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Cultural Programme

Dancers in inflated dresses.
Dancers in inflated dresses.
Collective Care Ensemble | 2024 for LCF After Dark Collecticve Care | Photo by Alice Zoo | LCF | UAL

London College of Fashion’s Cultural Programme presents exhibitions, events and digital encounters at our flagship new campus as part of East Bank.
We explore the cultural role of fashion today.
Tuesday - Saturday, 10.00 - 17.00
Free and open to all.

UAL Future Fashion Film Festival 2025

Students running in an open field wearing big dresses.
Woman and TV Is | 2024 | Nicole jin, Becky Mu, Wasabi | London College of Fashion

Launching in June 2025 at London College of Fashion, the UAL Future Fashion Film Festival 2025 is a cinematic celebration of fashion through the lens of film. Featuring industry judges, special guests, and a showcase of innovative fashion films at East Bank, the UK’s newest cultural quarter at the heart of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The festival will explore the creative impact of fashion on culture and society with UAL’s social purposes at its core.

3 - 5 June 2025. Free entry.

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Exhibitions

Motorcyclist riding bike.
Studio GKZ, Island Racing (Image Credit: Gaika Tavares) | Cultural Programme | London College of Fashion | UAL

Fashioning Frequencies

25 April - 21 June 2025
Front Gallery | Gallery Foyer

Fashioning Frequencies explores fashion as a transmission of identity, agency, and history, showcasing seven interventions across archival practices, subcultures, and speculative design.

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Two men in blue striped tracksuits jumping in the air in front of an Asian shop.
Keyi Zhang | Tracksuit Tensions | City Pictorial | Cultural Programme | LCF

PhD Vitrine Takeover: Fashioning Frequencies

25 April - 21 June 2025
Vitrines, Lower Ground Floor

PhD researchers from across UAL engage fashion as material, metaphor, and disruption to probe systems of power, visibility, care, and resistance.

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The word afterfashion repeated on a green background.
afterfashion | BA (Hons) Critical Practice in Fashion Media, 2025 | Cultural Programme | LCF

afterfashion

29 April - 3 May 2025
Wolfson Gallery

An exhibition and panel exploring global fashion waste, waste colonialism, and envisioning a just, sustainable future.

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Woman taking picture of work exhibited on the wall at Golden Lane.
LCF x London Craft Week at Golden Lane. May 2023. Photography by Neneh Brathwaite

London Craft Week X LCF

12 - 22 May 2025
Wolfson Gallery

LCF’s School of Design and Technology celebrates tradition, innovation, and education through a special London Craft Week exhibition.

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Screenshot of a tracklist - 90s lime green colour.
BA Creative Direction and Fashion Futures, 2025 Fashion Final Presentation | Cultural Programme | LCF

On the Grid: A Journey of Multidisciplinary Seld-Discovery

27 - 29 May 2025
Wolfson Gallery

The BA (Hons) Creative Direction for Fashion Final Presentation showcase is a celebration of creativity, identity, and aspiration.

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Digital image of woman with white horse with hazy, red background.
Soumya Iyer | BA Fashion Photography 2022 | Intuitive Play, Year 2 students from LCF’s School of Media and Communications, 2025 | Cultural Programme | LCF

Intuitive Play

30 - 31 May 2025
Wolfson Gallery

A dynamic exhibition showcasing bold, experimental storytelling by Year 2 students from LCF’s School of Media and Communications.

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Dancers outside wearing leotards.
Congratulations by Yingzi Wu | London College of Fashion | Cultural Programme | LCF

UAL Fashion Film Festival

3 - 5 June 2025
Wolfson Gallery

A student curated showcase exploring fashion and film, presented as part of UAL’s Future Fashion Film Festival 2025.

