Fashion Thinking

Writing Forward

  Picasso: “Le Journal” (1955) One of the challenges I need to consider in developing my writing is how to reveal more about myself and tell more...

Back To Black

A powerful colour with many cultural associations, dressing all in black is often a sophisticated, elegant and restrained fashion statement, yet even so black’s historical associations with evil, death, eroticism, piety and puritanism remain.

Fashion Doesn’t Stop At 50.

Fashion is becoming increasingly more diverse, no longer should we be made to wear comfy and frumpy, but clothes which represent us. We do not forget about fashion when we turn 50, so neither should the industry.

Fashion Means Business

Last week, London College of Fashion’s Business School collaborated with Old Spitalfields Market to create an interactive and highly informative fashion experience. The event explored
how ‘Fashion Means Business’ through a variety of interactive workshops, talks and digital demonstrations/displays.

Michelle Lowe-Holder

In 2015 I began noticing clusters of steel cylindrical tubes appearing every morning in clusters or strewn across the streets around my house and studio in White Chapel.

FASHIONED WORLDS MA_19

"Fashion is a subject that touches many aspects of our lives and and experiences; a touchstone, departure point and portal, it can lead to many journeys and...

Musée Yves Saint Laurent, Paris

One section of the museum, brings together the designs that have come to define YSL’s signature style. Most of the collection borrows designs from menswear, retaining the same cut, comfort and practical aspects in a way that combined simplicity and elegance.

Bethany Williams at London Fashion Week

When Bethany said she wanted to change the system many doubted it was possible; but three collections in and she’s proving that fashion does not have to come at the expense of people and planet. 

Why Fashion Matters: The Bra

When 33% of women have bought the wrong bra size and discard it immediately after buying, the bra has become one of the biggest items of clothing with the shortest life span.

LCF MA19 Menswear Fashion Week

On Monday 7th January, a selection of LCF MA Menswear students showed their collections at the stunning location of St George’s Church, Bloomsbury, London. To...

Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier

Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier Exhibition   “I always feel free. When I don’t want something, I don’t make it” Tunisian-born couturier Azzedine Alaïa was...

Orla Kiely: A Life in Pattern

Orla – Kiely: A life in pattern On Monday 17th September, Orla Kiely ceased trading. Meaning that online business and retail stores in both London and Kildare...

BOF500

Once again, for my fourth year running, I am honoured to be a part of Business of Fashion's top 500 (BOF500 - the 500 people shaping the global fashion...