Building on our International theme this month I have asked Alex McIntosh, Business and Research Manager at the Centre for Sustainable Fashion here at the college to tell us about an exciting project we have been involved in. “Last week the Launch 2020 summit took place at Nike HQ in Portland Oregon; Launch is a [...]
I’d like to share with you the work of one of our professors here at the college. Professor of Fashion and Environment, Lucy Orta has a new installation at St. Pancras. With her husband, she has created Cloud: Meteoros which is the first commission in a new series ‘Terrace Wires’ at St.Pancras. “Clouds have long [...]
As a University of the Arts London Religion and Belief Champion I’m quite looking forward to an event being hosted at the College’s RHS Space tonight. Faith and Fashion, A panel discussion is being led by Professor Reina Lewis to celebrate International Women’s Day. Read more… Upasna. BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Womenswear
In the run up to International Women’s Day I though it would be an idea to share the opinions of my female colleagues here. Dilys Williams is the Director of Centre For Sustainable Fashion at the College. We asked Dilys about her views on women in realtion to her work at the Centre for Sustainable [...]
The Centre for Sustainable Fashion are the proud owners of the Ethical Fashion Forum 2012 SOURCE Award in the Education category. Judged by an impressive panel the award recognises the centre’s commitment to integrating sustainability into the heart of fashion education, and creating ambassadors for sustainability in the fashion industry. Renée Lacroix. MA Fashion and [...]
Top designers do not emerge fully formed from nowhere. They have learnt their craft with rigour and fashion is as integral to their life as getting up in the morning. For fashion educationalists the idea of learning “in” and “through” the subject is at the heart of our craft. A key aspect that drives the [...]
It takes 2700 litres of water to produce one cotton t-shirt from ‘crop to shop’. Just imagine how many full swimming pools it took to manufacture the contents of your wardrobe. In the meantime, 5000 children die each day due to lack of clean water. All of us need to remember that stark equation: designers, [...]