recycling
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2016
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H&M x LCF on the Strand
Our last destination for the H&M x LCF project on the last day of London Fashion Week is The Strand. We take a look at the work of LCF students George Boyle, Pheobe Yange and Miju Ko called 3패션人, a reference to the collaboration between all three of their cultures. Their collection applies weaving and construction techniques found […]
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H&M x LCF – Playful Activists
Throughout London Fashion Week we have been taking a look at some of the student collections which are being showcased at H&M stores around central London as part of the H&M x LCF collaboration project. Today we visit The Playful Activists, by Dayun Lee and Dawn Kelso, currently on display in the Covent Garden H&M windows. Through […]
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H&M x LCF Im-perfecting fashion
As we hit the half way point of London Fashion Week and the H&M x LCF Designing for Sustainability showcase, today we take a closer look at the display at Bond Street. Imperfection is Beautiful, by LCF students: Kayla Satzger, Sourena Ghaffari, Yuntao Ma, Jiaxin He and Wei Qi Lim draws upon the pre-lived nature of recycled garments as the […]
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H&M x LCF – Something New
Last night we officially launched the H&M x LCF project with a London Fashion Week event hosted by H&M at their flagship Oxford Circus store. The response from the room was overwhelmingly positive, with real appreciation for the creative works on display. Showcasing the student works during London Fashion Week is not only a testament to the quality […]
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H&M x LCF at London Fashion Week
It was around this time last year we launched the Clothes Well Lived project – a collaboration with H&M and London College of Fashion’s BA (Hons) Creative Direction to create a series of window installations that challenge our perceptions of value through the lens of fashion. This year the journey continues as we work with H&M, BA(Hons) Fashion Design & Technology […]
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Za’atari Refugee Camp: How to be an Entrepreneur in Hell
Last week, Professor Helen Storey visited Za’atari Refugee Camp, where the tent that is now Dress for our Time came from to learn more about the refugee crisis. Here are her reflections… These are the experiences that make you question the purpose of your life. As we drove along the surrounding camp wall of Za’atari […]
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International Recycling Day: Clothes Well Lived Project
May 17 is International Recycle Day. We are all well aware of the importance of recycling- it’s been drilled into us repeatedly over the last decade, and heralded as the easy, DIY way to save the planet- or least do your bit. Of course, recycling does have its merits- recycling a single run of a […]
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2015
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Clothes Well Lived
Our relationship with our clothes has changed dramatically over the past couple of decades; somehow we have fallen into a monotonous cycle of shopping, stockpiling and then periodically binning our clothes rather than cherishing, valuing and loving them. Aside from the sad thought that many of the items we initially loved so much now aren’t […]
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