Frieda Gormley is the co-founder of interiors, fashion and lifestyle brand, House of Hackney (HOH). I am a big fan of the way the brand, based in Shoreditch, presents modern takes on traditional English designs.… View Full Post
Today, LCF’s Centre for Fashion Enterprise celebrated the launch of five Indonesian designers’ collections at Fenwick, Bond Street. I went down to the store to see the work and was hugely impressed with the designs on… View Full Post
One of the features of the conference in Beijing was that all the members of the Executive Committee were allocated a volunteer to look after them, help guide them round the building and make sure… View Full Post
Whilst in Beijing last month for the IFFTI conference, I was honoured to be awarded with a Distinguished Professorship from the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology (BIFT). I thought I would share the speech I… View Full Post
Lorraine Smith is a graduate of the MA History and Culture of Fashion course (now MA Fashion Cultures) at LCF. A fashion scholar with an interest in object analysis, the body, and identity, Lorraine’s primary… View Full Post
After recovering from an exciting and very full-on week in Beijing, I’ve had some time to reflect on what a successful and inspiring conference it was, here is a little round up of my thoughts. Every year… View Full Post
Olivia Ahmad is the curator at the House of Illustration, and the co-curator, along with Paul Gravett, of the exhibition, Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics, which seeks to highlight the female contribution to the history… View Full Post
I love visiting the Margaret Howell store on Wigmore Street. It is so much more than just a retail space, it holds small exhibitions of mid-century designer’s work and has a carefully curated range of… View Full Post
The Fashion Reader is a series where I explore the books that have influenced, inspired and intrigued me. I share stories about writers who have provided that creative spark, those who have shaped my beliefs… View Full Post
I was very excited to be invited to this year’s Barnard College Global Symposium, entitled Women Changing Europe. Female leaders from all over Europe came together in Paris to discuss some of the current events… View Full Post