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Centre for Fashion Curation projects

Mannequin diving complete with plastic splash effect
Mannequin diving complete with plastic splash effect
Homo Faber, by Judith Clark, Michelangelo Foundation, Venice 2018

The Centre for Fashion Curation at London College of Fashion, LCF s an international centre which explores all elements of exhibition-making and archival research. Our projects showcase the very best of our past exhibitions.

Explore our projects

  • Dress by Balenciaga alongside text by performance artist Cheddar Gorgeous in a section of the exhibition examining fashion, dress and positive well-being.

    Exhibiting Fashion Toolkit

    AHRC funded project enhancing the skill sets of exhibition curators, helping them to produce effective, engaging and innovative displays.

  • Dynamic photograph of a person dancing in a flowing and colourful folk outfit.

    Making Mischief

    A research project looking through the lens of folk costume as a unifying form of identify and expression. Led in partnership with the Museum of British Folklore (MoBF) and Compton Verney Art Gallery.

  • women in red rose covered garment

    Ravishing: the Rose in Fashion

    Ravishing: The Rose in Fashion exhibition at The Museum at FIT.

  • Fashion Interpretations logo

    Fashion Interpretations

    An international, interdisciplinary network focuses on the ways modern and contemporary fashion is continually reinterpreted through varied mediums.

  • Mannequin diving complete with plastic splash effect

    Homo Faber: Fashion Inside and Out

    Exploring how traditional techniques inspire contemporary design and exhibition-making.

  • A young man taking of a sweat shirt with a 'Wu-Tang' logo

    Subcultures: Then and Now

    Celebrating 25th anniversary of a groundbreaking fashion exhibition 'Streetstyle' held at the V&A in 1994 through a series of exhibitions, podcasts and events.

  • Two rows of yellow cabinets, four in each row, each displaying objects.

    Cabinet Stories

    An exhibition travelling to places with little access to the arts, such as prisons and elderly care homes.

  • Wooden upright chair with a pair of white shoes and wooden box on floor

    Footnotes

    Work inspired by selected shoes from LCF’s archive, revealing new interpretations of historic objects.

  • Women in pink in front of pink ensemble on display in Brighton Museum

    Wear It Out

    An oral history of outfits representing LGBTQ fashion and style over the last 50 years.

  • Black and white image of the artist Gluck

    Gluck Art and Identity

    An immersion in the life of the Sussex-based artist, her garments, ephemera and artworks.

  • Exhibition space containing upright glass case containing jacket with horizontal glass cases either side

    Present Imperfect

    A conversation inspired by apparel which is damaged, worn-out or perished.

  • 1914 Now fashion films

    1914 Now: Four Perspectives on Fashion Curation

    A film installation encouraging filmmakers to consider the notion of modernity in relation to fashion.

  • 4 mannequins displaying fashion in The Vulgar exhibition

    Vulgar

    An exhibition to challenge and reconsider this important area of taste.

  • Person carving the sole of a shoe

    London College of Fashion Maker Library

    A series of footwear-making workshops during London Design Festival 2014.

  • 3 models in foreground; Eiffel Tower and fireworks in background

    Jean Paul Gaultier: Be My Guest

    An enquiry into the French designer's graphic design and advertising work.