PRESS RELEASE
April 2023

Small but Perfectly Formed accelerator project showcases its research and development
programme developing circular and sustainable business models.
Small but Perfectly Formed recognises that small businesses can pave the way for systemicchange in the fashion industry. Small businesses are the foundations upon which wider solutions
across the industry can be introduced in a scalable and replicable manner that allows for longterm, sustainable change. They offer exciting, innovative solutions that can be replicated.
As part of the showcasing phase of the project until mid May 2023, Fashion Revolution OpenStudio is highlighting a programme of events, workshops and short videos designed to explain theresearch and development of each of these SME partnerships. The events will be happening
across Europe including Monkind in Berlin, Tizz & Tonic in Bremen, Ebony Seed in Cork, Jump theHedges in Belfast, One Essentials in London, and Wayz in Lisbon. Check out the programme via
Instagram on @fashionrevolutionopenstudio and discover innovative solutions for new businessmodels, from TheLoomapp.com, an app which connects customers to fashion designers who will
redesign items from their wardrobe, to Studio Sarmite with a palette of colours made from recycled
textile waste, and Wayz For Life, a shoe company putting repairs and renovation at the forefront oftheir business. All 28 SMEs taking part in the project can be seen at the Small but Perfectly
Formed website.
Dr Matthew Anderson, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Portsmouth said: "SMEs
working with the Small But Perfect accelerator programme are demonstrating that you don't haveto be big to make a big difference. Small But Perfect R&D projects are designed to support circularand sustainable innovation through product design, material testing and business modeldevelopment. These projects are showcasing new approaches to circularity and sustainability thatcan be replicated and scaled across the garment sector."
Tamsin Blanchard, special events curator, Fashion Revolution said, ‘For some of the businesses,
there has been a tangible outcome which is being integrated into their existing business and forothers it’s just the beginning of a new way of working that will ensure that their operations are fit
for purpose for a fashion industry that is setting a new agenda incorporating ideas around sharedeconomies, take back schemes, repairs, regenerative systems, extended producer responsibility
and connecting craft, nature, and industry.’

Please note, we have changed the name to Fashion Revolution Open Studio. The website is
now www.fashionrevolutionopenstudio.com | Instagram @fashionrevolutionopenstudioFashion Revolution Open Studio x Small but Perfect Showcase 2023
Programme of events
Thur-Sat April 20-22
13h-15h CET Berlin
MONKIND
Crellestr. 3-4 10827 Berlin, Germany
Upcycling and repair open studio session
Sat April 22
11-17h BST, London
Birdsong
Unit 9, The Makery, 79 Teviot St, London E14 6UJOpen Studio, workshop and panel discussion
14-18.00 CET Berlin
Co-Dressing
Rosenthaler Strasse, 40-41, 10178 Berlin (DE)9-12h CET, Brussels
Solostuecke
Magazijn Okazi (kringwinkel), Stadsheide 6 3500 Hasselt, Belgium
Speaking event and The Smartest Loop website launch
12-16.00 CET Bremen
Tizz & Tonic

Bremerhavener Str. 4128217 Bremen
Fashion Revolution Kick Off
Wed April 26
14.00 BST online
EDIS
Repairing and sewing workshop online with UMAMADE

Thurs-Fri April 27-28
10-17h BST
SMALL BUT PERFECT - CIRCULAR SOLUTIONS IN ACTION with The Sustainable Angle
Showcase at the Lab E20
Showcasing exhibitors:
Planet of the Grapes
ONE Essentials
EvamosoStudio Sarmite
Patchwork Family
LoomSaska London
Atlas of Sustainable Colours
Thurs April 27
13h BST
Documentary Screening: “Once There Were Rivers”
By Simone Simonoto, Founder of SICA Upcycling Design & Mahenaz Chowdhury, founder of Broqué

16h-17.30h BST
Materials Really Matter!
Workshop with Amanda Johnston, The Sustainable Angle
15.30-18.15h BST‘Fashion 2.0’ - making more from less,Presentation, David Leigh, founder and CEO of xyz.exchange and lecturer at UAL18.30-10h
Not just another buzzword : putting circularity into practice
ForumFri April 28
10h BST
Atlas of Sustainable Colours
Virtual Webinar
11:30am-13.30h BST
DIgital identities workshop with xyz.exchange
Fri April 28
Check out @tizzandtonic for times, Bremen
Tizz & Tonic
BremenFashion Revolution Pop-Up
Sun April 30
13h-16.30h CET, Berlin
SICA
SICA Studio 34 at Krossener Str. 34, Berlin
Cultural Sustainability Strategy and Replicability
Intro + workshop
Mon May 1
12 noon-1pm, Cork
Ebony Seed

5 St Patrick's Quay, Victorian Quarter, Cork, Ireland
Workshop with designers
TBCWayzAcatel
May
Time TBC, online
Jump the Hedges
Virtual studio tour & presentation on the Small But Perfect “Farm to Garment” projectTime TBC, online
Behen
Documentary - YouTube Premiere-ENDS
Notes to Editors
Small but Perfectly Formed is a project that will accelerate fashion SMEs to transition to circularand sustainable models. However, it recognises that small and medium size fashion enterprises
are working within a wider system and need more than acceleration; they need to be integrated
into a system that truly puts people and planet before profit.
The project was founded on the basis that without changing the system, we cannot expect
changes made, at any level, to be truly sustainable. Small but Perfectly Formed seeks to‘accelerate the accelerators’ by working alongside business support organisations such as fashion
weeks, fashion councils, industry bodies including manufacturing and textile associations,accelerators and incubators, hubs and studio spaces, fashion districts and financing/investment
schemes to embed circularity, social sustainability and environmental sustainability into theirbusiness support and showcasing initiatives.
Small but Perfectly Formed will ‘accelerate the policymakers’ by mapping the policy landscape thataffects sustainable and circular fashion SMEs, ensuring a lasting impact is made across theindustry from start to finish. Over its duration, the project will develop a network for SMEs making
this transition as well as organisations that support them such as business incubators andaccelerators to exchange knowledge, learnings and best practice to effect wider systemic change
in the fashion SME sector.
Small but Perfectly Formed is a 30 month (January 2021 - July 2023) collaborative project cofunded by the European Commission’s COSME programme. The consortium partners are: Athens
University of Economics and Business, World Fair Trade Organisation, Fair Trade Advocacy
Office, Bocconi University, Impact Hub Lisbon, We Love You Communications and Fashion
Revolution. The supporting partners are: Common Objective, University of Portsmouth and Neoynt.
Definitions
For the purposes of the project we define the following terms as:
SME
The category of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises consists of enterprises which:employ fewer than 250 persons and have either an annual turnover not exceeding EUR 50
million or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 43 million.
Meeting the staff headcount criterion is mandatory in order to be considered an SME.
However, an enterprise may choose to meet either the turnover or the balance sheet totalceiling. It does not need to satisfy both requirements and may exceed one of them without
impact on its SME status.
Source: European Commission

Transnational Partnership
Partnerships formed between SMEs from more than 1 COSME eligible country. EU
member states: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,Sweden. COSME associated countries: Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Iceland, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine andUnited Kingdom.
Projects
Business ideas for a product or service.
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