23rd April
Sustainability Week 2025
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Join us for an exploration into the process and possibilities of creating wearable bio-fabrics in your own home with Lynda Kinne, Head of Visual Arts at Morley College London and Jean Ross-Timmes, Fashion Tutor & Technician at Morley.
Over the past two years Morley’s Materials Lab and BA (Hons) Fashion Design students have transformed simple kitchen ingredients into textile samples without the aid of hi-tech equipment or complex chemistry. In this Penny Lecture, Lynda and Jean will reveal what they have learnt through experimentation and with expert scientific guidance from colleagues working at the Natural History Museum.
Learn how a bottle of kombucha can be transformed into fabric that can be stitched and how food waste can become a bioplastic. Discover the world of mycelium (fungi) production and how top fashion houses are now using it in the creation of high-end accessories. Bio-materials are increasingly on the fashion map – be the first to hear about this amazing world of innovation at Morley!
Speaker Biographies
Lynda Kinne is Head of School for Visual Arts. Lynda has decades of fashion industry experience, running her own fashion brand, A La Disposition, with husband Daniel Kinne. She is also a professional photographer, having recently shown work in Morley’s ‘Hidden Threat’ exhibition. Lynda is a strong believer in sustainability and has previously partnered with the Natural History Museum for their Fashion (R)evolution museum lates catwalk.
Jean Ross-Timmes is BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technician and Fashion Tutor. She is a freelance seamstress and pattern cutter working on bespoke, often specialist, projects. Jean has several years experience assisting with the conservation team at Fashion & Textile Museum. She believes sustainable practice is essential to the future of the fashion industry, and the planet.
