The 9-Day Sustainable Fashion Week Returns To Chicago
Save The Date: September 27-October 5, 2025
Providing Ethical, Environmental, & Educational Fashion Opportunities

SFW Chicago
Meet The Founder & Chairwoman
Macaila Britton is the SFW Chicago Founder and Chairwoman. She wanted to bring more sustainable fashion opportunities to her home state and bring communities together to champion change in the USA.
SFW Chicago is building a team — stay tuned!
Programming
SFW Chicago offers year-round programming serving the Chicago and greater Illinois communities while leading up to its annual 9-day flagship event, Sustainable Fashion Week.
Partners
The SFW Hub Chicago wouldn’t be possible without the support of the community and partners. SFW Chicago is presented by Sustainable Business Guide. SFW Chicago is tax-exempt and fiscally sponsored by Urban Rivers.
About SFW Chicago
What Is Sustainable Fashion Week Chicago?
Sustainable Fashion Week Chicago provides year-round ethical, environmental, and educational fashion programming, leading up to its annual 9-day Sustainable Fashion Week event which unites people, neighborhoods, and industries to reimagine fashion.
Sustainable Fashion Week is deeply grateful to Urban Rivers for their generous fiscal sponsorship. Their support has been instrumental in bringing SFW Chicago’s vision of promoting sustainable practices within the fashion industry to life. Together, this partnership proves the ability to make strides toward a more sustainable future, demonstrating the powerful impact of collaboration across different sectors toward our shared goal of supporting and protecting people, the planet, and its resources so communities can live vibrantly, expressively, and wonderfully.
SFW Chicago’s Mission
SFW Chicago’s mission is to provide sustainable information, resources, and events for Chicago and the wider Illinois community to understand how we can wear, appreciate, and work in fashion with minimal planetary impact. SFW Chicago is a voice and outlet for sustainable designers, buyers, writers, scientists, advocates, professionals, eco-enthusiasts, and everyone in between.
Values
Sustainable Fashion Week Chicago is formed around eight major pillars of sustainable fashion:
- Reduce
- Reuse
- Recycle
- Re-wear
- Repair
- Regenerate
- Resell
- Reimagine
Additionally, SFW Chicago values and practices accessibility, authenticity, transparency, traceability, inclusivity, and efficiency. SFW Chicago prioritizes creating and being a safe, equal, and just resource and pillar of the community where all can contribute and feel welcome.
Acknowledgement & Accredidation
Sustainable Fashion Week Chicago Tax Eligibility
Sustainable Fashion Week Chicago is eligible for tax-exempt status through its fiscal sponsorship with Urban Rivers, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Donate here!
Sustainable Fashion Week is deeply grateful to Urban Rivers for their generous fiscal sponsorship. Their support has been instrumental in bringing SFW Chicago’s vision of promoting sustainable practices within the fashion industry to life. Together, this partnership proves the ability to make strides toward a more sustainable future, demonstrating the powerful impact of collaboration across different sectors toward our shared goal of supporting and protecting people, the planet, and its resources so communities can live vibrantly, expressively, and wonderfully.
Local & Global Priority
Notably, Sustainable Fashion Week Chicago is committed to adhering to and furthering the progress of The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainable Fashion Week Chicago is a part of the global Sustainable Fashion Week programming. It’s a sister organization to SFW Atlanta, US, and UK. SFW Chicago is operated by Sustainable Business Guide.