The project encouraged cross-disciplinary and cross-college collaboration bringing together industry and education. Students from three UAL colleges; Central St Martins, London College of Fashion and London College of Communication worked together to study and interrogate existing and future fashion systems, mapping out local and global consciousness, impacts and consumer habits around fashion.
The project represented the creative journey of the group, united in a unique extra- curricular collaborative venture, to explore fashion, and its connected industries through a sustainable lens. With the support of external partners, Impact Hub Westminster and The Lissome, students proactively engaged in an immersive journey while industry experts too were invited to explore how fashion can act as a powerful tool to tackle social, environmental, economic, and ethical issues. Featured were a series of installations and interactive activities which questioned and explored both current and preferred systems, a result of curated activism to create thought-provoking responses.
Outcomes allowed students to engage with high profile industry partners and organisations with global outreach in order to successfully highlight the addressed topics of: sustainable approaches, future fashion solutions, social responsibility, conscious luxury, technology and digital enhancing tools, ethical fashion brand building, intelligent fashion marketing strategies, mindful & holistic consumerism and local & global fashion futures
The Beyond Fashion exhibition at London College of Fashion successfully reached far beyond the fashion community:
At the exhibition opening Richard Sant (Head of Careers and Employability University of the Arts London) said; “The exhibition looked great and we received such positive feedback from the visitors. Not just UAL staff and students but general public who was drawn in by the exciting display.”
