Best London College Of Fashion Podcasts (2024)

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Leadership and life lessons learned from taking a 4-week break: Jessica Pelegio 23:46

1h ago23:46

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Like most professionals, PTO brings up mixed feelings for NY-based Head of Technical Program Management, Jessica Pelegio: fear of falling back, fear of burdening others, or fear of a deluge of of work when coming back. The Pew Research Center tells us many professionals in the U.S. do not take their full paid time off for these very same reasons, B…

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Introduce ourselves in less ho-hum ways. Reporting tools to the rescue 11:51

4d ago11:51

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Professionals all over wonder how to introduce themselves, especially to new bosses, teams, or a recruiter — even to new friends. Introductions (done well) become conversation starters, build connections, even elevate our personal brand. But how do we talk about our work — and life — in ways that stand out and align with our personality and values?…

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“Connect technology to peoples' daily life. They'll get it.” CTO Advisor Suhail Syed on demystifying jargon and daring to dream 29:15

18d ago29:15

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When Silicon Valley-based CTO advisor Suhail Syed tells his dear mother back in India about his work helping companies grow business revenue through using products in the cloud, she looks up to the sky. "She's wondering what’s there," Suhail recalls. This sweet story reminds us of the need to clarify any jargon we use and stay audience centered, to…

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A short story about my New Zealand grandmother rescued my otherwise abysmal presentation 21:24

1M ago21:24

21:24

Fear of public speaking has certainly intensified. I first knew this point because my clients kept telling me so. I confirmed the phenomena for sure when I allowed myself recently to feel that intense fear once more, presenting on active listening to a live audience, with a story and a live coaching session within. My essay and musings on being kno…

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“If I see others struggle, I build a bot to help them” Marketer, Builder, and Innovator Simone Morellato on the joys of AI 25:25

2M ago25:25

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My guest today is marketer, builder, and innovator Simone Morellato, an Italian born technologist and marketer based in the Bay Area, California. Having long worked as a marketer for some of the world’s largest IT firms, Simone’s become expert at many things: communicating and demystifying tech for high-stakes audiences, launching beautiful product…

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“Football has built me into a leader.” Defensive Lineman Nicholas McCullough on getting into Harvard 16:39

2M ago16:39

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With some bias perhaps, I think Muskego Highschool’s varsity footballer here in Wisconsin, Nicholas McCullough’s, an impressive teen. He’s the youngest captain in the Muskego Warrior’s team history. He coaches and mentors younger kids on leadership, and is ranked best in his state for his age and position. The bias comes from him being my son and I…

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The Thread | Fashion Marketing Unravelled | 2 36:59

3M ago36:59

36:59

The Thread | Fashion Marketing Unravelled | 2 by London College of FashionBy London College of Fashion

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Kenza Fourati on challenging brands and finding joy and learning from her Tunisian shoe business 22:21

3M ago22:21

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My guest this week is Kenza Fourati, a Tunisian fashion model in New York, U.S. who’s co-launched a shoe business that’s done very well, teaching she and her co-founders many lessons along the way. The business employs local Tunisian shoemakers, helping keep a craft alive, repurposes leather that would otherwise go to waste, and brings comfortable,…

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“You build your brand by getting in front of people.” Hyacinth Tucker, Owner of the Laundry Basket 21:26

3M ago21:26

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Hyacinth Tucker always loved people, enterprise, and community when growing up in Jamaica. Here in the states, she’s found a way to channel that love through her new venture, the Laundry Basket, an on-demand mobile laundry and dry cleaning delivery company in Maryland, U.S. In a short time, she’s scaled, gained a considerable client base, and gaine…

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Applied Series Recap: My Top 5 Fashion Tech Takeaways with Peter Jeun Ho Tsang 9:27

3M ago9:27

9:27

Wrap Up with 5 Key Fashion Tech Takeaways We wrap up our 'Applied' podcast series with a reflective finale. Host Peter Jeun Ho Tsang tell us his top 5 key takeaways from navigating business growth, how to get through challenging times as a fashion tech startup, through to tech and humans coming together. This episode highlights the passionate voice…

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Applied Series: It is Possible to Turn Waste into Fabric with AltMat's Shikha Shah 39:15

3M ago39:15

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Why Agricultural Waste? Shikha Shah, with her rare blend of scientific expertise and compassionate leadership, tells us her transition from consultancy to building biorefineries to turn plant waste into textiles usable for the fashion and beyond. Coming to the realisation that if there's enough food in the world, then there's also enough waste in t…

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What fashion models can teach us about leadership and stage presence 10:57

