Circular Fashion Summit (CFS) is the world’s largest annual VR gathering in fashion. With partners from Kering, Unity, Unilever, and Vogue, CFS was born as a global collective action summit focusing on design, technology and sustainability to accelerate the transition of the fashion industry towards a digitized and connected circular economy. The first CFS VR edition debuted in October 2020 during Paris Fashion Week at the digital twin of Grand Palais—an iconic building home to memorable Chanel shows and part of the history of Paris—it successfully led the way of innovation for the fashion industry during the pandemic.

CFS 2020 garnered heads of five main fashion weeks, companies such as Chanel, LVMH, Ferragamo, The North Face, Balenciaga, and H&M, and generated more than 10 million impressions on social media. 

Supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030, this year's summit is taking place on 9—12 December 2021, running on lablaco’s circular fashion metaverse platform — SPIN, operated with its human-centric avatars, made with a global team of cross industry talent across four continents, at the digital twin of the historical Grand Palais Éphémère in Paris.

CFS 2021 will gather leaders of change from design, technology, and sustainability to share knowledge, but most importantly to ignite immediate action on three measurable goals, accelerating a digitized circular economy for fashion. The summit is a celebration of impactful design, evolutionary partnerships, and opportunities for the fashion industry to transition to a digitized circular economy. It’s a space to implement real solutions and make positive change happen collectively.

#CFS2021VR Theme: Redesigning Society

The focus of this year’s edition is Redesigning Society, highlighting the post-pandemic social evolution that is being reflected in the fashion industry. This includes accelerating digitization and circularity at scale. It also encompasses a range of solutions from upcycling, adaptive fashion, digital twins, and beyond, evolving the role of fashion as a force for good.


Find below everything you need to know about the Circular Fashion Summit 2021.

Where?
Circular Fashion Summit 2021 Will Take Place Inside the SPIN Metaverse

As part of lablaco’s mission to make digitized circular fashion a lifestyle, they have introduced a fashion metaverse platform, SPIN, an amplified and interactive interface for users to experience circular fashion business models across multi-realities powered by blockchain, where the summit will be operated. Attendees will be able to choose from various virtual reality experiences around topics such as art, culture and innovation, spearheaded by various experts of the fields.

The cyber sneakers brand RTFKT will also showcase the recently launched Clone X NFT avatar project - RTFKT x MURAKAMI at the networking area in front of virtual Eiffel Tower for attendees to experience and “meet” an NFT digital art piece for the first time. There will also be a selection of digital fashion garments provided by DressX for all summit attendees to try on avatars and create exclusive content inside the SPIN metaverse.

The global collective action summit is set in the exclusive NFT of the Grand Palais Éphémère co-owned by lablaco

As fashion events continue to enter the digital-only space, Circular Fashion Summit by lablaco is leading the fashion metaverse race. This year, CFS recreated it’s second French iconic building, the Grand Palais Éphémère as an interactive NFT, created and co-owned by lablaco. Circular Fashion Summit 2021 will be inaugurated with the grand opening ceremony that will include the Executive President of the Fédération de la Haute et de la Mode at Paris Fashion Week, Pascal Morand and the President of the Réunion des Musées Nationaux at Grand Palais, Chris Dercon.

More information and visuals of SPIN metaverse click HERE;
For Grand Palais Éphémère click HERE and HERE

How?
Enter Paris in the SPIN Metaverse Through Oculus VR Headsets Only With Circular Fashion Summit 2021

Each CFS attendee will join the SPIN Metaverse through their Oculus Quest 2 VR headset, included in the ticket, to attend panel talks, workshops, and meet CFS 2021 top ten impact design honorees and 15 innovative companies in design process, material, manufacturing, retail, and traceability and transparency. Once in the metaverse, everyone will be able to converse with attendees, companies, and panelists from around the world, with their own personalised avatars to reflect their unique identity. 

CFS also provides special tickets for people who already have, rented, or borrowed Oculus Quest 2 VR headsets. For more information click HERE

What?
Panels and Workshops — join live sessions in VR from any timezone you are

The four-day event will have industry leaders running four panels and three workshops on design, technology and sustainability, available to join at specific times of any time zone where attendees are located. Panels discussion including Inclusivity by Design; Digital Twins and Metaverse; IoT and Circularity; and the CFS goals achieved by catalysts.

