<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-03T15:52:43Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/4810745D-AC90-4FD9-888F-5B9CD9C3EA7A" ns1:id="4810745D-AC90-4FD9-888F-5B9CD9C3EA7A"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/CEB00A5B-0DE5-4ABB-865B-E68464CA2009" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/9AF0DBF6-4FBD-45DA-BF0D-8BA38672DCDB" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/9AF0DBF6-4FBD-45DA-BF0D-8BA38672DCDB" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2021-12-31T00:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/0DC1E894-80D6-4484-860F-C860053DF185" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2021-09-30T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">10013224</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>AHLUWALIA: Scale-up of an award-winning fashion brand incorporating sustainably-sourced waste feedstock from premium brands and diversifying income streams to reach consumers</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Responsive Strategy and Planning</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>Ahluwalia Studios is an award-winning, London-based fashion brand, which is inspired by the founder's dual Indian-Nigerian heritage. 

In this project we will create a roadmap for:

1. Transitioning Ahluwalia into a sustainable brand, starting with a signature shirt that will be made from the waste off-cuts of virgin textiles from premium brands.
2. Using technology to reliably source these materials
3. Diversifying income streams to grow a B2C sales channel and growing social presence.

Our vision is to solve the problem of textile waste created by premium fashion brands and turn it into a sustainable business. 

This project incorporates sustainability advisor Pilio.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>