Quarantine Dispatch #4: I never liked this city
LCF student, Katerina Kondrat, replied to our open call with a poetic journal entry on London
Joshua Crabtree feels fortunate in 2020
A conversation with Joshua Crabtree on trying to fill the void post-graduation and finding something positive
London-based knitwear designer Eleana Burrow’s design process based on her instinct
Designing is a response to her own life, so practicality meet emotions, textures, lines and shapes to structure the fluid silhouettes in her knits
Talia Byre is collecting her heritage
Recent graduate Talia Byre talks intimate details about realising her purpose and how to get through the "4 am on the kitchen floor" moments.
Karen Heshi: “Why must a suit look like a suit?”
The designer reflects on the tension between functionality and identification in her graduate collections.
Catherine Hudson: The tension of displacement
The British designer wants to reflect the diasporic experience of the Rastafari subculture in her garments.
“I don’t really see myself as a fashion designer,” – Belgian artist Chris Lensz on mixing fashion design and photography
His graduate collection presented lots of tailoring and revolved around the concept of Victorian mourning
Rin Choe on the artistry of pattern cutting and deconstructing Korean tradition
Choe fell into the industry unexpectedly, but in doing so, her collection aims to rewrite the traditions of her Korean heritage
Davina Amajor on multi-functional garments and overlooked materials
With her BA collection ‘90 Degrees’, Davina set out to recover the functionality and aesthetic value of worn fabrics that were once undesired, in order to prevent them from being disposed of
Orlando Yates’s jackets recall pre-COVID wild times at festivals
Menswear designer Orlando Yates on his sunrise-hued garments that were inspired by waking up at festivals
Shanghai-based designer Zheng Lu believes the future is mechanical
A collection about rebelling against industry norms, Zheng Lu’s search for a well-oiled fashion system led him to create workwear with his own spin on anti–fashion
