Save the date! The West Virginia Sustainable Fashion Show returns to Lewisburg on April 26, 2025.









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The West Virginia Sustainable Fashion Show (previously known as Earth Day Fashion Forward) is an annual runway show that celebrates sustainability in the fashion industry and features the work of local and regional designers. It will return to the Lewis Theater in Lewisburg, WV, on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at 3 p.m.
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The show promotes eco-friendly fashion by creators who repurpose existing fabrics and materials, and designers making clothing and looks from sustainable, non-polluting textiles, and processes.
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The official theme for the show this year is "Foraging" -- a beloved tradition in our great Appalachian forests. We are bringing the concept to fashion, showcasing unique and sustainable designs and accessories that can be created from materials found secondhand or in nature. Read more about the "Foraging" theme here.​
Professional and amateur fashion designers are encouraged to enter. In addition to the runway fashion show, the event features a musical performance, a silent auction, and a feast of bubbly and bites. Designers will be awarded in several categories, and the best-dressed guest will receive a prize.
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See highlights from last year's fashion show here.
Show Director Diane Browning said, “I’m thrilled to announce we’ll have a national leader in sustainable fashion as our keynote speaker. Lynda Grose is a sustainable fashion professor at the California School of Art and ​​co-author of the book "Fashion and Sustainability: Design for Change. She pioneered sustainable fashion standards as the designer for Esprit's Ecollection.”​​
Join us at the Greenbrier Valley Visitors Center in April for a month-long exhibit of sustainable eco-friendly textile processes. Explore innovative and traditional practices and business models that empower makers to achieve success in the fashion industry.
The West Virginia Sustainable Fashion Show is sponsored by the Greenbrier County Democratic Women’s Club as a fundraiser for their Blue Skies Ahead get-out-the-vote campaign.
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Get involved! Enter as a contestant. | Sponsor the show. | Buy tickets.
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