Friday was an important day. It was the day Fashion said NO to Violence Against Women and marked the 20th anniversary of the vital work led by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women.… View Full Post
Yesterday I shared my speech from a fantastic night at the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women 20th Anniversary Gala in New York. Today I wanted to share some more information about our… View Full Post
Last night I spoke at the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women’s 20th Anniversary Gala in New York – a completely inspiring event. I spoke about our Orange Label Project and the power… View Full Post
Last week I went to see a fantastic new exhibition at Margaret Howell’s Wigmore Street shop, documenting the life and work of Gerd Hay Edie, the founder of Mourne Textiles. Admittedly, I hadn’t really heard… View Full Post
Last Thursday I went to celebrate the opening of the Cabinet Stories exhibition at the Emmaus Greenwich shop in Poplar. A collaboration between the Centre for Fashion Curation and the Social Responsibility team at LCF,… View Full Post
Last week LCF’s Mare St garden played host to an indigo/woad dyeing workshop run by Cordwainers Grow – a garden based social enterprise, who run a fantastic range of classes. The Mare St garden is… View Full Post
Professor Helen Storey, Professor of Fashion and Science at the Centre for Sustainable Fashion, talks about her visit to Za’atari Refugee Camp and the inspiration she recieved from the TIGER girls. Whilst visiting Za’atari Refugee Camp in… View Full Post
“Invisible permanent clothing, made in England” This is the intriguing sign welcoming customers to ‘Inku’ a bamboo-bordered shop on a quiet corner of Warren Street. The statement reminded me of a sort of Zen Koan,… View Full Post
Last weekend I was pleased to see my social media streams full of people asking #whomademyclothes and supporting Fashion Revolution Week. Amongst the label selfies, I spotted a few of these beautiful bags and I… View Full Post
I was very excited to be invited to this year’s Barnard College Global Symposium, entitled Women Changing Europe. Female leaders from all over Europe came together in Paris to discuss some of the current events… View Full Post