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Yohji Yamamoto
This is a video of me in conversation with Yohji Yamamoto, one of my favourite designers. →
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SUBLIME: Evolving Shopping
We usually apply the concept of evolution as a biological reference to the sequence of events that result in the development of a species or group of organisms. For me, however, that concept is a far more interesting when applied to the development of activities of a biological group. The human evolution of shopping, over… →
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SUBLIME: Education as Alchemy
‘There ain’t going to be a next big thing because it’s all spinning off into a magnificent diversity for the first time in our tribe’s history…. There’s an unprecedented degree of personal creativity that’s coming from anywhere and everywhere.” Ted Polhemus, anthropologist. < Alexandra Gross. MA Fashion Artefact I am often asked why there are… →
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SUBLIME: Going Forward, Looking Back
In his essay, Dialogue between Fashion and Death, Giacomo Leppardi has Fashion making the case to Death that as sisters: “I’m saying that it is our nature and our custom to keep renovating the world.” Fashion then draws a number of parallels between the two of them. He makes his case, pointing out that: “I… →
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Opinion: C P Snow Revisited?
Recently Higher Education has been in the news not only because of the debate around fees, and whether the state or the individual who benefits from the education should pay, but also because of the funding regime being proposed which focuses future government funding on the STEM subjects. This emphasis demonstrates a belief that some… →
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The Art of Dress: Tuxedo
When Steven Dell first conceived the idea of a project for the BA (HONS) Bespoke Tailoring course he had no idea how far it would travel, and the wonderful Partners and sponsors who would join the team. From the start, Henry Poole of Saville Row was invited to become a major collaborator and support Steven’s… →
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SUBLIME: A Philosophy of Clothes
If you google philosophy and fashion, over 20 million possible connections come up. A cursory run through some of the pages reveals that the main theme – encompassed in numerous websites, blogs, adverts and publications – contains advice, ideas and suggestions for how we as individuals might develop and evolve a personal approach or philosophy… →
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SUBLIME: The Journey
Johnny Chin. MA Fashion Footwear The concept of the journey, both external and internal, is at the heart of all my work: artist, educator and researcher. Openness, flexibility, curiosity and the idea that for every choice or decision made, an equally interesting, difficult or adventurous option could have been taken motivates me. There are myriad… →
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SUBLIME: The Fashion Body
The concept of the fashion body provokes in me a number of ideas and thoughts. For example, the role I play in an industry which is dedicated to style, personal identity or the ways we use clothes and adornment to express our bodies. How I like to try and fashion my body through running and… →
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OPINION: Sustaining A Fashionable Future
The London College of Fashion has transformed since its inception just over a century ago and speculating on the next hundred years raises interesting questions. The College was founded to help prepare young women for work in West End couture houses. Now we educate students in every aspect of the industry from footwear and accessories… →