PREVIOUS EDITONS
Explore past editions of the Next Gen Assembly, where talented students and young professionals have come together to share ideas, engage with industry leaders, and contribute their voices to the future of fashion.
through THE YEARS
Each year, Next Gen Assembly explores a central theme shaping the future of fashion. Through collaboration, dialogue, and industry engagement, participants develop perspectives and ideas that contribute to ongoing conversations within the sector. Explore previous editions and the themes that have guided the Assembly’s work:
- 2025 — How Can Fashion Value the Rights of Nature?
- 2024 — How Can Fashion Value Economies of Wellbeing?
- 2023 — Interwoven: Fashion Storytelling in the Time of a Climate Crisis
NEXT GEN voices
A collection of editorials and contributions from previous editions of the Next Gen Assembly.
Next Gen Reflections: The Language of Enough
How the ‘words’ fashion uses shape what we desire, and what we keep.
Next Gen Reflections: Place-Based Innovation for Decolonial Textile Futures
This article is a contribution from Next Gen Assembly 2025 Member Vibhuti Amin and opinions expressed do not represent the views of Global Fashion Agenda nor those of its Partners.
Next Gen Reflections: What’s Missing From Current EPR Frameworks
Next Gen Assembly 2025 Member Elise Dauterive analyzes current EPR frameworks.
Next Gen Reflections: Rethinking Sustainability Investment
This article is a contribution from Next Gen Assembly 2024 Member, Tanya Singh.
Next Gen Reflections: Can Social Enterprises Bridge the Sustainable Development Gap?
This article is a contribution from Next Gen Assembly 2024 Member, Harry Vine.
Next Gen Reflections: Empathy as a Fundamental Act
This article is a contribution from Next Gen Assembly 2024 Member Maisie Porter.
Next Gen Reflections: Got Resilience?
This article is a contribution from Next Gen Assembly 2024 Member, Aerielle Rojas.
Next Gen Reflections: The Power of Alternative Sustainability Engagement
This article is a contribution from Next Gen Assembly 2024 Member, Hannah Lauren Riley.
Next Gen Reflections: What Happens to Fashion Workers' Rights When the Spotlight Fades?
We’ve seen the headlines. Tweets calling out unpaid wages. Stories that make the rounds, stir outrage, then disappear.
Next Gen Reflections: Where Do We Start?
2024’s Next Gen Assembly ask the question: how do we centre wellbeing into the fashion economy?
Next Gen: What Can Fashion Learn From Nature - A Journey Through the Nutrient Cycle
This article is a contribution from Next Gen Assembly 2023 Members, Kaja Grujic and Clara Tomé.
Next Gen: Do We Really Love Fashion?
Next Gen Assembly member Jesse reflects on our existing consumption-centred relationship with fashion and questions the idea of love that’s present in it
Next Gen: Education as a Tool for Action
This article is a contribution from Next Gen Assembly 2023 Members, Ikeoluwa Adebisi and Indira Varma.
Next Gen Assembly 2025 Manifesto
The Next Gen Assembly 2025 Manifesto is shaped by talented students and young professionals from across the globe. United by a shared goal to advocate for the rights of nature and call for radical, systemic change.
The 2024 Next Gen Assembly: Wellbeing Spiral Playbook
he 2024 Next Gen Assembly: Wellbeing Spiral Playbook is a resource created by the 2024 Next Gen Assembly cohort. Centred on the theme of ‘Economies of Wellbeing’, it explores alternative models and diverse economic values within the fashion ecosystem
Next Gen Manifesto
2023 Next Gen Assembly Members Manifesto covering storytelling for a transformative change in the fashion system.
MEET THE alumni
Participants of Next Gen Assembly 2023–2025
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“When you give us the opportunity not just to be observers but to participate actively in the conversations and create something, you are pushing us to develop and evolve as storytellers, creators or speakers, and that is essential.” Next Gen Assembly Member 2023
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“Next Gen Assembly was absolutely a life changing event. The entire experience helped in re-shaping my perspective on the fashion industry.” Next Gen Assembly Member 2023
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“My biggest highlight of the Next Gen Assembly was the industry roundtable. Before, I couldn’t imagine a place where you had some of the biggest names in the industry sit next to you and think of you as not just someone who’s really young, just starting out, but as someone who’s an equal voice, and who has something to say.” Next Gen Assembly Member 2024
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“What I’ve learned through Next Gen Assembly in terms of community has changed my perspective. I want to go back and do that same community for people back home. When we have a space to fully share our ideas and experiences, we have the feeling that we’re not alone on this journey.” Next Gen Assembly Member 2024
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“Through Next Gen Assembly, I’ve gained clarity, courage, and a community of like-minded people who inspire me every day! It has affirmed my belief that meaningful change in fashion is possible when we work toward it collectively, and I cannot wait to continue our journeys together.” Next Gen Assembly Member 2025
Sanya Singh
Sanya Singh
2025
Mel Corchado
Mel Corchado
2025
Thu Le
Thu Le
2025
Bronte Contador-Kelsall
Bronte Contador-Kelsall
2025
Vibhuti Amin
Vibhuti Amin
2025
Rory Frost
Rory Frost
2025
Maya Caine
Maya Caine
2025
Elise Giselle Dauterive
Elise Giselle Dauterive
2025
Aerielle Rojas
Aerielle Rojas
2024
Ana Sofía Vargas
Ana Sofía Vargas
2024
Harry Vine
Harry Vine
2024
Maisie Porter
Maisie Porter
2024
Tanya Singh
Tanya Singh
2024
Hannah Lauren Riley
Hannah Lauren Riley
2024
Priydarshini Gouthi
Priydarshini Gouthi
2024
Joy Obiageri Dimgbah
Joy Obiageri Dimgbah
2024
Prakriti Choubey
Prakriti Choubey
2023
Indira Varma
Indira Varma
Fashion & Textiles Designer
Kaja Grujic
Kaja Grujic
2023
Ikeoluwa Adebisi
Ikeoluwa Adebisi
2023
Sanjana Pimoli
Sanjana Pimoli
2023
Clara Tomé
Clara Tomé
2023
Jesse Madriaga
Jesse Madriaga
2023