On December 9, CFS 2021 will kick off with a grand opening panel and the keynote hosted by Marie- Claire Daveu, Chief Sustainability and Institutional Affairs Officer at Kering. CFS’ three main panels — Technology, Design and Sustainability, will be held everyday from 10—12 December, at 11:00am of any time zone where attendees are located.

This year, CFS also introduced a new format of workshops, providing attendees a more interactive content through topics in Innovation—Fashion’s new frontier: The Metaverse, Impact Design—Redesigning Society, and Investment—Funding Fashion Web3, which will take place everyday from 10—12 December, at 13:00 of any time zone where attendees are located.

To view full program, click HERE

Avatar Experience — IoDF Partners With CFS by lablaco to Bring Inclusivity and Diversity to the Fashion NFTs and Metaverse

This year, CFS released the exclusive partnership with IoDF (Institute of Digital Fashion) to advise and co-create a series of studies and applications for human representation of inclusivity and diversity in metaverse. With digital clothing continuing to make waves across the fashion industry, the two leaders in the emerging medium are partnering to explore the role of representation within the digital arena.

The first avatar and digital fashion drop - the “IoDF x CFS 0.1 collection”, a digital only VR capsule collection will be launched on the SPIN by lablaco platform, exclusive premiere for CFS 2021 VR attendees, for a true representative of human-being in the virtual world. The collection features fashion staples that traverse between loungewear and Met Gala, from a wool pinstripe suit and statement full length gown, to soft, drop-crotch trousers, a hype puffer jacket and embellished sunglasses.

“We face an exciting challenge to contribute to the burgeoning culture of virtual beings. The representation in the digital space of an individual is a massive point of flux where society, gender, age and communication are synthesised into a new kind of space. We want to help combine fashion with technology in this new space with the SPIN avatars.” — Matt Hermans, Head of XR and Founding Partner of lablaco

More information and visual assets please click HERE; Full diversity report HERE

Who?
Uniting Leaders From Luxury, Retail, to Digital Fashion and the Metaverse

Circular Fashion Summit 2021 has gathered more than 50 industry leaders in luxury, fashion, retail and technology companies to share knowledge and updated innovation towards the new era of fashion. 

Attendees will be able to join a number of panels, attend VR showcases where they can meet ten fashion Innovators and ten impact designers, and speak “in person” with other attendees in virtual reality through Oculus Quest 2 VR headsets included in the ticket. They’ll also be able to connect with industry leaders of, including companies such as Kering Group, Armani Privè, K11, Cholé, Zalando, RTFKT, Ruby 9100M, The Fabricant, Genies, DressX, Unity, Epic Games, and Vogue Singapore—companies who are leading the evolution towards a digitized circular fashion ecosystem.

To view full speakers list, click HERE

[Impact Design Hub supported by CLO]
Meet the 10 Impact Designers Who Are Redesigning Fashion

This year, Impact Design Hub is supported by CLO, the leading 3D fashion design software program creating virtual, true-to-life garment visualization with cutting-edge simulation technologies for fashion. The ten brands include Auroboros, Miss Sohee, Nous Étudions, untitlab, Joao Maraschin, TOMBOGO, Against Medical Advice, Tokyo James, GRACE LING, and Aleksandre Akhalkatsishvili, a curation lead by Alexia Planas Lee, Head of Impact Design and Innovation at CFS. The finalists are based globally—from London, to South Korea, to Argentina, to Nigeria. During the dates of the summit from 10—12 December, attendees will have 2 times slots everyday to visit and meet impact designers “in person” from 9:00-11:00 CET and 16:00-18:00 CET at the “CFS hubs” area. 

