The display will be the first put on by the London College of Fashion at its new home in East Bank.
A new exhibition looking at how fashion can have a positive impact on society is to take place in east London.Designed for Life will be the first exhibition held by the London College of Fashion following its move to its new home in East Bank.The area, based at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, is London's new cultural quarter. As well as being the college's new base, Sadler's Wells dance company, the V&A, UCL and the BBC will have venues there.
The first ceremonial coat created for the high sheriff of Greater London, which was designed and made in a collaboration between the college and charities that work with current and ex-prisoners to develop fashion skills, will be among the items going on display.Another piece will be Dress for Our Time, an item created by sustainable fashion researcher and artist Prof Helen Storey from a decommissioned refugee tent donated by the UNHCR.
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