FATE: Fashion And Textiles Education

fashionandtextileseducation FATE ® Fashion and Textiles Education archive is thankful to costume designer Jane Petrie for purchasing denim flares (which people used to cut to length at home and hem in the 1970s) from Clare Spencer Vintage & Antique Clothing and Textiles Itd. () to support the narratives of the characters within the television series episodes 5: Evil Littel Maniacs and episode 6: Do No Harm. Say Nothing was directed by Michael Lennox and Mary Night which was based on the novel by Radden Keefe.

Congratulations to the graduating BA Fashion at Middlesex University () student class of 2025!

It was a pleasure to see the Middlesex Fashion Department students and all of the graduates’ collections at the New Designers 2025 during Week 1 of the event at Stand 54 and beyond.

FATE® is thankful to Middlesex University Fashion Department’s past and present staff: Katherine Harrison (), Aya Hosokawa (), Gwen Fereday, Bronwen Marshall, Edward Houghton, Scott Ramsey Kyle, and Luke Rooney ().

FATE looks forward to continuing our support of Middlesex University Fashion students in the future.

Fashion And Textiles Education Archive Resource congratulates Luisa Cortes Villaveces, (FATE ® intern 2024/2025) on graduating from Fashion History and Theory B.A., Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design (1 year early)! “My time at FATE has granted me the opportunity to gain hands-on experience when working with and researching material culture, allowing me to learn from the clothing and textiles themselves, from the techniques used to the design choices and their meaning.
This has significantly changed my perspective on fashion, expanding my viewpoint on the possibilities and methodologies within my creative practice - something that I am excited to continue to explore.
FATE’s transnational approach to clothing and textiles has always been very encouraging and important to me, and part of the reason I was drawn into FATE from the beginning. Its ethnically, geographically and historically diverse collections continuously invited me to broaden my knowledge and steer away from a Eurocentric approach to fashion.
This was present throughout my dissertation for my final year which focused on the textile traditions of contemporary Indigenous makers in Colombia, where I’m from.
I am very thankful to FATE’s team, as they supported me through every role and project I was involved with allowing me to grow and develop my skills. My work ranged from social media strategies and image creation, assisting in curation, teaching sessions, and research, interviewing and producing films.
This time was extremely fulfilling to me, I hope to carry it with me as I use this knowledge to continue my work and research on the role of traditional crafts and textiles and place them in dialogue with the current fashion industry.”
- Luisa Cortes Villaveces

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Fashion and Textiles Education Archive resource is thankful to The Dries Van Noten Study Centre, MoMu Library Team and to speakers: Andrea Ruhr, Albina Zhakan, Luisa Cortes Villaveces and Dieter Suls for their presentations during the The International Fashion Study Day Symposium. Held in person and live streaming on Saturday, 15th of March 2025 10:00 - 17:30 CET MoMu - Fashion Museum Antwerp Nationalestraat 28, 2000 Antwerp, 🇧🇪 Belgium The International Fashion Study Day Symposium was an interdisciplinary approach to learning through different modalities. Drawing from the material culture of FATE® Fashion And Textiles Education Archive's Punk & Ballet Russes Special Collections, participants were invited to engage in histories, theories & cultures of design, movement and music. As well as be introduced to accessing the MoMu Library and FATE®s digital archives. This International Fashion Study Day Symposium was a collaboration between MoMu Library & FATE® and was programmed to run along side: Punk x Ballet Russes • Low Art x High Art • MoMu Library x FATE. A collaboration between MoMu Library & FATE® Fashion And Textiles Education Archive Resource: special collections and programme of events. 25th of February 2025 - 21st of March 2025

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The Fashion And textiles Education ® Archive Resource Team congratulates Awwal Adebayo on his acceptance as MA candidate at Parsons New School New York, Fashion Studies! BA Fashion Middlesex University (UK) graduate and FATE® Fashion BA Scholarship Recipient academic year 2023/2024 with employment and continued mentorship from FATE ® in 2025. “Working with the FATE team was an incredibly - insightful and enriching experience, particularly in the areas of garment construction and portfolio presentation. Gaining hands-on access to the archival garments significantly deepened my understanding of historical fashion, especially pieces from the 1940s to the 1960s. Examining these garments up close allowed me to study the craftsmanship, construction techniques, and design evolution across decades, which in turn influenced and elevated my own design approach. The mentorship I received throughout the programme was equally impactful. It provided valuable guidance that strengthened my research skills and clarified the direction of my chosen area of study. Engaging in critical discussions and receiving feedback from experienced mentors helped reinforce my confidence and solidify my understanding of my research focus. This experience has not only enhanced my academic perspective but has also equipped me with practical and intellectual tools that I will continue to build upon in my future work.” - Awwal Adebayo

