Over the past few months I have spent quite a bit of time travelling. Tokyo, Paris, and Shanghai are all great cities, but my most memorable travel experience...
Fashion Thinking
Opinion: Thought On Why Fashion Matters
Fashion influences most aspects of our 21st century world. Predicated on our need to clothe ourselves, it demonstrates our yearning to wear garments...
NEVER UNDRESSED: In Defense of Fashion.
Fashion is full of dichotomies and it is these clashes that fuel the future of the industry. Most fundamentals (clothes, food, housing) have evolved within...
Travel: Tokyo – The Next Generation
The question is often asked: 'Where are the next generation of influential designers, who will follow in the wake of Yohji, Rei, Kenzo and Miyaki, going to...
Better Lives: Reciprocity
This year, as last, LCF’s Better Lives series has focused on the reciprocal relationship between Fashion and Psychology. The 2014 series, curated by Dr...
Cosmetic Science at London College of Fashion
Few people know that London College of Fashion has science courses in its portfolio. Crowds waiting at the famous Oxford Circus crossing do not suspect that...
Tokyo: Exhibitions
Visiting Tokyo earlier this year I was lucky enough to have time to see two seminal Japanese exhibits. The first was a comprehensive exhibition of Japanese...
BUSINESS OF FASHION: Are We Producing Too Many Fashion Designers?
Though fashion schools produce thousands of design graduates each year, many of whom fail to launch their own labels or find jobs as designers at fashion...
SHOWStudio: J.W. Anderson – Womenswear A/W 2014 Panel Discussion
http://youtu.be/TIh6-g0i3hs
SHOWStudio: Mary Katrantzou – Womenswear A/W 2014 Panel Discussion
http://youtu.be/RoLjEoGUd7g
London Fashion Week 2014
London Fashion Week has been changing. The capital has long been recognized as a crucible of new talent, built on the experience and expertise of its great...
Why is the Study of Age and Beauty so Important?
Following her very successful Mirror Mirror: Reflections on Beauty and Age Conference, I have invited Hannah Zeilig to comment on Beauty and age, two...
MA 2013: Costume Design for Performance
It's that time of year again... Stamatia Megkla. MA Costume Design For Performance Read more...
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)....
Mirror Mirror: The Documentary
http://youtu.be/Y7OpLcZVEmE
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...
Travel: Antwerp – An Innovative Approach
When I was invited to visit Antwerp as part of their celebrations of 50 years of their Fashion Academy, part of their Royal Academy of Fine Art, I was...
SHOWStudio: Rick Owens Paris Womenswear S/S 2014 Panel Discussion
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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...
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...
St. Pancras as a Fashionable Environment
I'd like to share with you the work of one of our professors here at the college. Professor of Fashion and Environment, Lucy Orta has a new installation at...
Smoke and Mirrors: Frida Kahlo's Dresses (Museo Frida Kahlo)
Smoke and Mirrors - Frida Kahlo's Dresses. An Exhibition Museo Frida Kahlo. This exhibition is curated by Circe Henestrosa, a fashion curator who holds an...
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...
International Women's Day 2013
In the run up to International Women's Day I though it would be an idea to share the opinions of my female colleagues here. Dilys Williams is the Director of...