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VIN + OMI and London College of Fashion launch BIN 2 BODY
BIN 2 BODY is a collaborative project to turn single use plastic bottles, collected during London Men’s Fashion Week , into fashion which will be showcased at the next VIN + OMI show in September. The focus in London, highlighted by the recent Mayor of London’s campaign, is to encourage consumers to use much less… →
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British Fashion Council: London Craft Week Panel Discussion on Sustainability
Friday 11th May: British Fashion Council: London Craft Week Panel Discussion Last week I hosted London Craft Week panel discussion on sustainability within the fashion industry. Sustainable fashion designers, Bethany Williams and Christopher Raeburn and ‘The Sustainable Angle’ founder Nina Marenzi joined myself on the panel. The debate on sustainability is a key pillar of… →
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Fashion Cities: Copenhagen
This marks the first post in a new, short series I am undertaking on the emerging fashion cities that are rising to global prominence. The four mighty pillars of the fashion industry – Paris, Milan, London and New York, have long been considered the fashion capitals of the world. However, a number of cities across the… →
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Opinion: Made in Britain
British brands like Margaret Howell, Burberry and JW Anderson were some of the highlights for those at London Fashion Week. It seems to me that British style is very much in demand, so what about British-made? Britain’s textile industry was once an important driver of the U.K. economy, but has been in decline since the… →
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Archive Artefacts: Thea Porter Blouse
From one era defining woman to another, Thea Porter may not be as famous a name as last week’s featured designer Mary Quant, however her influence on the look of her era is just as significant. Porter’s exotic fabrics and loose, sensual designs helped instigate the boho-chic look of the late 60s and 70s. Inspired… →
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Yohji Yamamoto (SHOWSPACE)
“Are you listening? The fabric has so much to teach us.” Summer is always a great time to explore the latest exhibitions as the demands of academic life slow down for a few weeks. I was particularly pleased to hear that a new exhibition exploring the work of one of my favourite designers, Yohji Yamamoto… →
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Savage Beauty with Claire Wilcox (V&A)
On Monday I was treated to a tour of the V&A’s brilliant Savage Beauty exhibition. I was guided by our own Chair of Fashion Curation at LCF, and the V&A Museum’s Senior Curator of Fashion, Professor Claire Wilcox. The exhibition, showing the work of the late, visionary designer Lee Alexander McQueen, only has a couple more weeks to… →
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The Kering Award: Judging Day
On Tuesday I went to the Kering offices to be part of the judging panel for the Kering Award for Sustainable Fashion. The award was developed at The Centre for Sustainable Fashion at LCF and is part of our five-year partnership to support sustainable design which I spoke about in October. The award began last… →
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A student perspective on #LCFBA15
As well as opening the London College of Fashion BA15 catwalk show, BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles: Embroidery final year student Nathalie Ballout has also been awarded the prestigious People’s Choice #DiversityNOW prize, in collaboration with i-D magazine and All Walks Beyond The Catwalk. BA (Hons) Fashion Journalism student Grace Molan chatted to Nathalie about her whirlwind… →
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BUSINESS OF FASHION: Are We Producing Too Many Fashion Designers?
Though fashion schools produce thousands of design graduates each year, many of whom fail to launch their own labels or find jobs as designers at fashion houses, the fashion business and adjacent industries need graduates with fashion design degrees like never before, argues Professor Frances Corner, head of London College of Fashion. Nadine Ijewere. BA… →