Laura Washington

Laura Washington, Panelist and Head of Fashion Design Studio NSW TAFE, and Course Instructor at the Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Fashion and Textiles.

Laura Washington is currently the course lead for the Bachelor of Fashion Design and the Head of School at the Fashion Design Studio, Tafe NSW. She was instrumental in developing and writing the degree; at its core are sustainable design strategies and considerations that cross the spectrum of social, ethical and economic sustainable fashion issues .
This knowledge of sustainable education practise coupled with working in industry as a designer, and lecturing in both the vocational and higher education spaces over the last two decades, lends to a firm knowledge of the  importance of sustainable considerations in both industry and education.
Laura is resuming her masters in Cross Disciplinary Art and Design in 2023 after completing 4 subjects and having a hiatus to focus on her family.  Her masters direction  will undoubtedly be the marriage between sustainability and innovative design solutions with  a clear vision of an ethical future within fashion and textiles, and design more broadly.