April 19, 2025 - April 26, 2025
SUSTAINABLE ECO-CHIC
RUNWAY | EDUCATION | POP UP SHOPS
PRESENTED BY:
Arizona Foothills Magazine
Green is now more than just a color for the fashion industry!
Eco Fashion Week is an annual event produced by FABRIC during Earth Week. It is a week-long event created to educate the public on sustainable fashion and to celebrate, recognize, and support sustainable fashion brands. Every year, EcoFW includes sustainable fashion shows, pop-up shops, educational panel discussions, and highlights sustainable events that take place all over Arizona and at FABRIC.
All proceeds go to FABRIC Tempe, an Arizona non-profit organization that supports apparel entrepreneurs with sustainable resources.
Saturday, April 19th, 2025
reFABRICate
Repurposed Jeans Fashion Show
- TIME: 6:00PM-First come first served seating opens
- 7:00PM- Fashion Show and Award Ceremony
- LOCATION: Tempe Marketplace Main Stage
- 2000 E Rio Salado Pkwy, Tempe, AZ 85281
- Each year, FABRIC's reFABRICate Fashion Show features upcycled designs that have been repurposed and recreated by community members from various garments and cutting floor scraps.
- This year, and the past few years, the reFABRICate show has focused primarily on one of the industry's most unsustainable items....DENIM. FABRIC partners with Tempe Marketplace, Threadz, Dave & Busters, Green Living Magazine, and Arizona Foothills Magazine to engage the community in repurposing thrifted denim jeans items into new, runway-worthy creations. The jeans are redesigned/upcycled by FABRIC members (established and emerging designers & brands) as well as fashion teachers & students and are featured on the stage at Tempe Marketplace.
Past 2024 ReFABRICate Show
"RunzWithScissors"
Award
The "RunzWithScissors" award is a sustainable fashion award in honor of sustainable fashion designer Astrid Olafsen of the brand RunzWithScissors. Astrid was a talented upcycle designer who was very involved in FABRIC's reFABRICate program. One winner receives the RunzWithScissors Award every year.
- RunzWithScissors:
- Astrid Olafsen
- Photo by Sung Moon
- 2022 Winner:
- LaMark Cole
- 2023 Winner:
- Zach Frisbie
- 2024 Winner:
- Demetrius Douglas
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
Sustainable Factory Tour
Discover wear technology drives sustainable fashion
TIME: 4:00PM-5:30PM
LOCATION: FABRIC 117 E. 5th St. Tempe, AZ 85281
Join us for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of FABRIC’s sustainable fashion factory during Eco Fashion Week! Discover how FABRIC is redefining apparel manufacturing with cutting-edge technology, including our sustainable roll-to-roll printer, digital product creation, batched-on-demand production model, and digital product passports. Our innovative no-minimum approach eliminates excess inventory, allowing brands to create only what they sell. With advanced digital printing, customization is effortless, waste is minimized, and transparency is maximized through digital product passports that connect consumers to the story and sustainability of each garment. Experience the future of ethical fashion firsthand!
Wednesday, April 23th, 2025
Pop & Swap
Sustainable Clothing Swap and Pop-Up Shop
TIME: 4:00PM-9:00PM
LOCATION: FABRIC 117 E. 5th St. Tempe, AZ 85281
Join us at FABRIC during Eco Fashion Week for Pop & Swap, a one-of-a-kind, evening event celebrating sustainability and circular fashion! FABRIC will open its doors to the public, offering a pop-up vendor shop on the first floor, featuring sustainable brands and eco-conscious vendors.
Upstairs on the second floor, dive into our free clothing swap, where you can refresh your wardrobe by exchanging gently used clothing with others—no cost, just community and conscious fashion. And don’t forget—the “Pop” in Pop & Swap also means you can refresh your palette with tasty, unique soda pops while you shop and swap. Don’t miss this opportunity to shop, swap, and support sustainability!
Thursday, April 24th, 2025
Virtual Fashion Sustainability Panel
Fashion's Breaking Point: Uniting for a Sustainable Future
An Earth Month virtual panel discussion on sustainable fashion, hosted during Eco Fashion Week as part of EcoFW’s Behind The Seams Panel Discussion benefitting three non-profit organizations.
Panliests coming soon
TIME:
1pm-2pm PST/MST
3pm-4pm CT
4pm-5pm EST
LOCATION: VIRTUAL
Thursday, April 24th, 2025
Behind The Seams
Concept to Carbon Neutral
TIME: 6pm
LOCATION: Connect in person at FABRIC or watch online on YouTube
Join Us for FABRIC’s Free Monthly Behind the Seams Event Featuring Tony Giroti!
In collaboration with EcoStance, FABRIC Incubator is the first NetZero Sustainability Accelerator designed for apparel, fashion, and e-commerce brands.
Discover how to make your brand carbon neutral and sustainable with Tony Giroti, founder of EcoStance.
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights, accelerate your sustainability journey, and future-proof your brand.
This event is made possible by The City of Tempe's Wavemaker Grant.
Saturday, April 26th, 2025
En Pointe: High Tea & Couture Reimagined
Fundraiser collaboration between Ballet Arizona and FABRIC
TIME: 2:00PM-5:30PM
LOCATION: Private Residence, Paradise Valley, AZ
TICKETS: Starting at $150
Join Ballet Arizona and FABRIC for an elegant afternoon celebrating sustainable fashion and artistry during Eco Fashion Week. Witness Ballet Arizona costumes transformed into stunning couture by local designers, showcased in a salon-style high tea setting. Enjoy an exclusive VIP shopping experience, delectable treats, a silent auction, and inspiring stories behind each upcycled masterpiece. Proceeds benefit Ballet Arizona and FABRIC.
Reserve your spot for this one-of-a-kind fundraiser celebrating creativity and sustainability!
WHO MADE MY CLOTHES?
EcoFW was inspired by the efforts of Fashion Revolution and every year we encourage our community to join the revolution and ask #WhoMadeMyClothes.
Fashion Revolution was founded in the wake of the Rana Plaza disaster in 2013. Since then, they have grown to become the world’s largest fashion activism movement, mobilizing citizens, brands and policymakers through research, education, and advocacy.
Learn more on www.FashionRevolution.org
Thank you to our Eco Fashion Week 2024 Sponsors
