London College of Fashion
Established |
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Head | Andrew Teverson |
Location | London , United Kingdom 51°32′30″N 0°00′46″W / 51.5418°N 0.01287°W |
Affiliations | University of the Arts London |
Website | arts |
The London College of Fashion is a
History
The origins of the London College of Fashion are in three early London trade schools for women: the Shoreditch Technical Institute Girls School,
After the
In 1986 the London College of Fashion became part of the
In August 2000 Cordwainers College, a specialist school for
The college moved to Stratford in east London in 2023.[8][9]
It is one of six constituent colleges of the University of the Arts London, the others being
Campus
Until 2023, when it moved to new premises in Stratford, the main building was in John Prince's Street, just north of Oxford Circus, with other campuses at 272 High Holborn, 40 Lime Grove in Shepherd's Bush, and – in east London – 182 Mare Street, 100 Curtain Road and Golden Lane.[11]
The new building, at 105 Carpenters Road in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, was purpose-built to designs by Allies and Morrison, which were intended to reflect nineteenth-century mill buildings.[9][12]
Alumni
Among the alumni of the college are Jimmy Choo, shoe designer,[13] Ioana Ciolacu, fashion designer,[14] and Driss Jettou, former prime minister of Morocco.[15]
References
- ^ "The Countess of Wessex appointed patron of London College of Fashion". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013.
- ^ "Professor Roni Brown". 4 October 2021.
- ^ Sir James Bird, ed. (1922). "The Shoreditch Technical Institute". Survey of London: volume 8: Shoreditch. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ a b Julie Tancell (2002). GB 2159 London College of Fashion. AIM25: Archives in London and the M25 area. Retrieved May 2014.
- ^ a b [s.n.] (August 2012). University of the Arts London (formerly The London Institute) A Brief History Archived 10 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine University of the Arts London. Retrieved May 2014.
- ^ Julie Tancell (2002). GB 2159 Cordwainers. AIM25: Archives in London and the M25 area. Retrieved May 2014.
- ^ T.F.T. Baker, ed. (1995). "Hackney: Education". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10: Hackney. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ "LCF Goes East". British Vogue. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Frequently Asked Questions". London College of Fashion. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "London College of Fashion website".
- ^ Virtual Tours Archived 22 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine. University of the Arts London: London College of Fashion. Retrieved May 2014.
- ^ Mimi Francis-Mearns (8 June 2023). "Our Future in Stratford: Everything you need to know about East Bank".
- ^ Browse all alumni profiles. University of the Arts London: London College of Fashion. Retrieved May 2014.
- ^ "LCF Student wins Designer For Tomorrow". blogs.arts.ac.uk/. Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
- ^ Jettou, Driss (in French). Brussels: Institut Européen de Recherche sur la Coopération Méditerranéenne et Euro- Arabe (MEDEA). Retrieved April 2015.