The Sustainability Transition Acceleration Hub is part of the EU-funded JUST FASHION project, of which European Fashion Alliance is a partner. The initiative supports European fashion (M)SMEs in advancing their sustainability transition and strengthening access to public and private funding opportunities.

The online programme offers tailored support for 6–12 selected fashion (M)SMEs through virtual workshops, one-to-one mentoring, investor matchmaking, and practical tools focused on sustainability, climate transition planning, and investment readiness. Particular emphasis is placed on innovative financing methods, including crowdfunding.

The call is open to fashion industry (M)SMEs headquartered in Europe, including companies at an early stage of their sustainability journey. Applications follow a two-stage process, beginning with an Expression of Interest (EOI), followed by a detailed application and virtual pitch session for shortlisted applicants.

Key Dates

• Submissions Close: 20.05.2026

• Shortlisted Applicants Announced: 03.06.2026

• Detailed Application & Pitch Session: 01.07.2026

• Final Selection Announcement: 31.07.2026

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted via the link: https://forms.office.com/e/9YeSqc4zua

Looking beyond garments, it focuses on the structures that make fashion possible, from supply chains and platforms to labour networks, trade routes, and ecological resources. Borrowed from logistics terminology, the title refers to what can be delivered, when, and to whom, prompting questions about what fashion promises, who benefits, and whose labour, lands, and lives sustain it.

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT?

In this webinar, we’ll present the most promising and relevant technologies that can help achieve circularity in fashion faster, easier, more effectively, and more economically. From impact measurement tools that enhance decision-making, over Digital Product Passports (DPP's) that enable transparency and circular flows, to more efficient production technologies and digital (re)sale tools. A new wave of solutions is reshaping how brands design, produce, distribute, use, and recover their products.

Join us as we walk through each of the six Close The Loop stages and highlight the innovations that can transform your processes. Reducing waste, extending product life, and unlocking circular business models.

You’ll leave with a clear overview of what technologies matter today, what’s coming next, and how your company can take its next step toward a truly circular fashion system.

Berlin Fashion Week is one of Europe’s key fashion platforms, held twice a year in Berlin and known for its strong focus on sustainability, emerging talent, and cultural diversity. The event brings together designers, brands, buyers, press, and creatives through a dynamic program of runway shows, presentations, installations, and panel discussions.

This season, Berlin Fashion Week returns from 02 – 05 July 2026 for the presentation of the SS 2027 collections, once again transforming the city into an international hub for fashion, creativity, and cultural exchange. Alongside established formats and brands, the official schedule highlights emerging designers and interdisciplinary concepts that reflect Berlin’s progressive and experimental spirit.

Beyond the runway, the program includes exhibitions, talks, networking events, and community-driven initiatives that connect fashion with art, technology, sustainability, and contemporary culture. 

Selected brands, formats, and platforms supported by the Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises (SenWEB) form the foundation of the official program and are complemented by a wide range of events from Berlin’s international creative scene.

The implementation and coordination of Berlin Fashion Week is carried out together with industry partners, including Fashion Council Germany.

METAMORPHOSIS – dialogues about change is a talk series by Fashion Council Germany powered by eBay and presented as part of Berlin Fashion Week. Bringing together international experts and voices from fashion, sustainability, culture, technology, and the circular economy, the platform creates space for interdisciplinary dialogue around the transformations shaping the future of fashion.

The fifth edition of METAMORPHOSIS will take place from 03 – 05 July 2026, daily from 1 PM to 6 PM, during Berlin Fashion Week SS27. Across three thematic days — Circularity & Sustainability, Innovation & Technology, and Creativity & Communication — the programme explores how fashion can rethink value, challenge existing systems, and build stronger connections between culture, creativity, business, and innovation.

METAMORPHOSIS approaches topics such as preloved systems, emerging technologies, storytelling, circular business models, and cultural change not as short-term trends, but as signals of a deeper industry transformation. By bringing together optimistic minds and critical voices from different disciplines, generations, and perspectives, the platform encourages open conversations about how fashion can evolve in a more responsible, collaborative, and future-oriented way.

Because change does not happen in isolation — it happens in dialogue.

Location, programme, and speakers will be announced shortly.

The first major international event for fashion in Romania is back for its Spring-Summer 2027 collection, taking place from October 14 to October 17 2026. 

For four consecutive days, the city hosts an extensive program of fashion shows, conferences and events, bringing together established and emerging brands, industry professionals, international buyers and press. Organized under the umbrella of the Council of Fashion Designers of Romania (CFDR), the event continues its mission to transform Bucharest into a regional hub for fashion, creativity and European cultural dialogue, bringing together regional and international professionals. 

This edition also hosts the second edition of the Next Generation contest in partnership with Polimoda, dedicated to promoting young talent and helping develop their educational path and creative development.

Mainstage Application Link : https://mbbfw.ro/form-application/

Next Generation Contest Application Link : https://mbbfw.ro/talentaward-application/