Lynda Grose cofounded ESPRIT’s ecollection line, which was the first ecologically responsible clothing line developed by a major corporation and set pioneering standards for the textile industry.

As a practicing designer, consultant, and educator, Lynda has worked with clients ranging from artisans and farmers to nonprofits and clothing companies, including UNDP, The Sustainable Cotton Project, Aid to Artisans, Gap Inc, Market Place India, Patagonia, Green Peace, 13-mile Farm, and Shayan Craft Center, to name a few.

Lynda’s articles have appeared in a number of publications: International Textiles to Pesticide Action Networks journal to Pesticides News. She is a frequent speaker at trade conferences, corporate offices. and universities.

She is currently coauthoring the book Sustainable Fashion Design Incubator with Dr. Kate Fletcher (forthcoming from Laurence King Publishing Co., United Kingdom), which connects ecological theory to fashion practice and showcases a new aesthetic that emerges when sustainability values are embraced as a core design directive.

Identified in 2008 by London's Financial Times as one of the "green power brokers," Lynda currently serves as assistant professor in CCA’s Fashion Design Program. She developed curricula for CCA’s Sustainable Fashion Design in 1999 and teaches Sustainable Fashion Design, as well as Introduction to Knitwear.

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.

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Assistant Professor, Fashion Design

BA, Kingston University, London

Contact: lgrose@cca.edu