A New Silk Road
This week the college will be showing graduates from its MA courses at Victoria House and graduates from its womenswear MA at The Wallace Collection. They are joining an industry that is now represented in… View Full Post
Working in London's East End: Green Spaces
As promised, in my post about the V&A Sackler Lecture, I’d like to profile some of the work the college is doing in London’s East End; projects, initiatives and partnerships we hope to build on.… View Full Post
Travel: Florence
Florence is a truly beautiful city. Famous for it’s history, its not just the stunning architecture that reminds us of it’s historical importance as the birth place of the Renaissance. The human scale is something… View Full Post
London Collections: Men
This week we hosted our inaugural standalone menswear MA catwalk, kicking off the first official day of the autumn 2015 edition of London Collections: Men. Separating for the first time from the womenswear show, the… View Full Post
KERING: Sustaining Fashion Education
I just wanted to share an article written by Jonathon Duff at the Kering Group, about the new and exciting partnership between London College of Fashion and Kering. Francine Lacqua, Franáois Henri Pinault, Marie-Claire Daveu,… View Full Post
1914 NOW
‘1914 Now. Four perspectives on fashion curation’ is a film installation and collaboration between fashion curators and filmmakers. Four curators – Walter Van Beirendonck, Amy de la Haye, Judith Clark and Kaat Debo – conceived… View Full Post
INTELLIGENT LIFE: Inspiring Innovators
Last night I attended a private supper hosted by the Economist’s Intelligent Life Magazine for contributors to the ‘Inspiring Innovators’ feature. For this feature I wrote about Yohji Yamamoto. Other contributions were from the likes… View Full Post
RSA Awards Royal Designer for Industry to Professor Helen Storey MBE
A true visionary, Helen’s work has questioned, challenged and inspired for over three decades and I am absolutely delighted that she is to receive this fitting recognition of her outstanding contribution to design and society.… View Full Post
Nightclubbing with Richard Young
Last night I went to the launch of Richard Young’s book ‘Nightclubbing.’ Richard has always been so supportive of the College and the students, and this book is a wonderful representation of his work over… View Full Post