4M ago10:57

10:57

I'm still swooning over the delightful Chicagoans I met on a recent April visit. (They're the nicest and most open people ever!) In another ad-hoc interview, we learn from Gina Magro, a fashion model adorned in an $8.5k leather Carolina Herrera gown, on how to focus when on stage. She's also expert on seeming open, calming our mind, and showing neu…

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Applied Series: The (Im)Possible Formula of On-Demand Fashion With Dr. Kitty Yeung 43:37

4M ago43:37

43:37

Incubating Inside Microsoft's Garage When host, Peter Jeun Ho Tsang, first met Dr. Kitty Yeung she was a quantum physicist by day and a fashion technologist by night. Kitty's fashion tech journey was structured via a global Microsoft hackathon where she and a group of intrapreneurial colleagues decided to take on the mammoth task of solving fashion…

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Making Mischief Oral History Project, 'Mudlarker' 50:40

4M ago50:40

50:40

Thames MudlarkFlorrie Evans calls herself a committed lifetime mudlark. She grew up in south west London near the River Thames, and at low tide this was her playground. The first thing she remembers collecting as a child were bits of blue and white pottery. Over the last 15 years, she has become a committed mudlark, and since 2014 she’s been taking…

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Applied Series: Cutting Edge Unlocking Efficiency with Digital Pattern Precision with N-Hega's Eliane Yeung 26:36

4M ago26:36

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AI & Pattern Cutting Whilst the art of fashion pattern cutting is still rooted in flat drawings done by hand, artificial intelligence is bringing the practice into contemporary design and produce development processes. N-Hega is a company that taps into AI to help brands to achieve results such as lay planning optimisation, waste reduction, and bri…

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“A great communicator really understands their audience.” Product leader Nupur Thakur on demystifying tech 20:55

4M ago20:55

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My guest this week is product, strategy, and operations leader Nupur Thakur who has spent a greater part of her career ensuring that leaders and customers understand her technology well. In a lovely conversation from her Bay Area, SF base, she unpacks what’s helped her understand her audience and how she breaks down and demystifies technical topics…

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Applied Series: Fashion Stores of the Future with Fit:Match, Cappasity & ShowcaseX 33:17

4M ago33:17

33:17

Building Tech Better Retail Experiences Joining Von N. Ruzive and Peter Jeun Ho Tsang, co-authors of Fashion Tech Applied, are Hillary Littleton, Head of Marketing at FIT:MATCH, Elina Minina, CBDO at Cappasity, and Charles Wilders, CEO at Showcase X, to discuss how retail experiences are being augmented by technologies. The panel unpacks how tech l…

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Careers in Fashion: Build an award-winning business 51:18

4M ago51:18

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In this episode, we talk about how to kick-start a business whilst you are a student. Our guests are Chamiah Dewey, Emily Taylor and Hanan Tantush, 3 alumni who are running award winning businesses started during their times at London College of Fashion. They shared insights on the ups and downs of being an entrepreneur, plus advice on how to grow …

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Applied Series: Creating Digital Storytelling Magic for Luxury Fashion with Holition's CEO Jonathan Chippindale 48:04

5M ago48:04

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Turning Ideas into Fashion Storytelling Diamonds Jonathan Chippindale made his luxury marketing name in the world of fine jewellery at De Beers prior to launching his creative tech studio, Holition. The magnetic pull of Jonathan's "Willy Wonka-esque" genius, has allowed him to tap into the transformative power of digital storytelling in the luxury …

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“I’m married to my violin” John Chang on the gifts from music and managing audition jitters 22:27

5M ago22:27

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John Chang moved to the U.S. from a balmy part of China with one core goal: To perform violin for orchestras. His practicing’s intense and rigorous as are his auditions. We spoke a few days after auditioning for Chicago’s opera where he and other players must perform their excerpts to faceless judges separated from the musician by a black curtain. …

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Mapping More Mischief Guided Walk | 7 Shell Grottos And A Morrice Bow Church 4:40

4M ago4:40

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Mapping More Mischief Guided Walk | 7 Shell Grottos And A Morrice Bow Church by London College of FashionBy London College of Fashion

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Mapping More Mischief Guided Walk | 6 The Pearlies Bow Bells Pub 4:42

5M ago4:42

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Mapping More Mischief Guided Walk | 6 The Pearlies Bow Bells Pub by London College of FashionBy London College of Fashion

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Mapping More Mischief Guided Walk | 5 Bow Fair Blue Plaque 3 Fairfield Road 3:18

5M ago3:18

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Mapping More Mischief Guided Walk | 5 Bow Fair Blue Plaque 3 Fairfield Road by London College of FashionBy London College of Fashion

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Mapping More Mischief Guided Walk | 4 Suffragettes Procession And Pageants 555 Roman Road 4:43

