I worked with John thirty years ago to develop post consumer recycled yarns for ESPRIT's ecollection, which were then adopted into ESPRIT's mainline through the Blue Planet program.  

Our partnership with John helped place ESPRIT at the forefront of design-lead sustainability in the fashion industry, and provided me with a nuanced understanding of recycling, which I now pass on to clients and students on a daily basis.

I can't recommend John highly enough and wish him and his new business all the success it deserves.

Professor, Chair Fashion Design, California College of the Arts
Co-founder: ESPRIT ecollection
Co-author:  Fashion and Sustainability: Design for Change
Co-founder: Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion 

I am pleased to be able to write a testimonial for Dr. John Parkinson. We are currently developing a project together, provisionally entitled "Shoddy Baron", drawing on John's personal family experiences of the "shoddy" trade, as owners of a once thriving business. We are hoping to create a community play in the Batley/Dewsbury area to coincide with John's ambition to create a new company in the area, called iinouiio. We have been in conversation with Creative Scene who are an Arts Council People and Places organisation developing the arts in the area. We are also hoping to develop the project with the Woven Festival, specialising in celebrating the textile trades. I have found John to be an enthusiastic, efficient, reliable and honest person in his dealings with myself and other organisations.

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