Representing the creative future


Miscellaneous  –  May 2025

7 lessons in luxury fashion management

What we learned from Erdem’s CEO Philippa Nixon speaking at Istituto Marangoni London.

Miscellaneous  –  May 2025

Why production breaks so many independent brands

Know what you want. Articulate it clearly. Be honest when you've made mistakes... or you'll never make it past a couple seasons.

Miscellaneous  –  May 2025

Want Magnum mentorship? Tell the stories fashion ignores

Textile Exchange x Magnum Photos returns, spotlighting the people, practices, and places often left out of fashion’s frame.

Designers  –  May 2025

The Belgian designer who mastered the art of influence without fame

Patrick Van Ommeslaeghe has quietly shaped some of the most important collections of the 21st century.

Interviews  –  May 2025

The second coming of Anne Sofie Madsen

You can take 14 seasons off and come back stronger than ever. Here's what the Danish designer learnt from her time away from the fashion schedule.


Graduate Shows  –  Apr 2025

Accademia Costume & Moda 2025: Identity, Ritual, and Reinvention

In a world craving authenticity, will this new wave of designers turn fashion into something more personal—and more powerful?

Graduate Shows  –  Mar 2025

IFM MA 2025: Designing for the past, present and future

With nostalgia and current affairs as a common collection thread, how will these grads shape fashion’s future?

Graduate Shows  –  Mar 2025

LCF MA 2025: Fashion as dialogue

Redefining the relationships between history and the present through fashion

Central Saint Martins  –  Feb 2025

CSM MA FASHION 2025: New Slot, New Attitude

Will this year's craft-literate graduates resist fashion's predictable path?


Opinion  –  Mar 2025

Milan’s fashion matriarchy is dying a slow death

At least we have Donatella! At least we had Donatella.


Miscellaneous  –  Apr 2025

How to get the most out of your creative degree

A guide to the dos and don’ts for students starting university – tried and tested by recent graduates.


Designers To Hire

Ruben Arnaldo Gollin is defending opulence

Does fashion need to appeal to the masses?

Designers To Hire

Lovro Lukić crafts Yugoslavian blankets into couture pieces

“I don’t care about your expensive, gorgeous embroidery”

Designers To Hire

Lottie Robinson is stitching worlds together

Fusing workwear and tailoring to paint a portrait of men


Opinion  –  Jan 2025

Don’t forget about fashion’s dads

Dads proliferate fashion’s runways and moodboards. But how does the industry treat its working fathers?

Miscellaneous  –  Apr 2025

Brands shouldn’t last forever

Don’t cry that your favourite brand shut down; cry because your old favourite brand is getting worse by the season.

Opinion  –  Jan 2024

High Fashion Twitter: Decoding the Future of Fashion in 280 Characters

Is High Fashion Twitter the New Fashion Industry Vanguard?


Fashion Image  –  Feb 2024

Why young designers shouldn’t miss the digital boat

Assaf Reeb on why digital fashion has not been all that successful and how his Digital Fashion Archive helps forge a new path

Opinion  –  Jun 2024

Do you have to live in London to have a fashion career?

Exploring the privilege of having a family in the country you work in, and what happens to the ones that don’t

Opinion  –  Sep 2024

Fashion loves to talk about ‘family’, until it’s time to start your own

Starting a family in fashion is hard. Doing so through surrogacy, adoption or fostering is nearly impossible

Miscellaneous  –  Oct 2024

Financial Planning for Fashion Students

Talking about money is taboo at art college, a world where the glitz and the glamour are supposed to be self-sustaining


Opinion  –  Jan 2020

Why are we burning out?

Students are increasingly stressed, anxious, and afraid to fail. What does that mean for our creative future?

Miscellaneous  –  Jun 2023

How do you deal with post-college panic and what makes a good portfolio?

"What Now?": A graduate's survival guide by the Sarabande Foundation


Interviews  –  Jul 2021

Gareth Wrighton shared everything about his creative process with student Callum Hansen

The two CSM Fashion Communication graduates discuss how to translate your creativity to a fast-paced industry

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