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
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.
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
Fi Grew makes fashion without clothes
Photographing and collaging against the basic preconception of fashion
Jessica Guzman on machine-knitting careful chaos
Can you manufacture the same garment differently every time? Jessica Guzman’s semi-elasticated knits say yes.
Clay’s sentimental styling
Fashion Communication student Clay is reinterpreting clothing for the protection and honouring of women
Freja Wesik, in praise of do-it-yourself
The designer waves goodbye to university with a rainbow tinted homage to DIY
Pin Mirin: Shaping A New Beginning
The BA graduate on how clothing has helped her adapt to a new life, as she mourns her old one
Dahee Kim on abandoning the rulebooks and challenging childhood oppression
The Korean designer explores the isolating group culture and name-calling from her schooling days into a collection that celebrates self-expression and individuality
