Writing
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...
Savile Row: Scabal & London College of Fashion
Scabal has partnered with the London College of Fashion, to support an industry project inspired by their collection of Salvador Dali paintings. Savile Row...
Fashion District Launch
Fashion District This morning we celebrated the launch of the Fashion District - A new vision for an East London Fashion Innovation Hub. Joined by BFC Chief...
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...
Elle – The Sustainability Issue
This month Elle magazine printed their first ever sustainable magazine, made from 100% recycled paper. The groundbreaking issue addresses how the fashion...
OXFORD UNIVERSITY: From Karl Lagerfeld to Karl Marx
Lois McNay, Professor of Political Theory at Oxford University, discusses the intersection of politics and fashion with Professor Frances Corner, Head of the...
Something Curated: Interview
http://somethingcurated.com/2017/08/04/interview-frances-corner-head-of-london-college-of-fashion/
Processions 2018
In 1918, the Representation of the People Act gave the first British women the right to vote and stand for public office. One hundred years on,...
VIN + OMI and London College of Fashion launch BIN 2 BODY
BIN 2 BODY is a collaborative project to turn single use plastic bottles, collected during London Men's Fashion Week , into fashion which will be showcased at...
Inside Arc – Fashion | Space | Gallery – Exhibition
Inside Arc – Fashion | Space | Gallery Archives are usually repositories of objects, not intended for further use, rarely displayed in static exhibitions or...
British Fashion Council: London Craft Week Panel Discussion on Sustainability
Friday 11th May: British Fashion Council: London Craft Week Panel Discussion Last week I hosted London Craft Week panel discussion on sustainability within...
T-SHIRT: CULT, CULTURE & SUBVERSION
T-SHIRT: CULT, CULTURE & SUBVERSION Exploring this exhibition of T-shirts through the 20th century highlighted the multi-faceted role of such a simple,...
Fashion Revolution hosts Fashion Question time: Rana Plaza
Fashion Revolution hosts Fashion Question time: Rana Plaza Is the Fashion industry a better place for women to work five years on? On 24 April 2013, the Rana...
IWC Sustainability Report: Setting the benchmark in the luxury watch industry
According to a study by McKinsey & Co, it appears that “consumers with an ever growing knowledge and interest in sustainability have more power now than...
A trip to Paris: Galleries Lafayette
During my recent trip to Paris, I saw a number of fashion shows and also took part in the debate on sustainable fashion at the British Embassy, which showed...
Charlie Borrow
Charlie Borrow started with a mother’s birthday gift. "One birthday my mum had been going on about a leather bag. She was on Pinterest, liking all these...
The Women's Library
As part of the college’s #LCFYearofTheWoman, celebrating the centenary of women’s suffrage in the UK, we organised a visit to The Women's Library, the oldest...
TIH Models
Last year at Business of Fashion VOICES I witnessed an incredibly moving talk by James Scully on the culture of bullying within modelling. Since then, further...
Centenary of UK Female Suffrage – Millicent Fawcett
Today February 6th represents the 100th anniversary of (some) women receiving the right to vote in the UK. I wanted to use today’s post to celebrate the work...
Secret London: Luna & Curious
One the verge of the beautiful and historic Boundary Estate in Shoreditch, Calvert Avenue plays host to one of the best selections of shops in London – think...
Woman's Hour Craft Prize (V&A)
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...
BBC Woman's Hour: Clothes as Activism
Image via Vanity Fair This morning I was privileged to join BBC Woman's Hour to talk about the Golden Globes 2018, where many women wore black to honour...
LCF Year of The Woman
We will soon be entering 2018, which is the 100th anniversary of women receiving the right to vote in the UK. Both for me personally, and for the college,...
The Soap Co.
As I arrive at The Soap Co., I am greeted warmly by receptionist Kevin Lyon, who politely asks me about my journey to get to their factory in Higham’s Park. I...