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Collage style image with earth, leaves and green themes.
UAL Climate Advocates, Takeover 2025, Eve Lin | Cultural Programme | LCF

Climate Advocates Takeover: Fashioning a Sustainable Future

9 - 13 June 2025
Wolfson Gallery

An exhibition and workshop series exploring intersections of climate, racial, and social justice within fashion education.

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Female model in gold head dress, dark material and heavy gold material necklace.
Co-Rean | RE code Korean textile upcycling workshop | Cultural Programme | LCF

Co-Rean

17 - 19 June 2025
Wolfson Gallery

Co-Rean is an exhibition programme celebrating contemporary Korean creativity and design at UAL.

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Events

News

Past exhibitions and events

  • Dress by Ossie Clark, worn by Celia Birtwell in David Hockney's painting 'Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy'. | Cultural Programme | LCF | UAL
    Dress by Ossie Clark, worn by Celia Birtwell in David Hockney's painting 'Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy'. | Photography by Michael Pollard | Cultural Programme | LCF | UAL

    Exhibiting Fashion
    24 Sept - 25 Jan 2025

    A toolkit for non-specialist cura­tors, enabling innovative, resource-effective, and caring displays.

  • Photo credit and artwork - Charlotte Hodes, 2022 Caption - The Picnic
    Photo credit and artwork - Charlotte Hodes, 2022 Caption - The Picnic | Cultural Programme | LCF | UAL

    Collective Care
    Sept - Dec 2024

    Exploring the intersection of care, fashion, and wellbeing, showcasing sustainable approaches and pioneering designs.

  • LCF x Cass Art. Unseen Fashion Faces and Figures, Rob Unett, 2024
    LCF x Cass Art. Unseen Fashion Faces and Figures, Rob Unett, 2024 | Cultural Programme | LCF | UAL

    LCF X Cass Arts: Unseen Fashion Faces and Figures
    October 2024  

    A series of workshops supported by Cass Arts and Liquitex. The series of free workshops offers the chance to draw, paint and make with leading contemporary image makers.

  • MA Fashion and Textiles 2024, Photo UAL
    MA Fashion and Textiles 2024, Photo UAL | Cultural Programme | LCF | UAL

    MA Fashion Textiles Technologies
    October 2024  

    Showcasing work from the first graduating cohort of MA Fashion Textiles Technologies.

  •  Exhibition still ©Jack Elliot Edwards | Making More Mischief | London College of Fashion | University of Arts London
    Exhibition still ©Jack Elliot Edwards | Making More Mischief | London College of Fashion | University of Arts London

    Making More Mischief: Folk Costume in Britain
    April - June 2024

    Making More Mischief explores the vibrant world of folk costume and reflects the rich tapestry of people bringing them to life.

  • An ecosystem of plants and water.
    LCF Fashion Undressed | Imagining Possibilities | Centre for Sustainable Fashion | Studio LP

    LCF Fashion Undressed Imagining Possibilities
    17-20 April 2024

    Imagining Possibilities is a festival for those who engage in fashion daily and those who have never engaged in it. And everyone in between.

  • LCF2024 Postgraduate Degree Show logo landscape
    LCF2024 Postgraduate Degree Show logo landscape | London College of Fashion | UAL

    LCF Postgraduate Class of 2024
    February - March 2024

    The year’s postgraduate exhibition and events were the very first to take place inside our new campus and the work on display was from across our three industry-leading schools.

Who we are

  • Map of London with textiles overlay.
    Mapping workshop | Photo by Mehrdad Pakniyat | Designed for Life exhibition | Cultural Programme | London College of Fashion | University of Arts London

    Collaborations and Community

    Collaborating and co-creating through community and public engagement.

  • Front view of LCF's new building on East Bank, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, October 2022. Photography by Allies and Morrison.
    Front view of LCF's new building on East Bank, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, October 2022. Photography by Allies and Morrison.

    East Bank

    LCF is proud to announce the opening of its new home as part of East Bank, the vibrant cultural quarter for innovation, creativity, and learning situated on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.