02Feb2012
Stine Riis, BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Womenswear 2011 graduate has won the H&M design award. The award was announced at Stockholm’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week yesterday.
20Jan2012
Stine a 2011 BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Womenswear graduate, has been named as the UK finalist of the H&M Design Award 2012.
19Jan2012
Stine Riis, a 2011 BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Womenswear graduate, has been named as the UK finalist of the H&M Design Award 2012, for which she wins €5,000. Stine now joins finalists from five other countries to compete for the global H&M Design Award prize of €50,000, and the chance to show the winning collection at Stockholm’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Stine’s collection was chosen by a jury of British fashion experts, who praised Stine for the maturity and modernity of her designs.
Speaking of the experience Stine said:
It’s very exciting. There are so many talented students in Britain, so for me to be chosen to represent the UK is a really big deal. My dream is to start my own label, and getting selected for this competition gives me the confidence to keep going. It’s a really great experience from which I can learn so much.
Ann-Sofie Johansson, H&M’s head of design commented:
Stine really stood out because her collection was really modern. It had a good balance between somethingthat felt new, but at the same time was also really commercial, and you just wanted to have it. She showedvery good craftsmanship, and lots of ideas in one collection. It was very strong.
The H&M Design Award is a new annual initiative to support and encourage the future stars of fashion. BA graduates from fourteen fashion schools have competed to be the finalist for six countries, who will then be judged by a grand jury for the overall prize. In the UK, students from Central Saint Martins, Brighton School of Architecture and Design and London College of Fashion were judged by a panel which included Emma Sells of Elle.co.uk; Cat Callender of The Daily; Gareth Scourfield of Esquire, H&M’s Head of Design Ann-Sofie Johansson and Chloe Bowers, UK Public Relations Manager for H&M.
12Jan2012
Trung's design
Last year BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Menswear student Trung Le entered the “A Suit that Fits” competition to have his design go into production for the bespoke tailors website.
A Suit That Fits offers individually hand tailored suit options for men and women. Their studios are across the UK whilst the tailoring takes place in Nepal.
Trung wearing his own design
Trung went onto the win the competition and his design can now be bought at www.asuitthatfits.com. Trung will graduate in June 2012.
05Jan2012
Little Mix wearing spiked shoulder pieces by Nikita Karizma
Recent BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Development graduate Nikita Karizma created the outfits that Little Mix wore for their winning performance.
Nikita was scouted by the X Factor costume team from her profile on University of the Arts London portfolio site Showtime. Since being selected to join the team she has been creating pieces for the X Factor finals under the guidance of Laury Smith. Nikita’s highlights included creating a baby pink dress from her graduate collection for Amelia Lily, designing spiked shoulder pieces for Little Mix and producing 28 silver harnesses for dancers which were worn at the final.
Amelia Lily wearing a specially commissioned piece from Nikita's graduate collection
Speaking about her experience, Nikita revealed:
It was an absolute pleasure working with Laury Smith and the X Factor team. We fitted Amelia’s dress onto her right before she walked onto the stage and watched her perform from her dressing room, a moment in time that a young designer will never forget. Thank you so much for the support and I look forward to sharing many more fashion memories with you all.
BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles graduate Sanna Naapuri was also featured when Misha wore an oil print velvet cape and leggings from her A/W 2011 collection.
Misha B wearing Sanna Naapuri Autumn/Winter 2011
20Dec2011
Showtime profile image from Cosmetic Science student Thuy Do
For National Science Week 2011 Dr Danka Tamburic, Course Leader for MSc Cosmetic Science, took part in the “Secret Scientists” campaign by the British Science Association showcasing the varied fields that scientists can work in.
Danka spoke about her background and how she started teaching at researching at London College of Fashion:
At the moment, I lead a project which evaluates the effect of micro-needling on skin parameters and another one, involving a multidisciplinary team, which looks into various aspects of mature beauty – The Beauty of Age project.
04Oct2011
Work from Janice Rosenberg's Showtime profile
Work from Janice Rosenberg's Showtime profile
Janice Rosenberg who graduated from the BA (Hons) Cordwainers Footwear in July 2011 was selected to show at BRITISH-ISH an exhibition at the B&A in the British Galleries. The exhibition was curated by Giles Deacon and was part of the London Design Festival.
04Oct2011
LCF’s 2011 award winner for Contemporary Journalism, Emma McCarthy, has secured a job as the new fashion writer at the Evening Standard. Her first article Customers are calling the shots now on fashion focused on crowd-sourcing, a growing trend in which consumers are invited to shape the creative process. The article featured MA Design Management for the Fashion Industries alumna Rachel Cosford, who founded the company Connected Generation, which lets customers decide which of its designs will go into production through an online vote.
22Sep2011
Find out which pieces our guests coveted and what they would wear them with. COLLEGE SHOP is open until 28th September - Unit 1.3 Kingly Court, London, W1
Filmed and edited by Emma Gunnery and Kim Maninno – MA Fashion Media Production students.
22Sep2011
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- Photographer and star from E4′s Dirty Pretty Things – Perou
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- Antony ‘BB’ Kaye from E4’s Dirty Pretty Things
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- LCF alumna and luxury fashion accessories designer Beatrix Ong MBE
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- Chair of the British Fashion Council and LCF alumnus Harold Tillman CBE
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- Celebrity Stylist Karen Binns
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- R&B star Mr Hudson
Looking resplendent in their favourite tuxedos, stars from the worlds of fashion, music and beyond celebrated the beginning of the world tour of London College of Fashion and Henry Poole and Co of Savile Row’s exciting collaboration: Tuxedo: The Little Black Jacket.
