The Measure is a fascinating insight into the thoughts and working lives of an eclectic and prolific cross-section of fashion and design practitioners, academics and historians, in a series of articles and interviews, commissioned by London College of Fashion during its centenary year.

Reflecting on the effect London has had upon their respective practices, a fist of renowned contributors that includes Manolo Blahnik, Nick Knight, Vivienne Westwood, Jimmy Choo, Paul Smith, Alexandra Shulman, Zandra Rhodes and Suzy Menkes share old memories and fresh insights into the nature of fashion as a global industry.

The book is a collage of many things newly commissioned photo shoots, archive pieces, conversations and personal snapshots - together they form a visual essay that is a measure of fashion's contribution to contemporary British culture.

Introduction

Louise Clarke

Giles Deacon

Frances Corner

Fashion Capital

Colin McDowell: Golden Talents without Sliver Spoons

Alannah Weston

Wayne Hemingway: London: a right proper place that finally 'made me'

Jane Shepherdson

Paul Gorman: Soho: There's A Place For You

Pamela Church Gibson: London and the Cinema

Patricia Field in conversation with Marketa Uhlirova

Erin O'Connor

Footprints

Manolo Blahnik

Tracey Neuls in conversation with Susan Postlethwaite: Slow Fashion

Jimmy Choo

Camilla Skovgaard: The Road to Cordwainers

Olivia Morris: 1997/2007-East/West

Terry de Havilland

Beatrix Ong

Patrick Cox: The Loafer

Shelf Life

Alexandra Shulman

Dan May

Terry Jones in conversation with William Hall

David Downton: Who Needs Fashion Illustration?

Sarah Mower: What Makes British Fashion Great?

Penny Martin

Shona Heath

Freeze Frame

Nick Knight in conversation with Alistair O'Neill

Sean and Seng

Gavin Fernandes by Val Williams

Chris Moore

Wendy Bevan

Tim Gutt

Mario Testino

Craig McDean in conversation with Glenn O'Brien

East End Boys and West End Girls

Vivienne Westwood in conversation with Brenda Polan

Judy Blame

Joan Burstein in conversation with Louise Clarke

Matthew Murphy

Pippa Brooks

Joshua Galvin in conversation with Louise Clarke

Serena Rees in conversation with Carla Yarish

Backwards/Forwards

Suzy Menkes

Celia Birtwell: Revival

Venice Yu Xiao

Elizabeth Wilson: Nostalgia Mode

Carmen dell'Orefice

Zandra Rhodes: The Background to the Vision

Belle & Bunty: The Travelling Circus

Phillip Neil Martin: Future Dreams in Sound, Fashion and Space

Betty Jackson

Chalk Marks

Alistair O'Neill: The London Cut

Alan Cannon Jones: Apprentice - Student and back to LCF

Thorn Browne by Matthew Moore

Harold Tillman in conversation with Louise Clarke

Shelley Fox in conversation with Carla Yarish

Ian Mankin: A star and his stripes

Objecthood

Vivienne Becker: London Bejewelled

Johanne Mills

Husam El Odeh

Valerv Demure

Dai Pees in conversation with Nick Hackworth

Philip Delamore in conversation with Suzanne Lee

Walter Buchholz

Exhibitionism

Judith Clark: Fashion Curation

Katherine Baird: London College of Fashion Archives and Special Collections

NJ Stevenson

Alison Moloney

Wessie Ling: London and Fashion as Visual Arts Practice

Simon Thorogood

Graham Dolphin by Alistair O'Neill

Close

Paul Smith

Contributors

Photography Credits

Editor's Acknowledgements