than 1 people who worked there. Since then, Fashion Revolution has grown into the world's largest fashion activism movement, bringing together citizens, brands, and policymakers to reduce the industry's environmental and human damage.
Admission to the entire week's events is open and free of charge.
