Since 2000, I work as a freelance fashion designer for my own label and individual projects within areas such as fashion
systems mapping and systems concept creation, design, sample development, and production supervision.
Jun 2nd - 9th 2023 Sent with Love, exhibition Plate Product Lifetimes and the Environment Conference. Espoo, FI, 31 May – 6 June 2023 Espoo: Aalto University.
Jul - Nov 2022 Sent with Love, exhibition Craft Sustained at The Hub, Sleaford UK
Feb 2020 Walking Distance - Fashion On a Different Route, exhibition at Centrala Gallery, Birmingham UK
Jun 2019 launch otherways[project], circular unisex label
Feb + Mar 2018 participation Circular Fashion Games, Eindhoven & Amsterdam NL
Apr 2010 - 2015 pigschick, inclusive knit- and beachwear label
Feb 2005 fashion show, presenting own collection, Berlin GER
Mar 2004 fashion show on the occasion of IKEA Roomwear press conference, Hamburg GER
Mar 2004 fashion show, presenting sabine lettmann, Berlin GER
Jan + Aug 2002 Who's Next, presenting sabine lettmann, Paris FR
Feb 2002 fashion show Future. Now! under patronage of Vivienne Westwood, graduate collection presentation, Hanover GER
Aug 2000 - 2015 sabine lettmann, knit- and womenswear label
otherways[project], circular unisex collection concept. Photography: ©Asia Werbel. Models: Maena/Body London & Aldo H.
Since 2011, I work as a freelance Creative Consultant in the fashion and textiles sector to support individuals, businesses and educational institutions in developing systemic change towards aligning design practices with regenerative and local fashion systems. My consultancy comprises a range of services including
- designing circular fashion products and systems
- sustainable business model design
- systems mapping and synthesis
- systems oriented sustainability education and training (lectures, workshops, upskilling, curriculum and short course development)
Nov 2020 - present Enactus Student Advisor, Birmingham City University, UK
2019 Co-organisation SH:IFT (Students Happening Influencing Fashion and Textiles) student conference,
Birmingham City University UK
2016 Co-development WOW Magazin GER
2005 - 2010 Press Assistant, then Head of Press Showroom, JOOP! GmbH
Hamburg GER
Jul 2022 - ongoing, Module Leader MA Sustainable Fashion, Falmouth University, UK.
Feb 2026 - ongoing, Senior Lecturer MA Fashion Design, Birmingham City University, UK.
Apr 2019 - May 2026, Senior Lecturer BA Fashion Design, Birmingham City University, UK.
Oct 2015 - ongoing, Visiting Lecturer: Westminster University UK; Athens University of Economics and Business GR; Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design UKR; Middlesex University London UK; Copenhagen School of Design and Technology DK; Birmingham City University UK; Akademie JAK Hamburg GER; Vitruvius Hochschule Leipzig GER.
External Examiner Roles:
2021 - 2025 BA (Hons) Costume Design and Making, Buckinghamshire University, UK.
Dec 2021 BA (Hons) Fashion and Costume Design with Sustainable Practice, Stage 2 validation panel, Blackpool and The Fylde College, UK.
Feb 2022 BA (Hons) Fashion Design and BA (Hons) Costume Design for Film and Television, reapproval panels, Falmouth University, UK.
Oct 2025 Place Identity and Creative Placemaking - the potential of circular fashion practices. Old Printworks, Sustainable Fashion Week,
Birmingham, UK.
Oct 2024 Closing the Loop - Applying Systems Thinking to Reimagine a Local Fashion Design Practice. Old Printworks, Sustainable Fashion Week, Birmingham, UK.
Apr 2024 Fashion out of sync: how to reimagine fashion practice through the lens of systems thinking. International Upcycling Festival. Leicester, UK, 12 April 2024. Leicester: LCB Depot.
Sep 2019 otherways[project]. Sustainability through Cross Border Circular Economy. Erasmus+ Project. Gothenborg, SE, 9 September 2019.
Sep 2018 The Appearance of Fashion Influencers. GRUR Annual Conference, German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property. Berlin, GER, 28 September 2018.
Nov 2018 Beyond Aesthetics. SH:IFT student conference launch. Birmingham, UK, 20 November 2018. Birmingham: Birmingham City University.
2015/16 Costume Assistant at Hamburg State Opera / Hamburg Ballet:
Turangalîla, choreographer: John Neumeier / costume: Albert Kriemler, Akris
La Passione, direction: Romeo Castellucci / costume: Romeo Castellucci
Das stille Meer, direction: Oriza Hirata / costume: Aya Masakanene
Eleonora Duse, choreographer: John Neumeier / costume: John Neumeier
Peer Gynt, choreographer: John Neumeier / costume: Jürgen Rose
La Bianca Notte, direction: Ramin Gray / costume: Janina Brinkmann
La Fanciulla del West, direction: Vincent Boussard
/ costume: Christian Lacroix
2014 Costume Assistant movie Boy 7, direction: Özgür Yildirim / costume: Christine Zahn