MUSEUMS, EXHIBITIONS & ARCHIVES
Hackers: Costumes from the Motion Picture @ The Horse Hospital
Rukus! The UK’s Black Queer Archive housed within the London Metropolitan Archives
National Art Library – housed within the V&A
Representing the creative future
The ultimate list of online research resources VOL 2
From the nichest fashion archive to the key fashion suppliers this list has you covered (again!)
The pandemic has fundamentally changed how fashion students are expected to work. Back in April we compiled the ultimate list of online resources to suit our new experience, now, while we exist within this state of limbo between one lockdown and the constant possibility of another, we’ve updated that list. From haberdasheries to the Instagram account compiling ‘fashion for bank robbers’, the new list combines online sites of inspiration with London’s suppliers providing the resources you need to make clothes from conception to completion.
Advertising
Fashion Supplies in London
- Woolcrest Textiles – Hackney
- Toni Textiles – Shepherd’s Bush
- MacCulloch & Wallis – Soho
- Cloth House – Camden
- Misan (West) – Shepherd’s Bush
- Misan Fabric – Soho
- Bhopal Textiles – Brick Lane
- Goldbrick Fabrics – Shepherd’s Bush
- Handweavers Studio and Gallery – Holloway
- Unique Fabrics – Shepherd’s Bush
- Knit Works London – Bethnal Green
- London Trimmings Wholesale – Whitechapel and Tottenham
- Barnett Lawson – Marylebone
- DM Buttons & Buttonholes – Soho
- V V Rouleaux – Marylebone
- London Bead Co. – Kentish Town
- Alec Trianti (Sculpting Tools) – Fitzrovia
- Rosamanda Pleaters – Tottenham
- LaserCut Works – Bermondsey
- Pentonville Foam and Rubber Products – Islington
Advertising
Heidi meets Pablo Rousson
What would an encounter between alpine aesthetic and sensual men from the 80s look like?
Marketa Uhlirova: The co-founder of Fashion in Film Festival shares her advice for aspiring fashion researchers
What does a curator do and how can you progress in the tough world of fashion research and archiving?
Alex Wolfe on chairmen and playful masculinity
Alex Wolfe’s graduate collection, titled ‘The Boredroom,’ challenges traditional menswear codes, expressing playfulness and sensuality
Karen Heshi: “Why must a suit look like a suit?”
The designer reflects on the tension between functionality and identification in her graduate collections.
Daichi Tabata on championing storytelling through design
The Japanese graduate discusses his unusual journey into fashion, translating emotion through design and why we should be repurposing our clothes
A love letter to Mariano Fortuny's Delphos Gown
A celebration of the finely pleated Delphos gown and the enigmatic figure behind its creation
1 Granary
Magazine Issue 6
With unprecedented honesty and depth, 1 Granary Issue 6 dives into the work and lives of fashion designers today. As a response to the construction of desire and personality cults that govern our industry, the magazine steps away from the conventional profiles and editorials, focussing instead on raw work and anonymous, unfiltered testimonies. For the first time ever, readers are given a truthful insight into the process, dreams, fears, hardships, and struggles of today’s creatives.