For many in the sustainable fashion community, UK based author, consultant, artist and teacher Kate Fletcher represents a breath of fresh air, a sounding board for a broken but evolving fashion system and a beacon of light for the fashion innovators who work within it. Kate’s pioneering work in the field, which ranges from developing “slow fashion” ideas and practice to worldwide sustainability projects, including Local Wisdom and the publication of two well-received books on sustainable fashion (Fashion and Sustainability: Design for Change, and Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys).

EcoSalon has said that Kate’s books take a look “at the entire fashion system and how to incorporate the consumer,” and perhaps that is what has pulled fashion and academia together. One should note that she was also a pioneer for consumer education taking a front seat. This is of course popular fodder for many conversations in 2014 and is just as relevant as when Fletcher introduced it well before her first book debuted in 2008.

Now, the founder of the design for sustainability consultancy Slow Fashion where she works with companies, educational establishments and non-governmental organizations to foster change towards sustainability, she is also a recognized and inspirational speaker. She also lives in the country outside of London where one might question (as I have of her), whether being out of a city and surrounded by less clutter and people can actually help the brain to focus more, encourage individual thought and foster creativity.

I caught up with Kate via email- here’s what she had to say…

Read the entire article on the Brooklyn Fashion+Design Accelerator blog.