SUMMER WORKSHOPS

Every summer we offer workshops and camps for youth ages 10-17. Sign up today to secure your spot!

Sneaker Customizing

Learn how to refurbish, design, and customize a pair of used sneakers

Future Threads

Learn how to make bio materials, natural dyes and fashion technology

Reimagine Fashion

Learn how to sew & upcycle used fashion to create unique pieces.

Our Programs

We offer educational fashion programing, mixers, and host events that are rooting in sustainability, racial, and gender justice.

Youth Fashion Programs

Our fashion intensives emphasize sustainable practices and prepare participants to be agents of change that can transform the fashion industry.

SoleSpace Lab

Harnessing the dynamism of sneaker culture, we teach invaluable design and entrepreneurship skills that open up a host of career pathways in the booming creative economy.

Oakland Style Week

In collaboration with Visit Oakland, we program the runway show and other events during Oakland Style Week, highlighting the very best local designer in sustainable design.

Events & Mixers

We regularly convene existing and emerging fashion makers to exchange resources, facilitate business opportunities, foster mentorship, and build community.

We Center BIPOC Makers & Sustainability

Oakland Style Lab is a nonprofit fashion incubator building a more inclusive and robust fashion ecosystem in the Bay Area. We provide training, workspace, and business development opportunities to support the growth of BIPOC fashion designers.

Our Lab

We house Oakland Style Lab at the SoleSpace Lab sneaker repair and retail shop. Stop by and check us out!

Address

302 12th St, Oakland, CA 94607

Hours by Appointment & During Classes

Email us to coordinate a time