TechStyle:
AI-Driven Circular and Regenerative Fashion
TechStyle is an Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership designed to support the textile and fashion sector’s transition toward a sustainable future. By combining Artificial Intelligence (AI) with circular economy principles, we provide accessible, skills-focused learning pathways and foster collaboration among key stakeholders.
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About
TechStyle: AI-Driven Circular and Regenerative Fashion in VET Education is an Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership in VET (KA220-VET) that supports the textile and fashion sector’s transition through accessible, skills-focused learning pathways and stakeholder collaboration.
Our objectives
We aim to bridge the gap between technology and circularity in fashion through four key pillars:
- Strengthening Workforce Skills
We aim to boost digital and entrepreneurial competencies so that workers, learners, and (aspiring) entrepreneurs can confidently use AI to support circular and sustainable fashion. This objective will be delivered through the TechStyle curriculum and training framework, a Skills Recognition Framework, an open-source learning platform, and structured training content, making upskilling accessible, practical, and relevant for the evolving sector.
- Building Collaboration
TechStyle will strengthen collaboration between fashion & textile value chain actors, training providers, and policy influencers & makers to support the ethical, responsible, and inclusive integration of AI in the fashion ecosystem. This objective is supported through pilot trainings, a dedicated Learning Teaching & Training Activities (LTTA), local policy roundtables, and a project-wide exploitation plan that helps partners and stakeholders translate results into impactful recommendations.
- Driving Circularity
We will raise awareness and engagement around AI-driven circular and sustainable fashion, highlighting how AI can support more circular loops of production in the textile and clothing sector, including sustainable sourcing, eco-design, waste reduction, reuse and behaviour change, thereby translating EU twin transition – digital and sustainable – priorities. This will be achieved through the dissemination and exploitation plan, outreach materials, the project’s website and social media, as well as National Info Days, an EU mid-term event, and the final conference, ensuring broad reach and uptake of results.
- Mapping AI Adoption
TechStyle will analyse the current status of AI adoption in the textile and fashion sector across partner countries, identifying key trends, barriers, skills gaps, and regulatory frameworks that influence circular and regenerative fashion. This evidence base will be built through national reports, needs assessment surveys, stakeholder interviews, and the Final Transnational TechStyle Study, ensuring that the training we develop responds to real labour-market needs and policy realities.
Project results
TechStyle produces practical resources for education and industry:
AI for Circularity Learning Curriculum
TechStyle will design and publish a complete learning package for Students, SME teams or Entrepreneurs, and their Trainers or Teachers.
- A TechStyle comprehensive Curriculum to empower all learners in AI-Driven circularity and sustainability skills
- A Pedagogical Manual defining learning outcomes, pathways, methodology, and assessment criteria
Accessible & Efficient Learning
This learning curriculum will be inclusive, practical and aligned with market needs.
- Available on a free, open-source online platform hosting the multilingual training, self-learning supports, and interactive assessments (with user guidance/manual and a demonstration phase to refine usability)
- Learning outcomes validated and recognised through micro-credentials (including certification requirements and credential visuals)
- Pilot training activities to test and improve the curriculum in real learning contexts
Initial Strategic Survey
Learning Curriculum will be based on how AI is currently used in textiles and fashion, what is holding adoption back, and which skills are missing across students, workforce or entrepreneurs.
A consolidated transnational report will serve as the project’s strategic reference for training development and policy reflection. The consolidated report will be available in all languages, with references to national reports in English.
It will include:
- AI strategies, policies and tools applicable to the Textile & Clothing sector
- Market needs assessment
- Stakeholder interviews
Project Uptake & Impact
TechStyle will deliver strong outreach so results are used beyond the consortium, through:
- Channels and news for our varied targets : project website, social media, and newsletters in partner languages
- Engagement events : six National Info Days (one per partner) & a Mid-Term EU-level Multiplier Event
- Final Conference to scale impact and support exploitation.
Specific policy roundtables will be organised with industry actors, training providers, and policy influencers or makers. They will help:
- Translate project learning into ethical, inclusive, and realistic recommendations for AI-enabled circular and sustainable practices
- Reinforce long-term uptake through the project’s exploitation planning.
Who is it for
TechStyle supports the entire textile & clothing ecosystem:
VET & HE Students
TechStyle is also built for students in VET and higher education who will benefit from training content that can be integrated into curricula and connected to real labour-market needs. Through applied learning and pilot activities, learners gain future-oriented competencies that match a job market shaped by digitalisation, circular economy practices, and sustainability standards, supporting a smoother transition from education to employment.
T&C Workers
TechStyle supports textile and clothing workers who want to build practical AI-enabled skills that help them adapt to changing job roles, new technologies, and sustainability requirements. A special focus is placed on women and less-skilled workers, helping them access flexible learning opportunities, strengthen digital literacy, and translate new skills into career mobility, improved job prospects, and pathways into innovation roles.
SMEs & Professionals
Small and medium-sized enterprises and industry professionals are key beneficiaries, especially those looking for AI solutions that improve sustainability and efficiency—from smarter production planning and waste reduction to better decision-making across the value chain. TechStyle’s results are designed to be usable by companies and sector actors who need practical, adoptable approaches (not just theory) to accelerate digital and green transformation.
Entrepreneurs
TechStyle supports existing and future entrepreneurs who want to innovate in the sustainable fashion space—particularly women and underrepresented groups. By combining skills development with a strong inclusion lens, the project helps entrepreneurs build AI-enabled capabilities to develop new products/services, strengthen business models, and position themselves in a fast-evolving market—supporting entrepreneurship as a route to economic empowerment and sector transformation.
Educators & Stakeholders
Finally, TechStyle also engages VET trainers and HEI academic staff, as well as associations, public bodies, social partners, and other quadruple-helix stakeholders, who contribute through research, roundtables, and uptake of project results.
Project Partners
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Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
Project Number 2025-1-FR01-KA220-VET-000355832