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5 Affordable Sustainable Clothes Brands
5 Affordable Sustainable Brands Many people assume that to shop sustainably – it will cost a small fortune. This however is not the case. Locally sourced materials and production can be found right here in the U.K at a reasonable price, it is just about knowing where to find them and… →
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Inside Arc – Fashion | Space | Gallery – Exhibition
Inside Arc – Fashion | Space | Gallery Archives are usually repositories of objects, not intended for further use, rarely displayed in static exhibitions or museum cases. The Arc is a working archive, consisting of garments, accessories and other paraphernalia amassed by designer Jennefer Osterhoudt. Many items are by John Galliano and Alexander McQueen, with whom… →
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Fashion Revolution hosts Fashion Question time: Rana Plaza
Fashion Revolution hosts Fashion Question time: Rana Plaza Is the Fashion industry a better place for women to work five years on? On 24 April 2013, the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh collapsed. 1,138 people died and another 2,500 were injured. Rana plaza housed five garment factories from big global brands including Primark, Mango, Monsoon and… →
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Opinion: Mend, Repair & Reuse
An estimated £140 million worth (350,000 tonnes) of used clothing goes to landfill in the UK every year. The rise of cheap, fast fashion, has now made it more practical to throw away our clothes when they get damaged than it is to repair or reuse them. The environmental cost of landfills are significant. Not… →
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Archive Artefacts: Thea Porter Blouse
From one era defining woman to another, Thea Porter may not be as famous a name as last week’s featured designer Mary Quant, however her influence on the look of her era is just as significant. Porter’s exotic fabrics and loose, sensual designs helped instigate the boho-chic look of the late 60s and 70s. Inspired… →
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Yohji Yamamoto (SHOWSPACE)
“Are you listening? The fabric has so much to teach us.” Summer is always a great time to explore the latest exhibitions as the demands of academic life slow down for a few weeks. I was particularly pleased to hear that a new exhibition exploring the work of one of my favourite designers, Yohji Yamamoto… →
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Savage Beauty with Claire Wilcox (V&A)
On Monday I was treated to a tour of the V&A’s brilliant Savage Beauty exhibition. I was guided by our own Chair of Fashion Curation at LCF, and the V&A Museum’s Senior Curator of Fashion, Professor Claire Wilcox. The exhibition, showing the work of the late, visionary designer Lee Alexander McQueen, only has a couple more weeks to… →
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Sustainability: Grow a Garment
Not many of us know where the garments we buy on a weekly basis were made, let alone what they are made from. To challenge this modern problem, LCF teamed up with Cordwainers Community Garden (whose members use LCF land to grow food crops) and the artist Zoe Burt, to grow and manufacture an item of clothing… →