“The focus of this year’s Impact Design Hub is ‘Redesigning Society’. In line with our efforts to redesign the fashion industry system, shifting towards digitization and circular business models collectively, we put emphasis on brands that stood out for their unconventional and forward-thinking methods, evolving the role of fashion as a force for good. ” — Alexia Planas Lee

Each honoree will receive €100,000 in materials, manufacturing, consultancy, and mentorship from a global family of cross-industry partners, including KERING, that will be providing materials from the “material innovation lab”, ( the program includes an Oculus Quest2 headset, a subscription to 3D fashion software CLO, and 12 months premium subscription to lablaco's LPLUS). 

More information and visuals click HERE

[Innovation Hub supported by ACBC]
Meet the Cross-Industry Innovators Who Are Accelerating Fashion Towards Circularity

This year, Innovation Hub is supported by ACBC, the sustainable sneaker manufacturer based in Italy. Its ten innovators—from corporates to startups, including FibreTrace, EOS, Spinnova, Coloreel, Evolved by Nature, Material Experience Center (MEC), AltMat x Beyond Form, The Revival, DressX and Thrill Digital —will join the summit in a curated showcase of international cross-industry solutions. Since CFS is aware that change comes from having the means to experiment, the program highlights innovators who are experimenting with new ways to design, produce, communicate and sell. The program encourages collective action and collaborations, connecting innovators with the designers of the future (this year’s ten Impact Design Hub honorees) to create measurable and scalable change.

A new addition to this year’s summit’s edition is the CFS Gallery, an exclusive interactive area of 4 CFS corporate innovation partners—including Vogue Singapore, ISKO, Comfort by Unilever, and Kering Group (who is presenting the Kering Materials Innovation Lab, together with Fashion For Good)—will be showcasing 10 additional innovators and startups, to unite and join the 12 months program to reach the CFS goals collectively.


At these virtual booths of Innovation Hub and CFS Gallery, all attendees will have two times slots everyday from 10—12 December during the summit to visit and meet innovators “in person” (with avatars) from 9:00-11:00 CET and 16:00-18:00 CET at “CFS hubs” and “CFS Gallery” area, to explore and learn more about the ideas and story behind the innovation.  

“Kering is aiming at driving change within the fashion industry through innovation, and part of our sustainability roadmap is focused on this challenge. As we are thriving to innovate in a 360° approach, we have launched our ‘Circularity Ambition’ earlier this year, with the ambition to transform our business model deeply.”  said Marie-Claire Daveu, Kering Chief Sustainability and Institutional Affairs Officer. “Collaborating with groundbreaking new initiatives, such as the Circular Fashion Summit, help us sharing our best practices as well as sparking our imagination and inspiring us on the long run reaching out our 2025 target” she added.

More information and visuals click HERE

Vogue Singapore joins forces with Circular Fashion Summit as official Media Partner

At the forefront of fashion and innovation, Vogue Singapore partners with Circular Fashion Summit to continue affirming its position as the international media leading conversation in the Fashion Metaverse. During the summit, on 10th December, at 13:00 (any local time where attendees are), Vogue Singapore will host an Innovation Workshop titled 'Fashion’s New Frontier: The Metaverse' moderated by Editor-in-Chief, Norman Tan and will also showcase 12 covers representing Vogue Singapore's first year, at CFS' Gallery area. This special Media Collaboration will be to follow and support the 12 months journey of the CFS goals, with exclusive access and insights to the CFS hubs, where avant garde designers and innovators unite to accelerate the transition of the fashion industry to a digitized and connected circular economy. 

The CFS gallery, where VogueSingapore will be located in the digital space, sits in a tropical landscape featuring Singapore's national flower, the Orchid, as a nod to Singapore and also includes the exclusive digital garment made in collaboration with designer ANGEL CHEN. A digital shirt inspired by a fantasy jungle titled 'Magic Jungle' by Angel Chen will also be wearable by avatars in the SPIN metaverse platform in virtual reality, where Circular Fashion Summit is operated. 'Magic Jungle' represents the limitless possibilities of digital fashion while also presenting the Metaverse as a sustainable outlet for fashion with reduced environmental impact. Attendees can also meet Norman Tan, Editor in Chief at Vogue Singapore and Bettina von Schlippe, Publisher at Vogue Singapore between 10-12 December from 9:00-11:00 CET and 16:00-18:00 CET.

Get access to the full programme here.