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Special Interest Group

Creative Fashion Enterprise

Red string bag full of lemons.
Red string bag full of lemons.
Sophie Brameld, 2021 BA Textile Design, Chelsea College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Rianna Doran

We bring together research and knowledge exchange at the intersection of fashion, creative entrepreneurship and enterprise education. The group responds to the growing interest in collaboration, specialist leadership and entrepreneurial capability within the creative industries, to contribute to innovation in fashion business practice, impact-driven knowledge exchange projects and policy-relevant scholarship. Working with academics, creative SMEs and entrepreneurial ecosystems, we focus on generating collaborative, practical and publishable outputs. We aim to strengthen connections between research, education and industry while advancing understanding of creative enterprise as a field of practice and study. 

Poster for StART Entrepreneurship Project
StART Entrepreneurship Project | Centre for Fashion Business | London College of Fashion

StART Entrepreneurship Project

Funded by the Office for Students and Research England, StART is a collaborative project between London College of Fashion, Royal Northern College of Music, and Royal Central School of Speech and Drama exploring inclusive, practice based, and interdisciplinary approaches to entrepreneurial learning. Combining research, curriculum innovation, and industry engagement, the project supports entrepreneurial capability, creative careers, and new approaches to enterprise education. Through workshops, mentoring, placements, industry partnerships, and cross institutional collaboration, StART creates opportunities for students to develop entrepreneurial mindsets, build professional networks, and respond to real world challenges. By connecting research, pedagogy, and external engagement, the project contributes new knowledge about how enterprise education can support sustainable careers and innovation across the creative industries.

Project team

Dan Henderson, Tessa Read, Marcus O’Dair, Beki Gowing, Henrietta Garnett, Zoe Tynan-Campbell, Alyssa Brecht

Creative Enterprise Star Framework
Creative Enterprise Star Framework | Centre for Fashion Business | London College of Fashion

Creative Enterprise Star Guidebook

This research informed publication explores how enterprise education can be embedded within creative higher education through flexible, practice based, and interdisciplinary approaches. Centred on the Creative Enterprise Star competency framework, it brings together collaborative research, practical tools, and case studies that support educators in designing, mapping, and communicating enterprise learning across diverse creative contexts. The guidebook examines how entrepreneurial competencies can be embedded within creative disciplines while advancing practice informed perspectives on entrepreneurial learning, pedagogy, and competency development. Designed for educators, researchers, and practitioners, it provides a framework for integrating enterprise education into creative curricula in ways that are inclusive, adaptable, and grounded in real world practice.

Project lead

Beki Gowing

Project team

Dan Henderson, Henrietta Garnett, Carla Frith, Ruth Lawrenson, Cynthia Gregoire

London College of Fashion

Contact

Telephone

+44 (0)20 7514 7400

Address

105 Carpenter's Road
London

E20 2AR