Mrs Ismay Mummery

Ismay Mummery is a PhD student at the Open University and a multi-award winning  sustainable fashion brand founder.  Her research is investigating how to increase garment mending by looking at the drivers, challenges and opportunities for different communities. She holds an undergraduate and masters degree in fashion from the London College of Fashion, and is an alumna of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership and a member of the Union of Concerned Fashion Researchers. She has a research paper currently under peer review with Fashion Practice - 'Clothing Mending Personas of British Adults'.

Ismay also delivers Carbon Literacy training for the university. This role has also involved updating the course materials with new data and content and laising with learners on their assessment submissions. She is also trained to run the 'How Bad are Bananas' game for staff and students.

Ismay and her business are used as a case study for level one and two of the Design degree at the Open University.

* Soapbox science speaker 2025
* Conference presentations at PGR summer conference
* Various presentations on sustainable business, research and mending
* Workshop design and implimentation on darning
* Blog writing for the OU design blog, Fashion Revolution and Soapbox Science.
* Postgraduate Conference Poster winner 2024
* Panel speaker - Sustainability Rox 2024 at DMU
* Social media content creation, PR & marketing campaigns
* Speaker - Business For Good: Green Skills For Small Business programme
* VIP guests - the Startup Show to collect our Adobe award
* Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership Alumna at Cambridge University - Circular Disruptors Accelerator alumna
* Partner MSE for the Fostering Sustainable Practices Research project with the Centre for Sustainable Fashion
* CPD certificate holder for Next steps for the UK fashion industry - sustainability, ethics and growth at Westminster Business Forum
*Speaker at 'Leicester's Push Towards Sustainable Textiles' panel for the British Science Festival 2022
* Selected as of the SmallBiz100 2022 - named as one of Britain's Most Inspiring firms by Small Business Saturday with celebration at House of Lords
* Winner of £10k billboard advertising through the Small Business Goes Big competition with Adobe, Enterprise Nation & JC Decaux 2022
* Finalist for the Sustainability category in the Great British Entrepreneurs Awards 2022 - Midlands region
* Named as one of women in business's 'rising stars' for 2022 by Business Live
* Finalist in the LeicestershireLive Innovation Awards 2022 - Innovation in Creative Industries category
* Celebrated at the House of Lords as one of the #ialso100 for 2022 with f:entrepreneur
* Winner of Best Childrenswear Brand 2021 in The British Made Awards at SME News
* Finalist for the Made in UK category of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2021 - Midlands region
* Shortlisted for the SJL National Business Start-up Awards 2021
* Finalist for the Blue Patch Sustainable business award for two years running - 2019 & 2020