Lynda Grose

Lynda Grose has been actively engaged in designing and researching socially and environmentally advanced clothing and textiles for the past 13 years. After receiving a fashion design honors degree from Kingston University in London in 1981, Lynda began a career in fashion design.

In 1988 she joined Esprit as a sweater designer and became head designer for Esprit Collection in 1989. Ten years after starting her career, she began to merge her artistic and commercial skills with her concern for the environment. In 1990 she cofounded Esprit's Ecollection division, a five–year research and development project that helped establish pioneering environmental standards for the clothing industry.

Now an independent designer with a focus on sustainability, Lynda works with companies and organizations around the world, including Aid to Artisans, The Sustainable Cotton Project, IKEA, Patagonia, Aveda, Odwalla, Greenpeace, 13–mile Farm, Marketplace India, and USDA. She also has launched a socially responsible children's sweater line, SimpleLife Kids, marketed in the United States.

Lynda is a founding steering committee member for the Organic Trade Associations Organic Fiber Council. Today she teaches sustainable fashion design at CCA and is a guest lecturer at Haas School of Business, Berkeley; Stanford University, Palo Alto; San Francisco State University; Academy of Art University; Central Saint Martins, London; and Royal College of Art, London.