• Archive Artefacts: Percy Savage Bow Ties

    London College of Fashion has a range of weird and wonderful items held in its college archive. The archive contains pieces of the college’s history, from its original trade schools at Barrett Street, Shoreditch, Clapham and Cordwainer’s School, as well as some particularly inspiring, special collections. The special collections include the likes of the Mary…

  • Opinion: Fashion in Prisons

    Most of the people from the college who have collaborated with the Fashion Education in Prison project say it opened their eyes to the complexity of the criminal justice system. Working with the offenders as individuals has changed attitudes; we have developed our knowledge of the circumstances which lead to people committing crimes, and deepened…

  • Glasstress: The Students (Fashion Space Gallery)

    On the eve of the opening of the Glasstress exhibition here at the Fashion Space Gallery, I thought I would ask for some student perspectives on the exhibition in Venice, where many of the pieces have travelled from. Nadia Saccardi part-time Ma Fashion Curation student has shared her experiences here… “On the early morning of…

  • Travel: Visiting Antwerp

    Visiting Antwerp was a real surprise. I had gone to get a feel for a very different type of fashion education at their Fashion Academy and to discuss with the Director of the Fashion Museum whether we could collaborate on projects, that would look at ways of exploring further, some of the current debates about…

  • Opinion: Mirror Mirror

    Food is more carefully photographed than old people. Food is celebrated while old age is marginalized. Margaret Morganroth Gullette pointed this out at our conference last week, Mirror Mirror, discussing representations and reflections on age and ageing held here at the College last week. For her, representation of ageing is the new frontier, where are…

  • School of Design Technology Moving Annual

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  • LCF_M

    It’s that time of year again, London Collections Men. Last night we had our LCF Masterclass panel event at The Hospital Club There were some very interesting discussions so I’d like to share with you the video. The purpose of the event was to provide a platform for the college, alumni, the media and industry…