Tennis star Maria Sharapova recently modelled London College of Fashion designs in the windows of Liberty, just off Carnaby Street.
An LCF industry project with Sony Ericsson invited 80 students to create hi-tech designs for the future. The winner, Georgie Davies (2nd year BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Development), designed a cocktail dress that lit up if the wearer’s mobile phone rang.
Read more on the Telegraph website.
'Bicycle bling for geared up girls'.
In the summer of 2008, LCF BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Development student and cyclist Amy Fleuriot started up her clothing company Cyclodelic ‘in response to the lack of stylish yet functional bicycle wear for women’. Now her handmade range has launched at Topshop’s flagship Oxford St store.
Amy partnered up with Textile Design Graduate and ex courier Sarah Buck, and used their combined knowledge of fashion, textiles and cycling to achieve their shared goal of enabling women to look good when they are out on their bikes. Cyclodelic sells through bicycle boutiques across London and online.
One of Cyclodelic's accessories: the mini D-lock holster belt.
BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Development graduates Emma-Jayne Parkes and Viviane Jaeger have joined forces to start up SquidLondon, an innovative new business specialising in smart materials. Since leaving LCF in June this year, the pair have been busy setting up their new venture, partly thanks to funding from their runners-up prize in the Deutsche Bank Pyramid award. Read more about their experiences in our Alumni section.
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