Ahista Stories Live: Fashion Illustration - Art of Slow Fashion

Examine how sketching, sampling and trend cycles in fashion contribute to waste long before a garment is made.

While many sustainability conversations focus on consumption, this workshop shifts attention upstream. Challenging overproduction at its source - the design process - participants will examine how sketching, sampling and trend cycles in fashion contribute to waste long before a garment is made.

Facilitator: Limma Ali has over a decade of experience in the luxury fashion industry, venturing into the art world in 2020 and showcasing themes such as cultural identity, social justice and personal expression. In November 2025, she launched her own jewellery brand inspired by her South Asian Heritage, Ataro Jewellery.

Age: 16+
Level: Beginner

Please arrive 10 minutes early to ensure a prompt start. Latecomers may be denied entry and their tickets offered to our waiting list.

This workshop is a part of the Ahista Stories Live, London's only South Asian sustainable fashion festival - click here to find out more.

About Ahista Stories:

Ahista Stories is a community-led platform building a fairer fashion system and celebrating South Asian textile artistry. Through our annual festival, workshops, panel discussions and digital content, we work at the intersection of fashion, labour rights and climate justice - insisting that the fashion system must change.

Follow @ahista.stories for updates about Ahista Stories Live and future events.

‘Ahista’ means slow in Urdu, an official language in Pakistan and India. For us, slowness means advocating for mindful, maker-led production of fashion; fair labour; and conscious consumption in the face of ever-faster trend cycles and overproduction.

Contact: If you have any questions regarding this event, please email programming@stmargaretshouse.org.uk

Venue: The Cabin at St Margaret’s House, 21 Old Ford Road — E2 9PL

Access: If you have any access needs of which we should be aware, please get in touch with us on 020 8980 2092 or email programming@stmargaretshouse.org.uk.

Date: Sunday 18th October

Time: 1.15-2.45pm

Tickets:

Workshop:

• Pay Less (covers some of our costs) – I am a student, unemployed, on benefits or financially stressed - £6
• Standard (covers most of our costs) – I am employed, have some expendable income, and manage to meet my basic needs - £10
• Pay it Forward (covers all of our costs and supports our work) – I am employed or have enough savings to comfortably meet my basic needs - £14

Workshop + General Admission:

• Pay Less (covers some of our costs) – I am a student, unemployed, on benefits or financially stressed - £10
• Standard (covers most of our costs) – I am employed, have some expendable income, and manage to meet my basic needs - £18
• Pay it Forward (covers all of our costs and supports our work) – I am employed or have enough savings to comfortably meet my basic needs - £26