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THE LONDON COLLEGE OF FASHION ARCHIVE is presented on-line by the VISUAL
ARTS DATA SERVICE
http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/search_lcf.html
VADS is delighted to announce that the London College of Fashion
Collection
is now accessible and searchable via the VADS website. The collection,
which was digitised as part of the JISC Image Digitisation Initiative
(JIDI)
consists of over 1000 black & white and sepia photographs chronicling
the
history of the College from its origins in two of the early needletrade
schools: Barrett Street Trade School and Shoreditch Institute Girls
Trade
School. The photographs depict a wide range of subjects taught in the
schools over the years, as well as images which provide an insight into
events and activities related to the colleges, for example, the
education of
women and men, World War II evacuations, etc...
The photographs document the training at Barrett Street and at
Shoreditch
that the girls received to prepare them for the workrooms of the
high-class
and couture London fashion trade and show examples of the work they
produced. The Ethel Cox Collection, which forms a discrete series within
the
Archive, also shows the training in other subjects taught at Barrett
Street
Trade School such as hairdressing, beauty culture and keep-fit.
http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/search_lcf.html
The Collection is fully searchable, and offers contextual information
about
the Collection and the London College of Fashion as well as detailed
metadata to accompany each image in the database.
Both the London College of Fashion and the Visual Arts Service hope that
this new and exiting resource will promote interest, study and new
possibilities in the use of this collection.
VADS and the London College of Fashion would welcome any feedback about
this
resource, which could be sent to [log in to unmask]
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Polly Christie
Data Management Officer
Visual Arts Data Service
Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College
Falkner Road, Farnham, Surrey GU9 7DS
Telephone: 01252 892807
Facsimile: 01252 892725
http://vads.ahds.ac.uk
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**Catherine Grout**
*VADS Manager/JISC Image Co-ordinator**
**Surrey Institute of Art & Design**Farnham**Surrey**
****URL: http://vads.ahds.ac.uk *tel: 01252 892723****
Providing, preserving and promoting . . .
high quality digital resources for the visual arts
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