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IFFTI Conference – Beijing
After recovering from an exciting and very full-on week in Beijing, I’ve had some time to reflect on what a successful and inspiring conference it was, here is a little round up of my thoughts. Every year the IFFTI conference is held in a major fashion city, this year it was Beijing. What is fascinating is that… →
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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… →
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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… →
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Neal's Yard: Annual Lecture 2013
This time last week we hosted this exciting event bringing together two renowned thinkers and doers, two people who have given a lot of thought as to how our planet and its inhabitants are going to need to live in the future. The background to the debate are concerns about the growth in the world’s… →
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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… →
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Clothing Eros: The Erotic Potentials of Dress
Earlier this year, I took part in an in conversation with Judith Clark and Adam Phillips on The Concise Dictionary of Dress, erotic potentials of fashion, and the idiosyncratic collaboration between a costume curator and a psychoanalyst. Listen to the podcast here… →
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C125: 125 Years of Cordwainers at London College of Fashion
To celebrate 125 years of Cordwainers at London College of Fashion we are hosting a year long campaign to raise funds for scholarships and busaries. Here’s why… →
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Glasstress: White Light/White Heat
I am just on my way to Venice to see an exciting exhibition we have been working on which will be opening during the Venice Biennale. White Light/White Heat is a development of Glasstress, concieved by Adriano Berengo, president of the Berengo Glass Studio and Venice Projects. This latest exhibition is a dramatic expansion of… →
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International Women's Day 2013
To celebrate International Women’s Day this month I though it would be an idea to share the opinions of my female colleagues here. Dr Djurdja Bartlett is a Senior Research Fellow here at London College of Fashion. I asked Djurdja how she spent International Womens Day this year… “On my way to the library of… →