BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Menswear

Staff

Tom Adams has been the Course Leader since 2008. Tom completed his PGCE in Teaching and Learning in Art and Design CLTAD and is recognised by the HEA as an associate fellow. Tom received a UAL teaching Award for curriculum design and delivery that supports diversity, retention, student experience and success. He worked in the fashion industry for 20 years, prior to commencing teaching. He has sold his collections in high-end shops, including Browns in London, Collette in Paris and Patricia Fields in New York, as well as creating clothes for many celebrities, including Robbie Williams, Darren Hayes, U2, Skin from Skunk Anansie and Bjork.

Nicholas Williams BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Menswear realisation tutor is a pattern cutter, garment technologist and designer with a focus on menswear. Working as a pattern cutter, Nic has worked with menswear brands such as Carolyn Massey, Qasimi and Houndsdtich. Outside of menswear, Nic has worked on childrenswear and womenswear, In 2012 he founded pattern cutting company, Thomas Bowler with the aim to provide fashion designers with high quality patterns that translate their designs from sketch to final production ready patterns, working with a mixture of new designers and 1-1 clients. In 2013, Nic started teaching independently at LCF, working with companies such as ASOS to train staff in pattern cutting. Since 2014, Nic has taught at LCF as lecturer for Menswear 3D Development and Realisation, supporting students understanding of the 3D and the realisation process, whilst equipping them with relevant technical skills for industry and reflecting the current practise of industry.

Rory Parnell Mooney is a menswear designer and lecturer in design originally from Ireland. He has a BA in Fashion design menswear from the London College of Fashion and a Masters In fashion menswear from Central Saint Martins. Rory teaches across both London College of Fashion and Central Saint Martins. Parnell-Mooney’s main research interests include sustainable fashion practice, alternative forms of fashion research and decolonizing and broadening the menswear curriculum.

Silvia Cimborova is a technical lecturer in Menswear for the BA (hons) Fashion Design Technology: Menswear course. She is a skilled pattern cutter and garment technologist with years of industry experience. She used to work as a freelancer for various high-end and high street companies. Silvia has worked on variety of projects specialising in menswear, womenswear, sportswear and dancewear. She has worked on projects for Liberty of London, Giles, French Connection, DSI London and Diadora. She has been teaching technical subjects to students at LCF since 2011, initially as an associate lecturer. Her strengths are in creative pattern cutting and garment construction. With years of experience she has gained a professional level of garment making skills. Silvia is an LCF graduate and therefore has a good understanding of the institution from students’ perspectives. In her role working as a technical lecturer, Silvia’s main objective is to successfully prepare students for the fashion industry.

Leonora  Eggenton is a senior technical lecturer in Menswear 3D Development.  She has worked as a lecturer at the London College of Fashion part time since the year 2000 across several BA Hons courses.  Leonora has completed her PG Cert in Teaching and Learning Art and Design CLTAD. She joined the Menswear team in 2018. Leonora’s specialism is creative pattern cutting and her experience in working as a designer allows her to help students to realise their designs through her strong communication and interpretation skills.  Leonora is a designer, pattern cutter and seamstress.  Her  30 years of industry experience enables her to provide an enriched teaching experience with glimpses of how things work in the Industry. She has worked at all levels of the market from High street, Top Shop, Miss Selfridge, Toast and many others to freelancing for designer level such as Jenny Packham, Mulberry and bespoke.   Over the last few years Leonora has trained as photographer and recently discovered new skills in the area of digital art.  This has organically grown into a personal project of designing textiles that are digitally printed.

Per Gotesson graduated from Beckmans College of Design, Stockholm in 2013. He went on to work as womenswear designer at Cheap Monday. In 2014 he relocated to London to complete his MA in Menswear at the Royal College of Art. During his final year he was chosen by Lulu Kennedy MBE to be given the opportunity to launch his brand under the umbrella of Fashion East in 2016.

His work touches on notions of belonging and travel, navigating the image of what it means to be a man in an inclusive and forward looking way. He uses and references traditional crafts techniques and draping whilst embracing and including emerging digital technologies. Establishing his signature as a visionary and innovative designer, through rethinking silhouette and masculinity he graduated from Fashion East after three successful seasons.

He subsequently presented his first stand-alone presentation on schedule at Machine A. The AW18 collection pioneered the presentation format, by linking it directly to the retail space. In June 2018 Per Gotesson was awarded the prestigious New Gen catwalk bursary by the British Fashion Council.

Per was named “Swedish Fashion talent of the year” by the Swedish Fashion Council in 2018. Commercial projects include work with Nick Knight and Absolut Vodka. His shows and collections have been extensively covered by high profile media, including Vogue Runway, Vogue UK, Dazed and ID.

Collaborations with designers and creatives, like jeweller Husam El Odeh, stylist and senior fashion editor of British GQ Style, jewellery designer Husam El Odeh and set designer Tony Hornecker have firmly rooted the brand at the heart of London’s fashion community. Alongside building the brand, Per is involved in educating the next generation of talent in his work as lecturer at London College of Fashion, where he teaches on the BA menswear courses. Per Gotesson attracts the support of a dedicated and actively engaged following, amongst international key social media influencers with a broad reach.  These include Condenast editor Sarah Mower MBE, Vogue editor Anders Christian Madsen, Turner Prize Panellist and Journalist Charlie Porter, British Fashion Award Winner Charles Jeffrey and celebrity buyer Stavros Karelis.

Jessica Saunders is the programme director for the Fashion Design Programme, which includes BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Menswear, BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Womenswear and BA (Hons) Fashion Jewellery. Read Jessica Saunders' full profile here.

Rob Phillips is the creative director for the School of Design and Technology. Trained in fashion womenswear, surface textiles: print, menswear and illustration, Rob went on to become the fashion editor for International Textiles magazine and consultant for fashion brands. Rob's broad skill set of fashion design, process, graphics, presentation, typography, advertising and communication led to his appointment as creative director of Fashion Forecast magazine, where his progressive work promoting young fashion talent garnered him much acclaim from industry. Rob continues to nurture talent at LCF across all courses within the School, teaching holistically about fashion, developing the students’ full potential so they can make their unique contribution to the fashion industry. He furthers the work of the College through many routes, including industry projects, collaborations and competitions. He also curates and directs the School’s events including fashion shows, films, photoshoots, publications and exhibitions. Rob continues to contribute to industry as a fashion commentator (BBC, The Guardian, SHOWstudio and more) and as creative consultant for fashion brands. Read Rob Phillips' full profile here.