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World Hope Forum ANTI_FASHION
ANTI_FASHION
Curated by Li Edelkoort & Philip Fimmano, Co-Founders, WHF
Since its creation in 2014, Li Edelkoort's much-talked about ANTI_FASHION Manifesto was the first to raise awareness about the shifts and upheavals experienced in the global garment system. Ten years on, the world has changed as much as the fashion industry itself; often welcoming a more restrained approach that combats fast consumption, spurring a powerful movement towards sustainability, creativity, diversity and uniqueness. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of ANTI_FASHION, World Hope Forum is pleased to present a special webinar, sharing stories of people that lead by example — a slow fashion revolution that includes independent brands, folk favourites, outsider artists, artisan makers, textile farmers and style philosophers.
This free online September event is hosted in collaboration with New York Textile Month and forms part of our ongoing Talking Textiles educational programme.
The winner of 2024 Dorothy Waxman International Textile Design Prize will also be announced in the conference!
The World Hope Forum was launched on October 24 during Dutch Design Week, during the depth of the pandemic caused by Covid-19, and founded by Lidewij Edelkoort and Philip Fimmano, in collaboration with Dezeen as a media partner. The objective of this platform is to federate, to bring together the major players who have developed new industrial, economic, and more virtuous processes, where the center is people. The World Hope Forum’s main goal is to create a holistic global platform for the exchange and expansion of knowledge, innovation
Li Live in New York
Presentation
The founder of NYTM is back in NY for the first time in 5 years. We Welcome Li to New York to give her legendary presentations on her vision of the future.
Thursday, September 26th Programme:
9:00am Doors open
9:30am ANATOMY OF FLUIDITY: S/S 2026 Fashion & Textiles, presented live by Li Edelkoort
10:30am ANALOGY OF FLOWERS: S/S 2026 Colour Forecast, presented live by Li Edelkoort
11:00am Break
11:30am INTERIOR CHILD: 2026 Home, Interiors, Colours & Materials, presented by Li Edelkoort
12:30am Extended Q&A
12:45am Approximate end
This event is organized in collaboration with the MFA Textiles at Parsons the New School.
@edelkoortnyc @lidewijedelkoort
Li Edelkoort is a trend forecaster, publisher, humanitarian, design educator and exhibition curator. From 2015-2020 she was the Dean of Hybrid Design Studies at Parsons in New York where she founded a Textile Masters and the New York Textile Month festival. Her thought-provoking writings and podcasts have become increasingly popular at a time when she is regarded as an activist and champion for change. In 2020, she founded the World Hope Forum as a platform to inspire the creative community to rebuild a better society. She is also on the Creative Council for all of Gap Inc.’s fashion brands, advising the group on creative innovation and sustainable practice. In 2022, Edelkoort collaborated with Polimoda in Florence to establish an innovative new textile masters called From Farm to Fabric to Fashion.
This event is paid
Larsen Textile Award
Honoring Visionary Lidewij Edelkoort | Celebrating New York Textile Month
Saturday, September 21
2:00 - 5:00pm
Talk and Book Signing
PRESENTATIONS
RE-RUG: 2025 Rugs & Interiors
Guests and design enthusiasts are invited to hear about the RE-RUG revolution taking interiors by storm, livening up even tiny spaces with the most daring of artistic expressions. This visually inspiring presentation bears witness to the whirlwind of textiles, yarns and colours emerging for flooring - a school of art for art’s sake. The renowned design forecaster Li Edelkoort has researched numerous ideas to curate a selection of stunning examples for the future. In contrast to our troubled era, rugs are back in art and design as an aesthetic antidote. If the rug can be considered a key reflection of culture, it is conveying with a sense of urgency the need to come together and rejoice in what is human and convivial, that which brings us together and ignites empathy. The rug as manifest!
PROUD SOUTH: Fashion, Art & Photography from the Global South
A mesmerizing visual experience that celebrates the creative forces from the southern parts of the planet. Through the colorful and expressive lens of contemporary fashion, photography, styling and art, Li Edelkoort will present emerging and established talents from wide and far, illustrating that the axis of global creativity has indeed dramatically shifted. Edelkoort has investigated multiple themes that connect sensational talents that hail from Latin America, Africa, South Asia and South East Asia. Not defined by maps, hemispheres or the rigid fashion system of the north, PROUD SOUTH represents an emancipated international movement. Style, materials, motifs and colours are therefore innovated in myriad ways. Yet the power of the south also leads by example, teaching the important lessons of de-colonialization, inclusivity, ecology, spiritual harmony and grace.
Sunday, September 22
3:00 - 5:00pm
Inaugural Larsen Textile Award,Talk and Book Signing
PRESENTATION
Talking Textiles: Creativity & Awareness
Li Edelkoort
PROUD SOUTH
RE-RUG
PROUD SOUTH
@edelkoortnyc @lidewijedelkoort
Lidewij Edelkoort is a trend forecaster, publisher, humanitarian, design educator and exhibition curator. From 2015-2020 she was the Dean of Hybrid Design Studies at Parsons in New York where she founded a Textile Masters and the New York Textile Month festival. Her thought-provoking writings and podcasts have become increasingly popular at a time when she is regarded as an activist and champion for change. In 2020, she founded the World Hope Forum as a platform to inspire the creative community to rebuild a better society. She is also on the Creative Council for all of Gap Inc.’s fashion brands, advising the group on creative innovation and sustainable practice. In 2022, Edelkoort collaborated with Polimoda in Florence to establish an innovative new textile masters called Farm to Fabric to Fashion. Her latest publication, PROUD SOUTH, celebrates the creative forces from the southern parts of the planet.
Tickets from $35