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Punk x Ballet Russes • Low Art x High Art • MoMu Library × FATE Fashion And Textile Education’s Punk Special Collection and the Ballet Russes Special Collection were presented in collaboration at MoMu Fashion Museum, MoMu Library, Dries van Noten Study Centre. FATE® archive exhibited from these special collections 16 punk garments (ca. 1977 - ca. 1984) and 15 Ballet Russes costume garments (1937). ‘While these two special collections seem separated by social demarcation: punk clothing being reflective of low art and the Ballet Russes costumes being of the high arts; both were created in correlation with the creation of music and movement. These garments show their use, their function, body sweat from the heat of the room or heat of the stage lights. Both special collections evidence their own cultures and histories.’ - Clare S. Spencer FATE is thankful to the MoMu library team and departments across the museum for their collaboration and support. https://www.momu.be/en/dries-van-noten-study-center

While the FATE® team was in Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪 to work on a collaboration we met Belgiz (surname withheld) and she offered to bring her material culture of traditional Turkish 🇹🇷 women's dress to us and share her knowledge of it. Together we then looked at the drawings of Max Tilke's (🇩🇪) National Costumes from East Europe, Africa and Asia.Being invited to experience material culture from a private collection is a privilege. FATE®'s mission to evidence ethnographic diversity is only possible with interactions such as learning about cultures outside of our own experiences. Thank you to Belgiz for the opportunity to learn directly by individual oral histories using Turkish language and Turkish material culture.

fashionandtextileseducation HIVE dancers: Fien
Lanckriet / Matheus Guedes / Roos Leten / Ebe
Meynckens / Finn Van Drenth Creative direction / choreography: Alex Akuete
Co-choreography: Fien Lanckriet HIVE gave three public dance performances: Balance, Coexistence & Influence. All located within MoMu community spaces - Fashion Museum, Antwerp, Belgium during International Fashion Study Day Symposium on Saturday March 15th, 2025 - as part of the surrounding programme of collaboration: MoMu Library × FATE ® Fashion And Textiles Education
resource, London, United Kingdom. Balance, Coexistence & Influence are the results of interdisciplinary practices facilitated by the FATE ® team and Alex Akuete. The HIVE collective responded through dance after engaging with FATE ® material cultures: textiles, costumes, fashion and by exploring
histories, theories and cultures of design. "While these two special collections seem separated by social demarcation: punk clothing being reflective of low art and the Ballet Russes costumes being of the high arts; both were created in correlation with the
creation of music and movement." - FATE ® resource "Words such as restriction, elaboration, balance, tension, pressure and expressing oneself served as guiding factors during the creation process." - Alex
Akuete "When you come to a museum, you come to understand something. You come to enquire about something. not just to look ... I definitely felt more engaged with what you were trying to say ... I think within the walls of a museum that is a ver appropriate thing to do. This helps to engage beyond what you are
seeing." - Communitv member

fashionandtextileseducation Fashion And Textiles Education © archive resource is thankful to
photographer Marleen Daniels for the gift of her book: Sarajevo To Paris. FATE © believes that one of the greatest gifts that can be given is a book because it provides the opportunity to learn and invites a relationship between the giver and the reader based on
the desire for knowledge and mutual understanding. FATE © looks forward to sharing Sarajevo To Paris in our London, England archive resources. Here, FATE ©
quotes Marleen's words in the forward of her work " Sarajevo to Paris, fashion or reportage, deciding on the title of a book is mind-boggling. I call myself a documentary photographer that accidentally ended up
doing fashion. The end of the 80's was an interesting and intense time in world history, and a perticularly creative time in the world of fashion. As a young female photographer I was interested in both worlds. I was traveling for newspapers and magazines to the fashion weeks in
Milan and Paris and to conflict zones of Lebanon and
Iraq.
It was during war in the former Socialist Federation Republic of Yugoslavia and the siege of Sarajevo that I matured in documentary photography, fortunately
without being injured.
Thirty years later, when looking back, those two worlds - documentary and fashion - still define my work. Both
are equally represented in my archives. This book, of my fashion work, is the first to be published. I called it Sarajevo to Paris because
sometimes I would travel directly from one to the other.
These two cities had a big impact on my life. - Marleen
Daniels".

Prosperity Fashion International Conference Hosted by Universita degli Studi di Firenze I (), Italy
Department of Architecture
Thursday, 13 - 14 February 2025 It was a pleasure to attend and I appreciate the
organizer and host, Professor Paolo Franzo's kindness. The Ethnography morning session was enriching in part because of learning about novel theory from international perspectives and allowance of time for discussion. The Plenary Session held at Palazzo Pitti Sala Bianco is a beautiful and historic location for Italian Fashion history I I. I particularly appreciated Director Berti, Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Vice-Rector for Research (Italy), words " Research should be a... catalyst for innovation and change." And equally Patrizia Labianca and Elisa Zonta, Textile restorers (Italy), who discussed care of the collections. The Italian traditions of balancing both innovation and preservation of archives/collections precipitates dynamic opportunity in research, education and production looking both to the past and future. Vanessa Gavioli, Curator of the Museum of Costume and Fashion, Palazzo Pitti graciously invited guests to tour the collections, which
was an inspiring experience.