“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...
Climate Justice & Sustainability
Blackhorse Lane Ateliers
“I came across an Indian prophet who told me my future. He suggested I needed to set three things free, an insect, a tortoise and a bird.” Like most, Toby...
Kathryn Sargent
On Friday I went to visit the new shop of the bespoke tailor Kathryn Sargent. Always keen to see women leading the fashion industry, I had read a piece in the...
FARA – Totes For Everyone
Last weekend I was pleased to see my social media streams full of people asking #whomademyclothes and supporting Fashion Revolution Week. Amongst the label...
Here Today Here Tomorrow
Last month, I paid a visit to Here Today Here Tomorrow in Dalston, the current shop and studio for this sustainable fashion brand. I was greeted with a chair...
Frieda Gormley – House of Hackney
Frieda Gormley is the co-founder of interiors, fashion and lifestyle brand, House of Hackney (HOH). I am a big fan of the way the brand, based in Shoreditch,...
Barnard College Global Symposium
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...
#IWD: A Sporting Chance
The battle for gender parity is one that has been played out on a sporting field, sometimes quite literally. When Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in “The...
Jamdani – Muslin Trust
I often talk about how little we know about our clothes, who made them, how were they made, and what with. Although, I usually lament over our lack of...
Opinion: Mend, Repair & Reuse
An estimated £140 million worth (350,000 tonnes) of used clothing goes to landfill in the UK every year. The rise of cheap, fast fashion, has now made it more...
BUSINESS OF FASHION: Would You Buy Clothes Made in Prison?
Today I am quoted in a Business of Fashion piece on making clothes in prisons. I talk about LCF's Made for Change social enterprise, which trains inmates in...
The Kering Talk: Kelly Slater
"Sustainability should be the norm, not an alternative." Kelly Slater Last night saw the second annual Kering Talk take place at LCF, as part of our five...
Opinion: Fashion and Prisons
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...
Sustainability: CSF Consultancy
Changing what we teach and how we learn is one of the greatest contributions an educational establishment can make. Although we want to change outlooks on...
SALT: It's time we stopped destroying the earth
This week I wrote a post for SALT magazine about the environmental issues the fashion industry must address. In a world with rapidly depleting resources and...
Sustainability: Kering Partnership
One of the most important developments in our support of sustainability is our partnership with fashion conglomerate, Kering. Kering own some of the world’s...
Sustainability: Research
Research is vital in any educational setting, as it is ultimately what challenges preconceptions and expands our imaginations. At LCF, the pioneering research...
Sustainability: Bees
Bee keeping at LCF is part of our Better Lives campaign, which aims to use fashion as a discipline to drive change and build a sustainable future. Placing a...
Sustainability: Waste Off Challenge
At LCF, students and staff take part in in the Waste Off Challenge: to turn waste materials from around the college into purposeful inventions. The university...
The Kering Award: Judging Day
On Tuesday I went to the Kering offices to be part of the judging panel for the Kering Award for Sustainable Fashion. The award was developed at The Centre...
Sustainability: Grow a Garment
Not many of us know where the garments we buy on a weekly basis were made, let alone what they are made from. To challenge this modern problem, LCF teamed up...
Sustainability: Teaching and Learning
London College of Fashion has been working to integrate sustainability across the areas of learning, teaching and research. This is taking place through our...
Opinion: Better Lives – building a sustainable future
I am really passionate about my ethos of 'Better Lives', which has become one of the cornerstones of my headship at the London College of Fashion. It is a...
Working in London's East End: Fashion Means Business, Beal Academy Trust
The School of Management and Science, within the Fashion Business School at LCF, are taking part in the 14-19 Beal Business Innovation Hub, Evolution Sessions...