Here you will find a selection of posts with a focus on fashion, as well as the work of London College of Fashion staff and students during my time as Head of College.
As the penultimate post in my Archive Artefact series, I wanted to share these exquisite miniature mules with you. The mules come from a very small personal collection of material given to LCF by the… View Full Post
Amy de la Haye is our Rootstein Hopkins Chair of Dress History & Curatorship at London College of Fashion (LCF). After working as a Curator of Twentieth Century Dress at the Victoria and Albert Museum… View Full Post
Although I have chosen work from some of the most instrumental British designers in my Archive Artefact series, I also wanted to include a piece from some of our own students. This beautiful beaded piece… View Full Post
Last week I read an interesting article about an American clothing company who have come up with a creative solution to two social problems. At LCF, I have always been passionate about using the power… View Full Post
Last night I had the pleasure of attending the Business of Fashion’s annual gala dinner in order to celebrate the #BoF500 – a professional index of the people they think are shaping the global fashion industry. I… View Full Post
With fashion week season already upon us and our social media feeds filling with glimpses of the catwalk, it’s a good time to reflect on how the industry is changing the way it presents itself… View Full Post
Whilst in Venice last week I visited the Proportio exhibition at one of my favourite museums – The Fortuny Museum. The exhibition, curated by Axel Vervoordt and Daniela Ferretti, showed the film ‘Atlanti’ by Francesco… View Full Post
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… View Full Post
Last week I wrote a piece for one of my indispensable sources, Business of Fashion, on why and how we should integrate business learning into creative education. Fashion is of course a creative subject… View Full Post
Considering my black and white theme for this year’s display in my office, I couldn’t miss out on adding these classic pieces from the fantastic Mary Quant Make-Up Collection we have in the LCF Archives.… View Full Post