Research Centres
BFTT works in close collaboration with specialist research centres in sustainable fashion and circular design, materials science and textiles manufacturing. The centres are based at the partner universities.
![A female model in a long dress, walking alongside a stoned wall](https://bftt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Dress-of-Our-Times_Helen-Storey-Dress.jpg)
Centre for Sustainable Fashion
UAL | London College of Fashion
![A material map of linen viscose glass corn bamboo and sand](https://bftt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Material-Map_1.jpg)
Centre for Circular Design
UAL | Chelsea College of Arts
![A yellow fruit is cut in half and contents are bring explored by a worker](https://bftt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/DME_3_Unsp.jpg)
Division of Materials Engineering
Queen Mary University of London
![A male worker is looking at a stack of newly woven fabric in a mill](https://bftt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CIS_1_Unsp.jpg)
Centre for Industrial Sustainability
University of Cambridge
![A range of materials are shown such as a piece of string, a soap which has Leeds embossed into it and few stones](https://bftt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SMRG_2_UAL.jpg)
Sustainable Materials Research Group
University of Leeds
![Female model walking in a park](https://bftt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Fashion-Business-Research-Centre.jpg)
Fashion Business Research Centre
UAL | London College of Fashion
![Digital Anthropology Lab logo](https://bftt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DAL-600x530.png)
Digital Anthropology Lab
UAL | London College of Fashion
![Woven fabric of conductive yarn is being explored by researchers using technology such as arduino devices](https://bftt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/TFRC_2_UAL.jpg)
Textile Futures Research Community
UAL | Central Saint Martins
![A white fabric is shown in close up detail with](https://bftt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/TDRG.jpg)
Textile Design Research Group
Loughborough University
![A picture is shown with fine details of repeated patterns which almost look like pheasant's feathers interwoven into each other in shades of brown colour](https://bftt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/DOA_3_Unsp.jpg)
Department of Anthropology
University College London
![Collection of mosaic tiles with geometric shapes in red yellow and black colours](https://bftt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/vari_projects_updated-600x530.jpg)
The V&A Research Institute (VARI)
The Victoria & Albert Museum