You deeply care about the environmental impact of the textile industry?

Whether you are a teacher, an academic coordinator, or a deeply engaged student, we invite you to join us for a 2-hour immersive visit at our space in Montreal’s Chabanel District.

Why

At Core Fabrics, we see today’s students as the next generation shaping new practices. We strongly believe in building bridges with them to nurture their creative potential and drive the meaningful, sustainable changes our textile and fashion industries need.

What to Expect During Your Visit

During this 2-hour immersive session, students are invited to explore the realities of building a more responsible fashion industry, beyond theory. Through concrete examples like deadstock textiles, eco-design principles, and sourcing strategies, they gain a deeper understanding of what it truly takes to create with intention.

Guided by Lise-Marie Cayer, a fashion designer trained at l’École de mode du Cégep Marie-Victorin, entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in the local fashion industry, and now leading Business Development at Core Fabrics, students benefit from a grounded, real-world perspective.

This session connects creativity with the realities of production, helping students understand how to design responsibly while navigating constraints, making informed choices, and contributing to a more sustainable future for fashion.

Learning Objectives

  • Raise awareness of sustainability challenges within the fashion industry
  • Understand the creative and environmental potential of deadstock textiles
  • Discover practical eco-design approaches
  • Highlight the tangible impact the next generation of designers can have on the industry

What the Visit Looks Like

Phase 1 — Inside Core Fabrics
30 minutes

Welcome and introduction with students and teachers — 10 min

Tour of Core Fabrics offices: purchasing, marketing, and our showroom dedicated to designers and fashion brands — 10 min

Visit of our sister company, Closet Core Patterns, an online platform specializing in sewing patterns — 10 min

Overview of each department’s role and processes
Q&A session — 5 min

Phase 2 — Behind the Scenes
From 1h to 1h30

Visit of our warehouse, where our eco-responsible fabrics and deadstock textiles are stored

  • Understanding deadstock: where it comes from and how it can be used at scale
  • Introduction to our Textile Buyback Program (60,000+ metres revalorized since 2024)
  • Introduction to Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and the impact of design decisions
    Discussion on greenwashing — learning to distinguish real efforts from misleading claims
  • Overview of the FTA Design Toolkit to support more sustainable practices
  • How Core Fabrics supports designers through hands-on guidance through the Design tool kit.
  • Discover the mission of organizations and companies actively driving better practices, including FTA (CCTC), Testex, the Global Recycled Standard, World Circular Textiles Day, Fashion Revolution and more.

Open discussion and Q&A
Time to explore and shop deadstock remnants at accessible prices (payment accepted: Visa or Cash)
Guidance from Lise-Marie to help assess fabric needs (meterage) and select appropriate textiles based on project requirements

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Core Fabrics is proud to support independent fashion designers and small textile-based businesses.

Our Wholesale program was specifically created to meet the needs of these entrepreneurs, with low minimums, a transparent and autonomous online platform, and a level of personalized service that is hard to match.

This entrepreneur — this future industry professional — is you in a few years.

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