2025 Showcase finalists
ABOUT TEX+
TEX+ is a career accelerator, connecting the next generation with textile industry professionals to build skills, networks and futures.
Our aim is to provide opportunities for textile graduates from UK universities as they embark on their professional lives, making lasting social impact through work placements, financial awards, best practice guidance and peer-to-peer support.
TEX+ is a charity driven by a group for whom textiles has been the foundation of their diverse career paths. Textiles by nature have wide ranging applications and are integral to all our lives.
Our mission is to coalesce professionals across textile disciplines with the next generation of textile practitioners, offering guidance and opportunities for young people as they embark on their professional lives.
TEX+ is acknowledged as being of public benefit and in December 2024 TEX+ achieved Charitable Incorporated Organisation status by the Charity Commission of England and Wales (Registered Charity Number 1211314).
The charity’s annual programme brings together new textile practitioners who have trained in the UK and experienced members of industry who share with them their knowledge and advice.
Through the annual programme, TEX+offers textile graduates support in fourways:
Visibility
Mentoring
Awards
Connections
2025 finalist and Liberty Fabrics Studio Prize winner
Esme Whitton with Odette Moncur, Creative Planning Manager, Liberty Fabrics
Visibility
Through a selection process informed by textile industry professionals, we shine a spotlight on emerging talent and give them a platform to be seen and celebrated.
Mentoring
We connect the next generation of textile creatives with experienced professionals from across the industry, offering guidance,
encouragement and insider knowledge.
Photography Credit James Champion
AWARDS
We recognise and reward excellence in textile design and innovation, giving young talent the confidence to develop their careers.
Connections
We create a community where textile students, alumni, and peers connect with each other and with the wider industry, building supportive networks that last.
