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Cosmetic Science at London College of Fashion
Few people know that London College of Fashion has science courses in its portfolio. Crowds waiting at the famous Oxford Circus crossing do not suspect that they are often being watched from the fifth floor cosmetic laboratory by students working at the bench next to the window. When visitors are told that LCF has a… →
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Tokyo: Exhibitions
Visiting Tokyo earlier this year I was lucky enough to have time to see two seminal Japanese exhibits. The first was a comprehensive exhibition of Japanese woodcuts that documented their history from the 1500s to the present. The second was the opportunity to view Imperial Kimonos including a 12-layered kimono. The combination of skill, artistry,… →
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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… →
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London Fashion Week 2014
London Fashion Week has been changing. The capital has long been recognized as a crucible of new talent, built on the experience and expertise of its great art schools and fashion education system. However, too often those talented graduates would leave the UK for design houses overseas who could see how the originality of these… →
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Why is the Study of Age and Beauty so Important?
Following her very successful Mirror Mirror: Reflections on Beauty and Age Conference, I have invited Hannah Zeilig to comment on Beauty and age, two pertinent issues in the fashion industry today. “Age, in particular the old age of human beings, is not commonly associated with beauty and similarly we rarely imagine that old age in… →
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MA 2013: Costume Design for Performance
It’s that time of year again… Stamatia Megkla. MA Costume Design For Performance Read more… →
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Exploring City Lives, Lost and Found: A Fashion Perspective.
The Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CSF) held their second Field Day last week at The Trampery in Hackney. The title for this Field Day was Habit(at). Exploring City Lives, Lost and Found: A Fashion Perspective. The event was an opportunity for CSF to share some of their current projects and practices with others and to… →