FTM news and archive

Talking menswear with Tommy Nutter exhibit curator

Fashion and design museums seem to be having a menswear moment. With London fashion week now hosting a standalone menswear day to great applaud from press and buyers, suddenly the ‘boring’ connotations of men’s designer wear are being turned around. On the back of this, a number of exhibits, of leading tailors are concurrently happening around...

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Calling Young Accessory Designers

This year Clothes Show London and the Fashion and Textile Museum are teaming up to launch the ‘Young Accessory Designer of the Year’ awards. For the new competition they are looking for young accessory designers, which is taking place at Earls Court 25-27 June 2010. The competition is open to aspiring designers who have been trading for fewer...

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Jacqueline Groag at the FTM

Until 20th December, British textile designer Jacqueline Groag will be on show at the Fashion and Textile Museum (FTM) in London. Groag is considered as one of the most influential designers of Britain after WWII. Originally Czech, Groag studied textile and pattern design in Austria and during the late twenties and early thirties designed...

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London FTM showcases Swedish Fashion

The London Fashion and Textile Museum is currently exhibition an exhibition called Swedish Fashion: Exploring A New Identity. The exhibition showcases a new wave of Swedish design talent, with the work of thirteen fashion and jewellery designers who challenge the stereotypical picture of Swedish fashion as blonde, functional and minimal. Since...

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New Fashion Academy

The Fashion and Textile Museum (FTM) is redeveloped and home to a new Academy to provide education and professional development within the fashion, textile and jewellery sectors. Martin Tolhurst, Principal of Newham College, which now owns and manages the FTM said: ‘The fashion business can be a tough environment in which to flourish and yet the...