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London Fashion Week 2014
London Fashion Week has been changing. The capital has long been recognized as a crucible of new talent, built on the experience and expertise of its great art schools and fashion education system. However, too often those talented graduates would leave the UK for design houses overseas who could see how the originality of these… →
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Glasstress: Art and Fashion (Fashion Space Gallery)
I have always been interested in the shift that took place during the 20th century when fine art moved away from a realistic representation of the natural world to a focus on works of art that are self-contained within the parameters of their concept, theory, structure and media. The collapse that then took place between… →
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Clothing Eros: The Erotic Potentials of Dress
Earlier this year, I took part in an in conversation with Judith Clark and Adam Phillips on The Concise Dictionary of Dress, erotic potentials of fashion, and the idiosyncratic collaboration between a costume curator and a psychoanalyst. Listen to the podcast here… →
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School of Design Technology Moving Annual
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Layer by Layer: The 3D Printer (Fashion Space Gallery)
I had a chance to see some of the digital printing today as part of the Layer by Layer Exhibition at Fashion Space Gallery. This piece is a half printed sample of work created by Silvia Weidenbach. You can see the printers’s work, layer by layer. This piece is designed using free form modelling which… →
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Layer by Layer (Fashion Space Gallery)
Layer by Layer opens tonight and is the first of a two-part series of exhibitions exploring digital print in fashion. This exhibition, which focuses on 3D printing and its potential as a tool for design, is very exciting and thought provoking. By outlining some of the processes, materials and applications of 3D printing, the exhibition… →
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International Women's Day 2013
To celebrate International Women’s Day this month I though it would be an idea to share the opinions of my female colleagues here. Dr Djurdja Bartlett is a Senior Research Fellow here at London College of Fashion. I asked Djurdja how she spent International Womens Day this year… “On my way to the library of… →
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Head On (Fashion Space Gallery)
An exciting programme of events in the Fashion Space Gallery, entitled ‘Elements of Fashion’ continues with Head On. From the Fashion Space Gallery curators Gemma Williams and Leanne Wierzba: “Hats have historically played an important role in fashion, as practical conceits, visible symbols of propriety and class, and vehicles for adornment. While contemporary society no… →
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C125 Campaign. The Livery Companies
This week we are celebrating the work of our footwear and accessories courses with a number of our key supporters, as part of our Cordwainers 125 Campaign. These courses, originally started 125 years ago at Cordwainers College are a key part of the work of London College of Fashion. Jonathan Michael Moyler. BA (Hons) Cordwainers… →
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Shopping
Lately there has been much discussion in the press and media generally about the future fate of the British High Street and retail more generally. The most recent report highlighted last week was how retail chains are closing their shops at a rate of around 30 a day. Changes in our shopping habits with the… →