​What upcoming EU textile rules may mean for the people designing and developing the fashion product

​A free webinar for fashion product developers, technical designers, garment technologists and product-side professionals working with brands selling into the EU.

​Want to understand what it is and how it applies to you?

​Want to know what opportunities lie within regulation-aware product development?

​Well, this webinar is exactly about that.

​EU textile regulation is no longer only a topic for founders, lawyers or sustainability teams.

​More and more of it is starting to touch the product itself - how it is designed, what materials are chosen, what suppliers can prove, what goes into the tech pack, what claims can be supported, and what product data may need to be available later.

​For product developers, this creates a new kind of pressure.

​This webinar will walk you through how upcoming EU textile regulations may affect product development work in practice - without turning it into a legal lecture.

​We will look at what topics like ESPR, Digital Product Passport and related textile regulation changes may mean for the day-to-day work of product developers and technical specialists.

​The focus will be on the product development process: where these changes touch design and development decisions, what questions may become more important, what clients may start expecting from you, and how to start thinking about regulation-aware product development before it becomes an urgent client request.

​This webinar is for you if you are:

• ​a freelance apparel product developer;

• ​a apparel technical designer;

• ​a apparel garment technologist;

• ​a product development consultant;

• ​a sourcing or product-side specialist;

• ​working with fashion startups, small brands, growing brands or established brands selling into the EU;

• ​interested in how sustainability regulation may affect real product development decisions.

​This is not legal compliance training.

​It is a practical session for people who work with the product - the brief, the design direction, the materials, the construction, the suppliers, the tech pack, the sample, the claim and the client expectation.

​During the webinar, we will also introduce the upcoming Regulation-Aware Product Development course - a practical training programme created for product developers, technical designers, garment technologists and product-side professionals.

​Webinar attendees will be the first to hear the full details and will receive access to an early-bird price.

​Visit the upcoming programme website: https://nextstepoffashion.com/product-developers

​Join us if you want to understand what is coming and how it may affect the design and development decisions you already help make.