4M ago4:43

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Mapping More Mischief Guided Walk | 4 Suffragettes Procession And Pageants 555 Roman Road by London College of FashionBy London College of Fashion

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Mapping More Mischief Guided Walk | 3 Beating The Bounds Victoria Park 3:45

5M ago3:45

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Mapping More Mischief Guided Walk | 3 Beating The Bounds Victoria Park by London College of FashionBy London College of Fashion

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Mapping More Mischief Guided Walk | 2 Graffiti And Rave Lord Napier Pub 4:53

5M ago4:53

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Mapping More Mischief Guided Walk | 2 Graffiti And Rave Lord Napier Pub by London College of FashionBy London College of Fashion

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Mapping More Mischief Guided Walk | 1 Narrow Boat Art White Post Lane Bridge 3:55

5M ago3:55

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Mapping More Mischief Guided Walk | 1 Narrow Boat Art White Post Lane Bridge by London College of FashionBy London College of Fashion

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Mapping More Mischief Guided Walk | Introduction 3:35

5M ago3:35

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Mapping More Mischief Guided Walk | Introduction by London College of FashionBy London College of Fashion

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Applied Series: Engineering Circular Fashion by Disassembling Products with Resortecs' Cédric Vanhoeck 31:14

5M ago31:14

31:14

From Engineering to Fashion Imagine a world where your clothes are as easy to recycle as paper and plastic. That's the vision Cedric Vanhoeck, founder and CEO of Resortecs, is turning into reality, and in this latest episode, host Peter Jeun Ho Tsang and Cédric discuss how Cedric's original career path of engineering led him to sorting out one of t…

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Applied Series: What It Means to be the World's #1 Fashion School with John Lau at London College of Fashion 36:45

5M ago36:45

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Becoming Dean of Academic Strategy at London College of Fashion The North West of England is not necessarily associated with fashion, but the small town where John Lau grew up is where it all began. From reading his first copies of Vogue, to working in America and China in John's early fashion career, to now becoming the Dean of Academic Strategy a…

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Careers in Fashion: Navigating the fashion jobs market 44:56

5M ago44:56

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In this episode, we hear from two LCF alumni as they share their personal journeys and best practices for navigating the ever-changing fashion jobs market. Freelance Fashion Forecaster and Senior Strategist Angela Baidoo (BA Fashion Design and Development 2005), Co-Founder of The Fashion Blueprint, and Sustainable Fashion Business Specialist Giovan…

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“My dad’s my first coach.” Abhijeet Patil on heritage, leadership, and writing 30:35

5M ago30:35

30:35

North Carolina-based executive architect Abhijeet Patil has long led complex hybrid cloud initiatives for Fortune 500s and loved the challenge. A recent self-generated challenge to write in the public space—his “writing spree”— has helped him discover the joy, clarity, and courage that comes from expressing ourselves in the written word. He’s also …

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Making Mischief Oral History Project, 'Setting up Museums' full 1:02:44

5M ago1:02:44

1:02:44

Kinsi Abdullah is an artist interested in championing and preserving the textiles, fashions, art and crafts of the Somali community in Britain. Three decades ago she set up Numbi Arts in Stratford and works collaboratively with other organisations to 'take over' venues and put on Somali events. She hopes one day to create a Somali museum and has a …

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Making Mischief Oral History Project, 'Whitley Bay Carnival' full 1:55:42

5M ago1:55:42

1:55:42

Carol Alevroyianni and Richard Broderick are the key people behind the Whitley Bay Carnival which was revived in 2013. It’s thought the carnival first ran a hundred years ago but petered out over the years, was revived in the 1980s but again disappeared. It's now flourishing again, and many local groups and schools get involved, with around a thous…

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Making Mischief Oral History Project, W'hitley Bay Carnival - Richard Broderick & Carol Alevroyianni 1:55:42

5M ago1:55:42

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Making Mischief Oral History Project, W'hitley Bay Carnival - Richard Broderick & Carol Alevroyianni by London College of FashionBy London College of Fashion

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Making Mischief Oral History Project, 'Banbury Hobby Horse' full 1:02:19

5M ago1:02:19

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Simon Pipe is the creator of the Banbury Hobby Horse. In 2000 councillors in the town of Banbury in Oxfordshire wanted to capitalise on the famous nursery rhyme 'Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross'. Simon, who was a Morris dancer and had attended one-day events like Jack in the Green in Hastings, suggested a hobby horse festival for Banbury. The co…

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Making Mischief Oral Histories Project, 'Mattie the Clown' full 1:27:20

5M ago1:27:20

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Mattie has been clowning for 52 years, and in this interview he talks about becoming a clown, creating his ‘look’, making his first costume and designing the one he wears now. He describes the many things he’s done in his career including working abroad, performing in theatres, being a laughter therapist in a children's hospital, meeting the Queen …

