Writing
SHOWStudio: Saint Laurent Womenswear – S/S 2015 Panel Discussion
Lou Stoppard, Katherine Ormerod and Rebecca Gonsalves and I, discuss the Saint Laurent Spring/Summer 2015 womenswear show live on 29 September 2014 at 20:00.
SHOWStudio: Moschino – Womenswear S/S 2015 Panel Discussion with London College of Fashion Students
Lou Stoppard invited pupils from London College of Fashion, Central Saint Martins and University of East London, from disciplines including fashion design and...
Secret London: Museums
London is world renowned for the quality of its museums; from the British Museum, Pollock’s Toy Museum or the Freud Museum, it seems as though whatever your...
SHOWStudio: Erdem Womenswear – S/S 2015 Panel Discussion
Lou Stoppard, Caroline Charles, Frances Corner and Dal Chodha discuss the Erdem S/S 15 womenswear show on 15 September at London Fashion Week 11:00 BST
Opinion: Restless London
Over the years I have traveled to many fashion cities from the established – New York, Paris, Milan; the emerging – Shanghai; the influential – Antwerp - and...
Opinion: Fashion and Feminism
Djurdja Bartlett, an expert on Soviet fashion and Senior Research Fellow at London College of Fashion, has written how ‘following the 1917 Bolshevik...
Horst (V&A)
On Wednesday, I had the pleasure of attending the Horst exhibition, a definitive retrospective of the work of Horst P. Horst (1906-99), one of the 20th...
TIMES HIGHER: Fashion as a Transformative Force
I recently spoke to the Times Higher about our 'Fashion Education in Prisons' programme, which sees fashion students work with offenders on an innovative...
INTELLIGENT LIFE: On Yohji Yamamoto
I recently spoke to the Economist's Intelligent Life Magazine about Yohji Yamamoto, who many of you will know is one of my favorite designers. "Yohji will...
Travel: New York Exhibitions
My trip to New York this month was as always fast paced and stimulating. Meetings with academics, bloggers and curators were interspersed with visits to...
Beauty's Inside
The Sir John Cass’s Foundation grant has helped the College continue to develop a unique collaborative project with HMP Send and to produce ‘The Beauty’s...
Clothes to Die For – An Interview with the Director
We interviewed the Director of the BBC 2 documentary 'Clothes to Die for' about the people affected by the Rana Plaza disaster. The Rana Plaza Factory...
On Fashion Writing by Anja Cronberg
Anja Aronowsky Cronberg is Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Vestoj, The Journal of Sartorial Matters. Anja gained her BA in Fine Art, knitting and...
SHOWStudio: Chanel – A/W 2014 Panel Discussion
Yesterday I was at the SHOWStudio Panel Discussion for Chanel A/W 2014 with Lou Stoppard, Caroline Charles, Hilary Alexander, and Grace Woodward an London...
Travel: Helsinki – Into the Light
For me, Helsinki is all about light. It's what I noticed most during my recent visit, whether streaming through my window at 4:30am, or making the evening...
BA14 Season: The Shows
This years show was quite different to previous years I thought, and still very exciting and interesting to see what the students are creating and how well...
Fashion // Architecture
As part of the 2014 London Festival of Architecture, the Fashion Space Gallery team have also been working with Studio Weave to transform the roof terrace at...
SHOWStudio: London Menswear S/S 2015 Moschino
'The collection suggested Scott, probably like much of his audience, sees brands as little more than logos. Without history and stories those logos are...
Anya Hindmarch
I am sure many of you are aware Anya Hindmarch is one of the world's foremost designers thanks to her eponymous label, Anya Hindmarch. We were lucky enough to...
Travel: Sri Lanka
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...
On Books
The recent death of Gabriel Garcia Marquez prompted many people, not just writers, across the world and from all walks of life to highlight just what an...
Opinion: A Question of Age
Many of the world’s leading fashion designers for example Donna Karan, Karl Lagerfeld, or Vivienne Westwood, to name but a few, are in their 60s, 70s, even...
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...