London College of Fashion

LCF’s Professor Reina Lewis takes Faith & Fashion to Saudi Design Week, 8 November 2019. As the Saudi government’s Vision 2030 brings more Saudi women into the workplace, Reina is joined by Dr Eiman Elgibreen to discuss how women’s workwear is changing and how designers can contribute to women’s comfort at work in the context of Saudi Arabian and regional codes of modest dress and behavior. Discov...

Created and presented by Susanna Cordner, Senior Research Fellow: Archives at LCF, Sartorial Stories is our In Conversation series in which Susanna interviews leading figures from the fashion industry and invites them to bring in one item from their work or from their wardrobe. In this episode, Susanna chats with Stephanie Wood, Co-Curator of the current Mary Quant exhibition at V&A. They discuss...

Created and presented by Susanna Cordner, Senior Research Fellow: Archives at LCF, Sartorial Stories is our In Conversation series in which Susanna interviews leading figures from the fashion industry and invites them to bring in one item from their work or from their wardrobe. In this episode, Susanna interviews Maria Chenoweth, CEO of TRAID, a charity working to stop clothes from being thrown aw...

Careers in Fashion goes backstage at the LCF Careers Fair speaking with Harrods, Reiss, Zalando and Kurt Geiger about the value of professional development and steps you can take to improve your skills and stand out from the crowd when applying for work. • Email graduate.futures@fashion.arts.ac.uk for a full audio transcript.

In Black Street Style, creative director and stylist Harris Elliott and LCF Historical Studies and Lecturer and PhD student Lorraine Harris discuss some of the cultural, historical and political meanings around the British black community and why what you wear to church is as important as what you wear to go clubbing.

In Street Style Now we meet three students studying Fashion Communication at Central Saint Martins. Felix Reitze de la Haye, Margarita Galandina and Jebi Labembika reveal what street style looks like in Cameroon, Russia and the UK and why class continues to permeate fashion.

In Grime, musicians, Selassie and Raj, curator Tory Turk and photographer Olivia Rose share some lively and honest opinions about Grime not only as a music genre but as a fashion sub-culture.

In Fashion Curation we hear curators Amy de la Haye, Roger Burton and Tory Turk talk about their experience of curating fashion exhibitions. Amy and Roger were both key curators of ‘Streetstyle’ at the V&A and we learn how they created this ground-breaking exhibition and its continued impact on contemporary fashion exhibitions.

Created and presented by Susanna Cordner, Senior Research Fellow: Archives at LCF, Sartorial Stories is our In Conversation series in which Susanna interviews leading figures from the fashion industry and invites them to bring in one item from their work or from their wardrobe. This week, Susanna chats to Amber Butchart, Fashion Historian, Author and Broadcaster.

Created and presented by Susanna Cordner, Senior Research Fellow: Archives at LCF, Sartorial Stories is our In Conversation series in which Susanna interviews leading figures from the fashion industry and invites them to bring in one item from their work or from their wardrobe. This week, Susanna chats to Georgia Morley, Curator at London Transport Museum. Georgia discusses her work for research p...

Created and presented by Susanna Cordner, Senior Research Fellow: Archives at LCF, Sartorial Stories is our In Conversation series in which Susanna interviews leading figures from the fashion industry and invites them to bring in one item from their work or from their wardrobe. In this episode, Susanna interviews a writer and lecturer at University of the Arts London.

Created and presented by Susanna Cordner, Senior Research Fellow: Archives at LCF, Sartorial Stories is our In Conversation series in which Susanna interviews leading figures from the fashion industry and invites them to bring in one item from their work or from their wardrobe. In this episode, Susanna interviews Elizabeth Paton, European Styles Correspondent for The New York Times. She talks abou...

LCF’s Professor Reina Lewis takes Faith & Fashion to Istanbul Modest Fashion, 20 April 2019, in collaboration with Modanisa, to explore the impact of modest dressing on global brands, regional markets, and mainstream and niche fashion media. Discover more on the Faith and Fashion page: https://bit.ly/33fFKjJ

Created and presented by Susanna Cordner, Senior Research Fellow: Archives at LCF, Sartorial Stories is our In Conversation series in which Susanna interviews leading figures from the fashion industry and invites them to bring in one item from their work or from their wardrobe. In this episode, Susanna interviews Professor Emma Tarlo from the Anthropology department at Goldsmiths, University of Lo...

