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London College of Fashion teams up with Common Objective to promote sustainable fashion

London College of Fashion (LCF) has announced a partnership with Common Objective to support the next generation of fashion professionals to build a more sustainable industry. Backed by parties such as the World Trade Fair Organization, Fashion Revolution and Fashion for Good, Common Objective is a free-to-join platform which connects fashion...

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Call for entries: fashion students’ drawing talent to be showcased in exhibition

Sketching with pen and paper remains relevant, even in a world obsessed with digital. That’s why the London College of Fashion (LCF) has partnered up with art supplies store Cass Art to organize a competition of fashion illustration for students. Now in its fourth year, #drawfashion will award winners with three art material prizes worth 1,000...

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Centre for Sustainable Fashion celebrates 10 years with Rainer Ganahl exhibition

Comme des Marxists, an exhibition by New-York based artist Rainer Ganahl, is coming to the UK for the first time, as part of the 10-year anniversary of the Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CSF) at London College of Fashion. Ganahl is best known for his humorous approach to criticize consumerism. Comme des Marxists draws inspiration from famous...

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International Fashion Showcase returning for 2019

The International Fashion Showcase, established as a platform for emerging designers to exhibit their work during London Fashion Week, has confirmed that it will return in 2019 and will feature 16 emerging designers from across the globe. The biennial fashion presentation, hosted in partnership between the British Council, British Fashion...

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Asos to offer sustainability training for its team, with help from London College of Fashion

British e-tailer Asos and the Centre for Sustainable Fashion at the London College of Fashion (LCF) have joined forces to develop a course on circular fashion for the company’s design team. The training, which started earlier this month, includes a series of half-day workshops, discussions and drop-in sessions which will teach the participants...

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Vin + Omi and London College of Fashion launch Bin 2 Body

Sustainable fashion brand Vin + Omi launched its collaboration with the London College of Fashion during London Fashion Week Men’s, Bin 2 Body, which saw the brand collecting single-use plastic bottles at the event to be transformed into fashion for its London Fashion Week showcase in September. In a press release from Vin + Omi, the designer...

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Reserved partners with London College of Fashion

Polish fashion retailer Reserved, which opened its debut UK store in London last year, has announced a partnership with the London College of Fashion to develop and invest in emerging designers. The retailer sponsored the London College of Fashion’s BA 2018 graduate show, as part of LPP’s “broader commitment to nurturing diverse design talent”...

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London College of Fashion partners up with Microsoft for short-term course

The London College of Fashion (LCF) has partnered up with Microsoft to create a short-term program in which students have access to innovations like mixed reality, internet of things and artificial intelligence, said the two companies in a joint statement. Dubbed “Future of Fashion Incubator”, the program takes one semester. Top students from...

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Kering & London College of Fashion to offer first digital course in sustainable luxury fashion

London - Luxury conglomerate Kering and London College of Fashion, UAL (LCF) have teamed up to create the world’s first open-access digital course in sustainable luxury fashion. Named ‘Fashion & Sustainability: Understanding Luxury Fashion in a Changing World’, the new course was announced during an event hosted by the British Fashion Council...

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London College of Fashion partners with Klarna

European payments provider Klarna has announced a UK partnership with the London College of Fashion (LCF) to support the next generation of fashion tech innovators. The partnership with see Klarna joining forces with the Digital Anthropology Lab at London College of Fashion, which is one of the UK’s foremost research hubs dedicated to making...

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Kering announces sustainable winners

Four London College of Fashion students were announced as the winners of the 2017 Kering Awards for Sustainable Fashion, as part of the 2017 Kering Talk that featured Marco Bizzarri, president and chief executive of Gucci as the guest of honour and keynote speaker. The awards are part of the five-year partnership between Kering and the London...

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