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Breaking Ground
London College of Fashion, UAL alongside its new neighbours in East Bank officially ‘broke ground’ this morning. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, who officially launched the beginning of construction works said: “Culture and creativity has shaped our city and made us who we are – the capital is overflowing with talent and imagination and… →
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Fashion District Launch
Fashion District This morning we celebrated the launch of the Fashion District – A new vision for an East London Fashion Innovation Hub. Joined by BFC Chief Executive, Caroline Rush, Deputy Mayor Justine Simons and designer Christopher Raeburn, LCF collaborated with our partners to launch exciting plans for a new technologically advanced district, reviving east… →
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Processions 2018
In 1918, the Representation of the People Act gave the first British women the right to vote and stand for public office. One hundred years on, Processions invites women and girls across the UK to mark this historic moment, as part of a living portrait of women in the 21st century. On Sunday 10th June 2018,… →
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Opinion: Seaside Regeneration
As we plan for the colleges move to Stratford in 2022, a place that has seen huge investment and growth in the last decade, the concept of regeneration is often at the forefront of our thinking and as a college we are keen to learn from other towns and cities that have undergone a similar… →
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Force of Nature (Mile End Art Pavilion)
Mile End might not be everyone’s first choice destination when it comes to connecting with the natural world. However, just minutes away from the A11, nestled in the Mile End Park, is an Art Pavilion. The Pavilion, almost hidden as it is sheltered under a grass bank, is a tranquil hideaway, with a large glass… →
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Opinion: Crafty Businesswomen
Last week saw the fourth annual Edinburgh Yarn Festival. The brainchild of two women, Jo Kelly and Mica Koehlmos, the show is dedicated to showcasing the very best yarns from small, niche producers and is one of the UK’s biggest festivals for knitters, weavers, dyers and spinners. Whilst I am none of the above, I am… →
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Albion Knitting Company
“The British knitwear industry was dead.” But not, it seems in an industrial estate in Harringay, where Albion Knitting Company are spearheading a renaissance of luxury knitting in the UK. Albion, established by Chris Murphy and Jamie O’Neill in 2014, is the first industrial scale flat knitting company founded in London since the Second… →
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London Cloth Company
“This yarn goes up, this yarn goes down, weft goes through, alternate it, repeat. That’s basically weaving. It’s always been like this.” There’s something about Daniel Harris’ unfazed character. In 2010, with no prior experience of weaving he bought an old loom from a barn in Wales. In the process of taking the small loom… →
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Whitney McVeigh – Human Fabric
Whitney McVeigh is a Fellow in Creative Practice at London College of Fashion. As a practicing artist in painting, installation and film, Whitney is working under an interdisciplinary area of research entitled Human Fabric. Human Fabric looks at our collective history, linking our common threads through land, our clothes, our borders, our everyday belongings and… →
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Opinion: Beautiful, yes – but that’s not all
Writing about the legacy of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (QEOP) and the development of a cultural and education quarter, the Guardian’s Oliver Wainwright states that UAL’s London College of Fashion will mean “ready-made beautiful people to drape themselves stylishly across the terraces.” When is this myopic view of an industry that is worth a… →