Last week I wrote a piece for one of my indispensable sources, Business of Fashion, on why and how we should integrate business learning into creative education. Fashion is of course a creative subject… View Full Post
Last Thursday evening, I had the pleasure of attending the opening of ‘Ladybird by Design’ at the House of Illustration, which I recently joined as Chair of the Board of Trustees. The exhibition marks the… View Full Post
As Head of London College of Fashion and Pro Vice-Chancellor of University of the Arts London, I am delighted to welcome everyone to the college this evening as we are so pleased to be hosting… View Full Post
ART AGAINST KNIVES, an organisation based in Hackney, works with at-risk young people living in London, affected by knife crime, and facilitates creative opportunities to help them secure employment, education or training. During Easter 2014,… View Full Post
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 century’s master photographers, with Carmen Dell’Orefice and David Downton.… View Full Post
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 as Frida Khalo and Louise Bourgeois. Kusama’s… View Full Post
Recently Higher Education has been in the news not only because of the debate around fees, and whether the state or the individual who benefits from the education should pay, but also because of the… View Full Post