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UAL’s not just a shop x LCF Founders Club host a pop-up shop  

A woman holding a lilac flower in the palm of her hand with flowers falling around her to the ground.
  • Written byLondon College of Fashion
  • Published date 01 October 2025
A woman holding a lilac flower in the palm of her hand with flowers falling around her to the ground.
Chen Chen, BA (Hons) Pattern Cutting | Photograph: Chen Chen Studios.

This Christmas, not just a shop is collaborating with LCF Founders Club to showcase some of the newest fashion designers to emerge from London College of Fashion, UAL. The seasonal pop-up will feature a curated collection of fashion pieces from LCF entrepreneurs, along with unique products and gifts created by students and graduates from across UAL.

The pop-up shop will run from 6 November – 19 December 2025 at LCF’s East Bank campus, lower ground floor.

About not just a shop and LCF founders club

UAL is ranked second in the world for Art and Design, we are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future. For 3 years in a row, we have been #1 for student start-ups. With a growing number of UAL graduates founding or co-founding their own businesses, UAL has become an enterprise growth destination for students, influencing the UK’s creative economy.

not just a shop isn’t your typical retail outlet, we exist to support students who want to run their own product-based businesses by giving them hands-on experience of working with retailers. Operating a not-for-profit model, we reinvest all proceeds back into our enterprise education offer, providing students and graduates with the skills they need to start their own business.

LCF Founders Club is a support network exclusively for LCF alumni who are trading as Freelancers or run registered businesses in the UK and internationally. Since its inception in 2016, the LCF Founders Club has grown to over 400 active members. The Founders Club boasts Bethany Williams, Steven Passaro, Intotum, Lone Design Club, Dewey and Torisheju Dumi amongst its membership.

What to expect at the pop-up

With pieces from designers including inflatable masterpieces from Harri, unconventional takes on traditional menswear from Kyle Ho, and creative pattern cutting from Chenchen Studios. This is your chance to acquire unique designer pieces from some of London’s most up-and-coming designers.

Vinyl stickers stuck to a window that read 'not just a shop UAL Founders and Freelancers'
not just a shop pop-up store at LCF's East Bank campus.

As well as clothing, the shop will stock some, not just a shop favorites, with a chance to get a new outfit and tick a few gifts off your Christmas list all in one place. Expect to see exceptional homeware, gifts and accessories from brands such as Yod & Co’s contemporary homeware, Nata Concept Stores (who are bringing brussels sprouts to the table in a new way this year!) and playful jewellery from Kam Creates.