London College of Fashion

Nina Van Volkinburg interviews MA students at Fashion Business School, London College of Fashion, University Arts London to discover the focus of their final major projects. All Fashion Business School students are required to complete a final major project in their final year, with a focus on fashion business.

We are joined by Kiran Ali, Melanie Wijesinghe, and Fernando Cortés Martinez from the Fashion Business School, London College of Fashion, who outline their research capturing an industry in flux. Our discussion focuses on the use of immersive technologies in luxury fashion e-tail, the well-being of the apparel sector’s female garment workers and how clienteling is implemented in the Spanish fashion luxury industry.

Welcome to LCF Unfiltered, a new podcast developed and hosted by LCF alumna, Roisin Cummins. LCF Unfiltered aims to give a platform, safe space and voice, to people of colour, whilst highlighting the immense talent and skills that are often undervalued. In the first series, Roisin chats with current LCF students and graduates about their experiences at uni and within the industry.

In this episode, Roisin meets graduate designers Basmah Malik and Shola Adejare.

Welcome to LCF Unfiltered, a new podcast developed and hosted by LCF alumna, Roisin Cummins. LCF Unfiltered aims to give a platform, safe space and voice, to people of colour, whilst highlighting the immense talent and skills that are often undervalued. In the first series, Roisin chats with current LCF students and graduates about their experiences at uni and within the industry.

First up is Ashley Lloyd, a Womenswear designer from London.

Join LCF Graduate Futures in an inspirational conversation with two charismatic beauty pioneers, Gill Morris and Eryca Freemantle, who possess experience spanning over three decades within industry. In this episode they will discuss and explore the topics of diversity and inclusion within fashion and beauty. Listen to their stories and personal accounts of the evolution of the industry, the mind-set and skills needed to gain employment in a vibrant, exciting sector and the trajectory in which the industry is headed.

• Find out more about Eryca Freemantle: @erycafreemantle and @eatowglobal

• Visit LCF Graduate Futures to find out what we do: www.arts.ac.uk/fashion/lcf-student-careers

• Sign up to LCF MY_Jobs: www.lcf-my-jobs.arts.ac.uk/signin

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All about trends and their death in terms of old style "Red is the new black" trends. Today, it's more about new thoughts on culture, gender etc, which are ongoing, major, important and influential

Jessica Bumpus and I discuss looking back in fashion, fashion history and how it's used today, looking at the difference between the truly historical and the recent past and how designers use archive history.

In this episode, the Graduate Futures Placement team is joined by students Jasleen Heer and Payton Barrette who will be sharing their insights about their experiences on a work placement in industry. They discuss their placement search journey and the obstacles they have experienced during the process and how they have managed to secure and navigate an internship during the global pandemic. Tune in to get advice on how to secure a placement!

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Charlie Craggs talks about gender, and trans both personal terms and it’s impact on the fashion business, as well as trans in daily life and the world around us.

Charlie Craggs talks specifically about gender and trans in the fashion business. What’s happening and shares thoughts on some of the key players in the fashion business arena.

Fashion now, fashion as we move through the second year of Covid and fashion as it really works and happens in terms of the show, the online, the influencers and the professionals.