My trip to Paris during its latest fashion week was to see the Yohji Yamamoto show – which as an avid follower I found this time did not hang together in the...
Writing
SHOWstudio: Alexander McQueen SS/13 Panel Discussion
http://youtu.be/ha3PuuhYQgs SHOWstudio
Opinion: The Creative Arts and Rehabilitation
Over the summer we published the first edition of The Beauty’s Inside, a unique and collaborative publication between LCF and HMP Send. The magazine brought...
London Fashion Week
Although I was only able to attend the shows over the weekend of this September’s London Fashion Week it felt to me as though London had stepped up a gear –...
SHOWstudio: Fashion East SS/13 Panel Discussion
http://youtu.be/vObE43FqdVw SHOWstudio
SHOWstudio: Theyskens' Theory SS/13 Panel Discussion
http://youtu.be/Cb4xU60SRBA SHOWstudio
Framed! (Fashion Space Gallery)
Cyrus Karibu. I was excited to see the huge pair of wire mesh eyeglasses hanging from the ceiling in the reception area on my arrival to College today. An...
TRAVEL: India – Human Nature
Recently, I travelled to Jaipur in India for the annual conference of the International Federation for Fashion Technology Institute. The theme was Fashion...
PIGEONS & PEACOCKS: Globalisation and Technology – The Implications for Fashion Educators.
“The medium, or process, of our time – electric technology is re-shaping and restructuring patterns of social interdependence and every aspect of our personal...
RSA: Beauty of Age – Life as a Marathon
We sometimes live our lives as though we are running a series of sprints, 100 metres to our desired career, 200 metres to the perfect house. Ageing is...
Yohji Yamamoto (V&A)
Yohji Yamamoto's exhibition in Israel opens today. Unfortunately I am unable to go but it brings to mind the great honour I had to be invited to be the guest...
Travel: Paris – Haute Couture
A year ago I visited the Paris couture summer shows for the first time. Unfortunately I am unable to go this year, but the anniversary has made me reflect on...
BA Season 2012 – The Shows
One of my favourite quotes is by the anthropologist Ted Polhemus. He writes very insightfully about fashion in all its guises but it is the one where he...
BA Season 2012 – The Artwork
We have recently sent out our invitations to the BA Show Season. What’s really exciting about this are the ideas behind the visuals developed by our talented...
Opinion: Fashion On Food
For sometime now I have been interested in the relationship between the fashion and food industries. Over recent years we have become increasingly concerned...
A New Vision for Design and Technology
New Vision for Design and Technology - How Can D&T Meet the needs of the Creative Industries? “Creativity is possible in all areas of human activity,...
Derby
My recent visit to Derby to discuss fashion research at London College of Fashion prompted a great deal of discussion about the future of UK manufacturing,...
FiFi Awards
These days, any celebrity worth their salt, has at least one fragrance to their name. It was interesting to note when I, along with Louise Wilson of CSM and...
Beauty and Brutality (Wallace Collection)
Fashion is sometime like water, it is forever seeping into all aspects of our lives sometimes in surprising ways. The exhibition at the Wallace Collection-...
Ballgowns (V&A)
Gown by Victor Edelstein, 1986. Worn and given by Lady Heseltine. Museum no. T.264-2001. Image © David Hughes 2011 Fashion is often accused of being...
Fashion Illustration (Fashion Space Gallery)
For a long time the relationship between illustration and fashion has been symbiotic. Designers used drawings to develop and communicate their ideas, whilst...
Yayoi Kusama (Tate Modern)
This week I visited the Yayoi Kusama exhibition at Tate Modern. As originally a fine artist, I have always been inspired by the works of female artists such...
Boudicca
For some years Boudicca (aka Zowie Broach and Brian Kirby) have had a close relationship with London College of Fashion, contributing to conferences, projects...
Better Lives: Expanding our Thinking
The thinking behind fashion as a discipline needs to extend and expand its influence, to counter the traditional stereotype of fashion as a light weight...