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London College of Fashion, UAL

Business
and Innovation

Business and Innovation connects external partners with LCF’s community of creative students, graduates and academics to deliver dynamic and impactful projects and partnerships.

What we offer

Close up of red leather shoe.
Sissie Zhou | MA Footwear | London College of Fashion | UAL

Talent

We connect LCF’s global network of talent with industry. Through inspiring projects, our students and graduates bring fresh-thinking and creative solutions.

Model and photographer in the studio with guests.
LCF Postgraduate 2024 | Ana Blumenkron

Expertise

We harness the knowledge of our expert academics to deliver tailor-made results, accelerating the ambitions of our partner organisations.

LCF student Syeda Sumeya Ahmed using the photogrammetry rig at the Digital Learning Lab, Lime Grove.
LCF student Syeda Sumeya Ahmed using the photogrammetry rig at the Digital Learning Lab, Lime Grove. Photography by Neneh Brathwaite, LCF | London College of Fashion | UAL

Innovation

We offer an insight to the future of fashion, providing a fresh testing ground to achieve solutions fit for a fast-changing world.

Woman holding case of materials.
Sustainable materials in the LCF library | Alys Tomlinson | London College of Fashion | UAL

Purpose

We work with businesses who aspire to co-create impactful results and share our vision of using creativity to make the world a better place.

Project spotlight

  • Collage with picture of Black Panthers and illustrations.
    Collage by Rana Mohamed. BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Womenswear. © Alys Tomlinson
  • Artwork in the window of the Turing building.
    Beth Fraser, LCF graduate, standing beside her installation | London College of Fashion | UAL
  • Vintage Farah jackets on hangers.
    Farah X BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology Menswear | London College of Fashion | East Bank | James Moyles

The LCF Community

Stories

  • Two people holding up a shoe each and smiling at the camera.
    Kristy Roche-Wilson and Merrium El Ouarrad, photo by Chelsea Pineda

    LCF x APICAPPS: Spotlighting the Portuguese footwear industry with Cordwainers students

    APICCAPS’ recent collaboration with LCF’s BA (Hons) Cordwainers Footwear course gave students expert industry insight and recognition for responsible and innovative footwear designs.

  • 3 people smiling at camera.
    (From left to right): Elizabeth Chaffee, Evangeline (Evie) Power-Charles, Gabriella Jaramillo Archiniegas. Photo by Chelsea Pineda

    Flourishing Futures: Growing the Next Era of Fashion at Kew Gardens

    The project Flourishing Futures: Growing The Next Era of Fashion is a collaboration between LCF's MA Fashion Curation and Cultural Programming course and Kew Gardens for their 2025 Material World exhibition.

  • Person holding a boot and smiling at camera.
    APICCAPS x LCF Sample Review Session, photo by Chelsea Pineda

    LCF x APICAPPS: Annie Purdy showcases debut footwear collection at London Fashion Week

    LCF graduate Annie Purdy recently joined forces with APICCAPS to create a striking capsule collection blending experimental design with traditional Portuguese shoemaking.

  • People sat in a classroom with laptops on tables
    Students were briefed by NEXT's team at the start of the unit. Image courtesy of Karla Hunter.

    BA (Hons) Fashion Buying and Merchandising x Next

    For 50 years, NEXT plc have been innovators of the British high street, making them a staple household name. To sustain this legacy, they collaborated with the BA (Hons) Fashion Buying and Merchandising course at London College of Fashion (LCF), UAL to develop a brief challenging students to produce a brand strategy for NEXT plc AW25 Menswear Tailoring range aiming to increase profit.

  • a group of smiling students standing in a classroom
    MSc Applied Psychology in Fashion students

    MSc Applied Psychology in Fashion students explore cultural differences in the way we wear our pants

    We collaborated with material manufacturer Toray to task fashions future leaders with researching the differences in consumer trends toward underwear in Asia and Europe. MSc Applied Psychology in Fashion students undertook quantitative and qualitative reports which compared documented differences in attitudes and behaviours toward underwear wearing globally.

  • MA Fashion Marketing and Global Cultures student Matej Boch, presents at the Mango pitch. Still taken from a video by Orlando Collegaro.
    MA Fashion Marketing and Global Cultures student Matej Boch, presents at the Mango pitch. Still taken from a video by Orlando Collegaro.

    LCF students explore global cultures with Mango

    MA Fashion Marketing and Global Cultures students pitched ideas that could shape the present and future of one of Europe's leading fashion companies.