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JCA launches sustainability-focused MA course

JCA | London Fashion Academy, the Mayfair-based fashion school launched by Jimmy Choo, is launching a sustainability-focused MA course in Fashion Entrepreneurship in Design and Brand Innovation supported by Lone Design Club, RCGD Global (Red Carpet Green Dress), the Graduate Fashion Foundation and Vogue Italia. In a statement, JCA said the...

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Fashion Business Models Battling it Out: Can Inclusivity and Exclusivity Coexist?

Exclusivity has always been one of fashion’s fundamentals - a key pillar that drives hype, intrigue and most importantly, business, for the world’s biggest and smallest brands. But the pandemic changed things. As shoppers were forced to take their window-shopping online, so too did retailers embrace e-commerce as an alternative shopfront....

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LDC partners with UK landlords to host pop-ups in empty shops

The Lone Design Club (LDC) is partnering with landlords to save the high street “one empty unit at a time” by re-imaging retail by introducing independent designers and brands. 2020 was a challenging year for retail and the economy, and LDC aims to activate empty retail spaces by giving small brands access to locations that wouldn’t generally be...

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Transparency is the first step to true sustainability. Are small brands best placed to lead the way? Lone Design Club thinks so.

In the post covid landscape, there is much talk of fashion going green, with lots of large retailers releasing campaigns promoting their new sustainable credentials. But how do you know who is actually doing this well? In our current world where it's impossible to be 100% sustainable, what can being sustainable actually mean. Sustainability is a...

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Lone Design Club to showcase British brands at China Fashion Week

Lone Design Club, which champions independent and sustainable brands via e-commerce and immersive pop-ups, is teaming up with China Fashion Week for a special showcase later this month. China Fashion Week has invited Lone Design Club through its designer cultural exchange programme between the UK and China, to highlight British designers on its...

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Lone Design Club wins Retail Futures 2020

The Fashion District, in collaboration with the Fashion Innovation Agency at London College of Fashion, UAL, has named retail disrupter Lone Design Club as the overall winner of the second edition of its Retail Futures competition. The innovation challenge prize sponsored by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield called upon fashion and tech companies to...

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Lone Design Club launches LDC X pop-up

London Design Club, the retail disrupter championing independent designers, has launched a new concept, LDC X. A pop-up designed to highlight a single brand for maximum impact. Launching on Great Portland Street in London, the LDC X concept is being supported by The Crown Estate and will consist of solo brand pop-ups stores, designed and curated...

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Lone Design Club teams up with SwapChain

Lone Design Club is teaming up with SwapChain to celebrate Swap September at its London Fashion Week pop-up in Covent Garden. The partnership with SwapChain, co-founded by designer Patrick McDowell, marks Lone Design Club’s first foray into the second-hand, vintage clothing market and will allow customers to discover luxury fashion in a...

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Lone Design Club launches Wales’ first-ever shoppable window

London Design Club, the retail disrupter championing independent designers, has launched the first digital shopfront in Wales, allowing consumers to literally window shop with the use of QR codes, as it continues to look for ways to bridge the gap between the physical and online. The ‘Phygital’ windows will allow shoppers to browse the best in...

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UK's Lone Design Club doubles down on sustainable message

Lone Design Club is launching the sustainable summer sale and events series with a month-long pop-up store in Covent Garden, which will not just be about selling designer deadstock but also to help educate customers, designers and the industry on the state of sustainability within the fashion world. The sustainable sale pop-up store on Long Acre...

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Lone Design Club launches shoppable window

London Design Club, the retail disrupter championing independent designers, has launched a shoppable window on South Molton Street in London as it looks to bridge the gap between the physical and digital with the use of QR codes. The “Phygital” store is the London Design Club’s latest innovation in retail in partnership with South Molton Street,...