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Threads London
Whilst London is a city that is proud to play host to some of the most exciting young designers, the capital’s manufacturers are often little heard. The UK’s manufacturing industry was one of the biggest sectors to be hit when production was taken to Asia and the Far East in the 1990s in a search… →
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Cutler and Gross: Visionaries
I was delighted to be invited by Cutler and Gross to take part in their Visionaries series. In a Q+A I speak about the challenges facing the fashion education system today, the lessons I have learnt from my own creative life, and of course, glasses! You can read the piece here. Photo via Hannah Harley Young… →
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Nicer Tuesdays – Fashion Activism
After writing a piece for It’s Nice That on International Women’s Day, I was fortunate enough to be invited to one of their Nicer Tuesday events. I was one of four guests invited to the May edition of Nicer Tuesdays, an event created to invite creatives ‘to share short, sharp insights to recent projects, aiming… →
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Jessica Ogden: Still (Church Street, Marylebone)
Fashion exhibitions have never been so popular. Although it’s the blockbusters that garner most attention, what really excites me are the growing number of smaller exhibitions popping up in London in recent times (Hardy Amies, Molly Goddard, Cabinet Stories), that may be more understated, but are nevertheless equally fascinating and often more accessible. A great… →
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ELWIN
A couple of months ago I went to visit The Place, Simon Burstein’s new concept store, which is home to innovative English brands such as designer Alice Archer. Whilst I was there primarily to see Archer’s work – which is a main feature of the store – next to one of her digitally embroidered dresses,… →
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Transfashional (Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art)
After going to the brilliant Transfashional Talk at London College of Fashion back in February, I was really looking forward to going to Warsaw to celebrate the opening of it’s joint exhibition in Warsaw. However, as so often happens, a combination of too many meetings and too little time, meant I wasn’t able to go. Thankfully,… →
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Larissa Hadjio
I first discovered the German-born designer, Larissa Hadjio when I caught sight of one of her brilliant Tonie clutches at London Fashion Week. After studying Fine Art at Central Saint Martins, Hadjio launched her line of sculptural leather accessories in 2010. Personally I love the playful and light-hearted nature of her pieces, but underneath this… →
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Community Clothing
I became aware of the Community Clothing label a month or so after reading an article in Creative Review. I was immediately drawn to their support of the British manufacturing industry and their focus on simple, high quality clothes. Everyone should be able to buy high quality clothes, made in Britain – and afford them.… →
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Fashion Question Time
We kicked off Fashion Revolution Week with the third annual Fashion Question Time event at House of Commons called “The Climate of Fashion” I was invited to sit on the panel for the event, alongside Claire Bergkamp (Sustainability Manager at Stella McCartney), Jenny Holdcroft (Policy Director at IndustriALL), Guy Stuart (MicroFinance Opportunities/Garment Worker Diaries) and… →
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LCF Term Round Up – Easter
As we come to the end of spring term, I thought I would reflect on what has been going on at LCF these past few months. I thought about mentioning the fantastic Museum of Transology, the MA Womenswear and Menswear shows, the MA Media and Communications exhibition at House of Vans – all of which… →