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Making Mischief Oral History Project, 'Abbots Bromley Horn Dance' full 42:44

5M ago42:44

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Michael Fowell has been dancing in the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance since he was 7 years old. He’s now 29 and proud to be involved in a tradition which goes back hundreds of years. In fact, the reindeer horns worn by the performers (which hang on the wall of St Nicholas’ church in Abbots Bromley for the rest of the year) are more than 1000 years old. …

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Applied Series: My Virtual Fashion Stores Increase Consumer Engagement 10x with Emperia's CEO Olga Dogadkina 33:34

5M ago33:34

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Building Virtual Fashion Stores The promise of an £80K deal that would never have happened until Olga met her technical co-founder on LinkedIn. Emperia was born. Specialists in building virtual stores for fashion brands, Olga and Peter dig deep into the retail, marketing, and creative strategies necessary to bring virtual spaces to life that resona…

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Making Mischief Oral History Project, 'Orkney Festival of the Horse' full 1:03:09

5M ago1:03:09

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Moira Budge first got involved in the Orkney Festival of the Horse in the late 1970s when her son was about 7. The event is held annually on the island of South Ronaldsay. Traditionally boys would take part in a ploughing match, copying their fathers and grandfathers and using miniature ploughs made from horn or bone. In the mid 1950s, girls starte…

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Making Mischief Oral History Project, 'Lion Of Senegal' full 1:18:00

5M ago1:18:00

1:18:00

Malik was born in the Gambia but moved to the UK as a child. He set up Yaram Arts to showcase African music, culture and dance. Moulaye is a 'zimbalia' artist (a medieval art form) and performs with Yaram regularly. He is Senegalese and moved to the UK in 2010 where he met Malik. They promote African Carnival (pre-dating Caribbean carnival but ther…

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Making Mischief Oral Project, 'Para Carnival' full 46:57

5M ago46:57

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Bettina and her husband Richard set up Para Carnival in 2010. She describes it as an all-inclusive carnival group working with vulnerable people. Many of the members are disabled, use wheelchairs or live with conditions such as autism. About 400 people take part each season in dance classes, festivals and local parties, and many take part in both t…

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Making Mischief Oral History Project, 'Doggett's Coat and the Badge' full 1:21:25

5M ago1:21:25

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Bob Crouch won the Doggett’s Coat and Badge Race in 1958, the year he completed his apprenticeship as a waterman on the River Thames. It’s the oldest rowing race in the world and has been continuously run for more than 200 years. Bob competed against 4 other apprentices and won against the odds. The prize is the right to wear the red coat and badge…

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Making Mischief Oral Project, 'Gingernut the Clown' full 1:30:10

5M ago1:30:10

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Ian was a puppeteer before becoming a clown. He created his clown persona Gingernut (because of his red hair) on a cruise in 1976. His first costume came from a London store and was a Royal Stewart tartan suit. He used plastic gingernut biscuits for the buttons. Over the years Ian has learnt skills and tricks associated with clowning such as tightr…

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Making Mischief Oral History Project, 'Swan Upper' full 1:06:27

5M ago1:06:27

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Jerry has been a swan upper since 1996. He’s a sixth generation Thames Waterman, and has also taken part in the Dogget’s Coat and Badge race. He talks about his involvement in the Dyers Company which is one of three livery companies which undertakes the monitoring of the King’s swans on the River Thames each year. The Dyers dress in blue, Breton-st…

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Making Mischief Oral History Project, 'Pearly Queen' full 1:21:49

5M ago1:21:49

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Doreen was born within the sound of Bow Bells which makes her a true Cockney. She became a Pearly Queen in the mid 1990s, firstly as a Pearly Pride (an apprentice) and eventually earning her title. Unusually Doreen has two titles, one in her own right (Pearly Queen of Bow Bells), and one with her late husband (Pearly King and Queen of Old Kent Road…

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The Thread | Fashion Marketing Unravelled | Episode 1 38:07

6M ago38:07

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The Thread | Fashion Marketing Unravelled | Episode 1 by London College of FashionBy London College of Fashion

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Applied Series: Why It's So Hard to Solve Fashion's Fit Problem with 3DLOOK's Vadim Rogovskiy 29:27

5M ago29:27

29:27

Fashion's Big Fit Problem This episode features Vadim Rogovskiy, CEO of 3DLOOK, in which he takes us through how he discovered that fashion is the industry with the biggest pain to get body measurements and fit right. Starting from a tech perspective, in which he confesses is not necessarily the best process for starting a business, Vadim takes lis…

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