Lynda Grose

Lynda Grose has been in the fashion industry for 25 years. For most of her career, she has been actively engaged in designing and researching socially and environmentally advanced clothing and textiles. After receiving an honors degree in Fashion Design from Kingston University in London in 1981, Lynda began working as a fashion designer in London and then New York. She started to merge her artistic and commercial skills with a concern for the environment in 1990 when she co-founded Esprit's Ecollection, a five-year research and development project which helped establish pioneering environmental standards for the clothing industry. Now an independent designer, consultant and educator, Lynda works with clients ranging from artisans and farmers to non-profits and clothing companies. These include The Sustainable Cotton Project, Aid to Artisans, Gap Inc, Patagonia, Green Peace, 13-mile Farm, and Shayan Craft center. She is senior adjunct professor at California College of the Arts in San Francisco where she has developed curricula for Intro to Knitwear and sustainable fashion design. In 2007, London Financial times identified Lynda as one of its 'green power brokers'. Lynda sees environmental and social issues as a starting point for innovation and design as a service to help give form to a sustainable society.