LCF Archives Display ‘Story of a Smock’ Design Workshop

This event is open to UAL staff and students only. Please bring your ID card on entry to this event.

A set of London trade schools came together to form LCF. At those trade schools in the 20th century, students wore uniforms that were coded to connect them to their particular subject or practice.

In this LCF Archives workshop, you’ll hear about this history, and get the opportunity to draw or design your own smock or smock emblem or insignia to represent your own fashion subject or practice.

This workshop is a part of our LCF Archives Display Programme. Story of a Smock: Women and Art Education in the Early 20th Century, is a collaborative display between the Centre for Fashion Curation (CfFC) and LCF Archives.

The project is centered on an artist’s smock of unknown provenance, using genealogical and archival research to trace its wearer and uncover the garment’s wider cultural significance. Through this modest object, research explores how clothing became a symbol of women artists’ struggle for education, professional identity, and creative freedom in the early 20th century.

Spaces for this event are very limited, so booking is essential. If you can no longer make it, please cancel your ticket order so that another student or staff member can attend.

This event will take place in person at:

LCF Archives, London College of Fashion
Room G02, 105 Carpenters Road, E20 2AR.

This project is supported by The Society of Antiquaries Janet Arnold Award.