Newham is now home to UAL’s fashion campus.

By Neandra Etienne

Choir performance at LCF East Bank Launch. — Kojey Radical, Angel UD Music and choir of Flames Collective, New Young Voice Collection, Sing Tower Hamlets, Filament Choir and Some Voices. LCF East Bank Launch Event – 1 November 2023. Photography by David Parry.

London College of Fashion, UAL celebrated on 1 November the opening of new East Bank campus with an event that was rooted in East London collaborations.

Guests included Dame Zandra Rhodes, Sir Grayson Perry and British Fashion Council CEO Caroline Rush.

The campus is part of East Bank, the cultural quarter at the heart of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

LCF’s East Bank campus is open to the public for their free exhibition, Designed for Life. For more on LCF’s Cultural Programme visit: www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/london-college-of-fashion/cultural-programme

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