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JCA | London Fashion Academy opens gallery to showcase student talent

Jimmy Choo’s JCA | London Fashion Academy has opened a gallery to showcase the talent of its students, supported by an e-commerce website. The JCA Gallery aims to offer an immersive experience, offering young designers a platform to enter the world of retail, where their work is presented in an “exhibition style,” as it looks to celebrate “the...

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JCA launches short course with business strategist Idalia Salsamendi

Fashion school, the JCA | London Fashion Academy, founded by Jimmy Choo, is launching a short course aimed at emerging brands and aspiring entrepreneurs with business strategist Idalia Salsamendi. The short course, part of the JCA’s capsule learning programme, will be held at the Mayfair London campus in July 2023 and aims to tap into the...

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JCA and Saïd Business School announce winners of design competition

The JCA | London Fashion Academy and Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford have named Valeria Peeva and Maxi Purton as the winners of its student design competition to create new staff uniforms for the institution. The winning looks by Peeva and Purton were inspired by Oxford’s architecture and will be rolled out across Saïd Business...

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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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JCA launches student competition with Saïd Business School

Jimmy Choo’s The JCA | London Fashion Academy is partnering with the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford on new uniforms and a clothing line. In a press release, the JCA describes the partnership as “unique” as its fashion students will be designing Saïd Business School’s new staff uniforms alongside a student clothing line to be...

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JCA Class of 2022: MA Graduate – Sophie Park

JCA | London Fashion Academy, MA Fashion Entrepreneurship in Design and Brand Innovation graduate Sophie Park debut the first collection of her eponymous plant-based gender-neutral footwear brand during a catwalk showcase in October. Park, the only footwear designer on the MA course, describes her footwear brand as pairing “stylistic originality...

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JCA Class of 2022: MA Graduate - Annabelle Barton

Last month, the first graduates of Jimmy Choo’s JCA | London Fashion Academy’s MA Fashion Entrepreneurship in Design and Brand Innovation course showcased their collections on the catwalk. Birmingham-born designer Annabelle Barton used the show to debut her “anti-fit” fashion label for petite women called Size-A. As a petite woman herself,...

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JCA Class of 2022: MA Graduate - Noon Khouri

Earlier this month the first cohorts of Jimmy Choo’s JCA | London Fashion Academy’s MA Fashion Entrepreneurship in Design and Brand Innovation course showcased their debut collections. Noon Khouri opened the show with her nomadic, inclusive and upcycled denim brand, Angels Wear Nada, described as the “new eco-friendly alternative, battling the...

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Patrick McDowell takes Marie Antoinette to Liverpool

On Monday night, London Fashion Week 2.0 kicked off with Patrick McDowell and his debut designer-in-residence collection at Jimmy Choo’s JCA | London Fashion Academy, which saw the sustainably conscious designer merge the world of Marie Antoinette with his own Liverpudlian roots. The show, postponed from September due to the Queen’s death, took...

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JCA | London Fashion Academy joins LFW schedule

Jimmy Choo’s JCA | London Fashion Academy has confirmed that it is joining the London Fashion Week line-up in September to showcase Patrick McDowell and its first graduating MA Designers. JCA’s inaugural LFW show will take place on September 19. Designer in residence and sustainability ambassador for the JCA, Patrick McDowell will showcase his...