Fashion Thinking

As we begin the centenary year of female suffrage in the UK, I thought I would make the first exhibition visit of 2018 a female focussed one. The Woman’s Hour...

Fashion is not art, nor is art fashion, but over the last few years the relationship between the two has definitely become a topic of interest, with more...

Fashion exhibitions are becoming an increasingly permanent feature on museum schedules, with popular ‘blockbuster’ shows like ‘Alexander McQueen: Savage...

I was delighted to be invited by Cutler and Gross to take part in their Visionaries series. In a Q+A I speak about the challenges facing the fashion education...

Fashion exhibitions have never been so popular. Although it’s the blockbusters that garner most attention, what really excites me are the growing number of...

After going to the brilliant Transfashional Talk at London College of Fashion back in February, I was really looking forward to going to Warsaw to celebrate...

As we come to the end of spring term, I thought I would reflect on what has been going on at LCF these past few months. I thought about mentioning the...

Ahead of Yohji Yamamoto's show in Paris tonight, which I am very much looking forward to, I thought I would share a piece I wrote a little while ago for the...

You might remember back in December I joined Polimoda director of strategy and vision Linda Loppa, Central Saint Martins course director MA Fashion Fabio...

Since graduating in 2012, Molly Goddard has fast become one of London’s most exciting young designers, known for her tulle dresses and use of traditional...

This morning I was at SHOWstudio to discuss Valentino's Haute Couture S/S 17 show alongside Lou Stoppard, Lucy Norris and Deborah Milner. With Maria Grazia...

When we think of the word vulgar in fashion, it conjures up images of garish outfits, overexposed bodies or people behaving inappropriately; the word is full...

The end of the year always seems like a good time to reflect on what's been and start planning for the future. To celebrate the end of LCF's winter term, I...

I really enjoyed being interviewed by Amelia Abraham of Refinery 29 on my career trajectory and how I have got to where I am today. I talk about what a...

Last Thursday (10th November) we hosted the fourth annual Fashion Matters fundraising Gala at Victoria House Basement in London, with a fantastic showcase of...

Ahead of tonight's annual Fashsion Matters Gala, for which we have enlisted fashion icon Carmen Dell'Orefice as our special guest, I thought I would share an...

As I hope many of you already know, this week is UK Wool Week, celebrating all things woolly with a line-up of interesting activities and discussion. There...

I was very pleased to be included on the 2016 edition of The Business of Fashion 500, the professional index of the people shaping the global fashion...

As promised, here is the film of the fantastic Markings Festival, which I featured on the blog last month, created by Marie-Therese Hildenbrandt, one of our...

Followers of the blog, might remember I spoke to Carin Mansfield, owner of in-ku shop and visionary behind the Universal Utility brand, back in June. Well I...

Although I was unable to attend myself, I saw photos from the brilliant 'Markings' festival in July and knew I had to share them on my blog! To accompany the...

As today marks two months since the European referendum, I thought I would share my thoughts on how I think fashion education and the fashion industry itself...