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JCA London Fashion Academy announces winners of Last Yarn scholarship contest

Jimmy Choo’s JCA London Fashion Academy has named the winners of its Sustainability Capsule Fabric Scholarship contest held in collaboration with Last Yarn. The sustainability advocacy organisation selected three designers from JCA’s Postgraduate Fashion Entrepreneurship in Design and Brand Innovation course whose submissions “expressed their...

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JCA | London Fashion Academy teams up with Pineider

Professor Jimmy Choo’s JCA | London Fashion Academy has announced a multi-faceted partnership with Pineider, the prestigious Italian stationery, leather goods and lifestyle brand. In a statement, JCA said that the partnership would include illustration and design competitions for its students, show sponsorship, internships, and the creation of...

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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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London Frieze Week 2023: JCA master students to showcase designs

With London Frieze Week set to kick off in the UK capital later this week, the JCA I London Fashion Academy, co-founded by Jimmy Choo, has announced the second edition of its master student showcase during the event in a press release. Contemporary art event London Frieze Week will be taking place this week, from Tuesday October 11 to Sunday...

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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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Jimmy Choo’s JCA | London Fashion Academy opens new campus

Jimmy Choo’s Mayfair-based JCA | London Fashion Academy has opened a new campus and maker space centred on artisan design and craftsmanship in Brentford, West London. Located in Boston Manor House, the new campus houses atelier workshops and design studios with specialist fabrication tools, focused on artisan crafts, design, and accessory...

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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...