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From fashion week 2026 events to conferences and forums, these are the top sustainable fashion events of 2026.
If you’d ask us, we’d tell you how the sustainable fashion landscape is expanding into a tour de force that is here to stay. Once a confusing buzzword, it’s becoming a fixture in the industry with fashion weeks, forums, and conferences dedicated to the advancement of the sustainable movement. If you feel that you’re making New Year’s resolutions to make your life greener and more sustainable, we have guides for you. But, if you’re itching to join like minds at in-person events to get a first-hand taste of what the sustainable fashion industry has to offer for 2026, this roundup of events is for you. Mark your calendars now!
Future Citizen March 16-22
Calling all youth, climate advocates, and educators. Across the U.K., schools, students, and those involved in places of learning will be called together in this sustainable fashion event geared towards educating tomorrow’s leaders about sustainable fashion.
Sustainable Fashion Week Chicago April 17th-26th
One of the first sustainable fashion weeks on this year’s calendar happens in Chicago. With educational and environmental programming, it’s more than a hub of shows. With its community of partners, such as The Fabric Act and Fashion Revolution, this fashion week offers professionals, environmental advocates, and everyone in between opportunities to contribute to initiatives that will make Chicago and the fashion industry more sustainable.
Innovation Forum: Sustainable Apparel & Textiles Conference (Europe) April 29-30
Hundreds of forward thinkers come together in Amsterdam for this conference to discuss, share, and ideate solutions and strategies to tackle some of the biggest sustainability issues in the fashion industry. From supply chain management to workers’ rights to consumer connections, the event prioritizes tackling real problems with tangible solutions.
Global Fashion Summit May 5-7
The Copenhagen Fashion Summit has been leading the pack for discussions about sustainable fashion for more than a decade. With this year’s theme, “Building Resilient Futures”, stakeholders across the supply chain will come together to share their knowledge and collaborate on practical solutions to ease the environmental burden of the fashion industry.
Innovation Forum: Sustainable Apparel & Textiles Conference (USA)June 3-4
Similar to the Innovation Forum happening in Amsterdam earlier in 2026, this conference is a series of roundtable discussions about the challenges the industry faces to mitigate its environmental impact. Conference goers can expect main stage talks, breakout sessions, and networking opportunities with like minds.
Portland Fashion Week September 14-20
For more than two decades, Portland has celebrated sustainability with its runways spotlighting emerging and established ethical and eco designers. Since its inception, 25 years ago, it’s also been one of the first cruelty-free and single-use plastic-free fashion weeks.
Sustainable Fashion Forum October 28-30
As another heritage sustainable fashion event, this forum celebrates its ninth year of producing some of the leading ideas about restructuring the fashion industry’s supply chain to be more transparent, resilient, and sustainable. From ideation to implementation, from supply chain managers to retail leaders, numerous people come together to rethink the current structure of how a product is made to be more circular and better for the planet in the long run.