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Representing the creative future
“SO CSM”:Are art-school kids a subculture?
Can we talk about an authentic subculture when today’s students need to fit in a system in order to survive?
Why are students leaving fashion education?
The potential of losing a generation of designers in relation to graduates and independent brands is widely discussed, but what about those at the start of their education?
Quarantine Dispatch #4: I never liked this city
LCF student, Katerina Kondrat, replied to our open call with a poetic journal entry on London
Quarantine Dispatch #2: Designing between Wuhan and New York
As part of our series where we share your thoughts and feelings in quarantine, Parsons fashion student Terrence Zhou puts his reality into words
Quarantine Dispatch #1: Overcoming cancelled aspirations
Designers, art students, tutors and fashion professionals shared with us their thoughts and feelings from lockdown. First up is LCF student Lisa Keane, who is rebuilding her motivation to create again, at home
Working class fashion students falling through the cracks
Is COVID-19 widening the class gap between fashion students?
Roger Tredre: The Great Fashion Designers
Who made the cut and why?
Why are we burning out?
Students are increasingly stressed, anxious, and afraid to fail. What does that mean for our creative future?
Hyping isn't Helping
The promotional potential of designer support systems has created a warped idea of what a healthy career looks like.
Learning to Live on a Sinking Ship
This is the story of being in fashion while battling serious depression.
Andrew Groves: “Menswear is about finding individuality within uniformity”
The University of Westminster’s new show, ‘Invisible Men’, is the biggest exhibition of menswear ever to be staged in the UK
Wake up, fashion. Sustainability doesn’t mean anything
Another buzzword bites the dust
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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.