Created and presented by Susanna Cordner, Senior Research Fellow: Archives at LCF, Sartorial Stories is our In Conversation series in which Susanna interviews leading figures from the fashion industry and invites them to bring in one item from their work or from their wardrobe. In this episode, Susanna interviews, Shahidha Bari - writer, academic, and Professor of Fashion Cultures at London Colleg...

Created and presented by Susanna Cordner, Senior Research Fellow: Archives at LCF, Sartorial Stories is our In Conversation series in which Susanna interviews leading figures from the fashion industry and invites them to bring in one item from their work or from their wardrobe. In this episode, Susanna interviews Professor Frances Corner OBE, currently Head of London College of Fashion and Pro-Vic...

Created and presented by Susanna Cordner, Senior Research Fellow: Archives at LCF, Sartorial Stories is our In Conversation series in which Susanna interviews leading figures from the fashion industry and invites them to bring in one item from their work or from their wardrobe. In this episode, Susanna interviews Beatrice Behlen, Senior Curator of Fashion at the Museum of London. Through her objec...

Created and presented by Susanna Cordner, Senior Research Fellow: Archives at LCF, Sartorial Stories is our In Conversation series in which Susanna interviews leading figures from the fashion industry and invites them to bring in one item from their work or from their wardrobe. In this episode, Susanna interviews Jenny Cossons, Chief Partnerships Officer at Lyst. Jenny spoke to us about a piece fr...

In this episode of Careers in Fashion: Emmy Award winning Make-up Artist Michael Key reminisces about the creation of Make-up Artist Magazine and the International Make-up Artist Trade Show (IMATS), revealing his top tips to get ahead in the Battle of the Brushes student competition. Michael Key is best known for his work on Coneheads (1993), Planet of the Apes (2001) Indiana Jones and the Crystal...

Created and presented by Susanna Cordner, Senior Research Fellow: Archives at LCF, Sartorial Stories is our In Conversation series in which Susanna interviews leading figures from the fashion industry and invites them to bring in one item from their work or from their wardrobe. In this episode, Susanna interviews Ade Hassan MBE, the founder and director of Nubian Skin, the first underwear brand to...

Listen back to the most recent Faith & Fashion event held in collaboration with the Woolf Institute in Cambridge. With a session theme of Embodiment, Gender, and Religious Visibility, Professor Reina Lewis, discussed the politics of religious visibility through dress in the interfaith context, along with Dr Kristin Aune from Coventry University whose research on UK feminist approaches to religion...

In this Employability & Enterprise Series Special episode of Careers in Fashion: we explore the culture of Freelancing and the key things you need to know bout protecting your intellectual property. In this episode we are joined by Matt Dowling, former freelance Photographer and current CEO of Freelancer Club, an online community for creative freelancers of disciplines to connect share and find wo...

Join the LCF Student Enterprise Team (SET) and CEO of Holition, Jonathan Chippindale as we go backstage at the Careers postgraduate event, 'Disruptors. Activism's Place in Fashion'. With ethical and sustainable working debates at the forefront of the industry, design collaborations are changing. The power to ‘disturb’ is rivalling the power of design in this digital age; driving a more informed co...

Created and presented by Susanna Cordner, Senior Research Fellow: Archives at LCF, Sartorial Stories is our In Conversation series in which Susanna interviews leading figures from the fashion industry and invites them to bring in one item from their work or from their wardrobe. In this episode, Susanna interviews Jane Lewis, the founder and Creative Director of British fashion brand Goat. Jane’s o...

Hear directly from final year design students currently studying at LCF. Millie, Chloe and Georgia all completed the Diploma in Professional studies placement year, undertaking international work placements. Find out exactly what is involved in the placement year work load, how to manage moving abroad and top tips on the application processes. The information included will be of use to anyone cons...