Why is textiles such an important skill?
When people think of textiles, they often picture fashion design or a bit of sewing at school. But textiles is a subject with far more reach - and far more...
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REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion
REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion @ The Design Museum London. DESIGN MUSEUM: REBEL EXHIBITION: INFO HERE The Textile Skills Centre team are on tour again and...
Vivienne Westwood Corset Exhibition
What fashion student doesn’t love a corset, a favourite product with GCSE and A level students and their teachers. Where better to start your research than with the late Vivian...
African Fashion @ The V&A
“Contemporary fashion creatives are shifting the geography of global fashion the vitality of the scene is irrepressible, its creativity limitless. Now, Africa fashion shares a glimpse of the glamour and...
Fashion ‘Fit’ For the Future
“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, in the way we live and what is happening around us.”- Coco Chanel Clothing...
Arts & Crafts in the New World…
As we ‘STEAM’ ahead with new technologies and the move towards mass customisation, what are the implications on the arts and of what will be a dramatic and impending shift...
Save the World With a Great Fitting Pattern!
A recent trip to Greece to discover the methodology of Anastasia Vouyouka used to create perfect fit pattern construction raised the issue of unsustainable fast fashion we have become used...