Tessa Boumans
Researcher & Author
Dutch researcher, writer, and public speaker working at the intersection of technology, fashion, and social justice.
Biography
Tessa Boumans (1996) is a Dutch researcher, writer, and public speaker working at the intersection of technology, fashion, and social justice. Her work bridges policy, industry, activism, and research - spaces that too rarely speak the same language.
Most Recent Blogs
Just Fashion Part I: An Introduction to Clothing and Technology
In the following series of longreads, PhD researcher Tessa Boumans explains the relationship between fashion, technology, and a justice-driven future.
A SFM review: 2026 OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector
While the February streets of Paris are still grey and rainy, the Slow Fashion Movement Netherlands crew traveled down the OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector. A mouth full indeed.
Three-part series: the clothing industry in the Netherlands, women, and resistance
Because clothing is so self-evident—you wear it every day, and nowadays it is almost everywhere, easily available—we sometimes forget how impressive the history of textiles truly is.