Eventful LCFS Thirsty Thursday with Boo Skate

On the 7th of June, the Thirsty Thursday event at the London College for Fashion Studies welcomed Mr.Do Viet Anh , the Creative Director and CEO of Boo Skate Shop, to help us understand streetwear fashion in the Vietnamese market.  

Streetwear plays an important role in our lives; this edition of Thirsty Thursday at the London College for Fashion Studies (LCFS) was all about all about streetwear! The event attracted lots of students. They have been waiting for the event for weeks eagerly in order to talk directly to the director of Boo Skate.

In the Thirsty Thursday 3rd edition, students who care for fashion, had a chance to discuss and listen to Viet Anh’s experience. With his devotion, indulgence of fashion and business, Viet Anh got the success he deserves in the streetwear market in Vietnam.

For LCFS’ students, the experience of Viet Anh is the precious information that they will refer to and apply in their future work. Mr. Viet Anh also gave students advice, such as focusing on studying at school as well as getting information from real life, specifically when setting up a brand-name, you need experience in business and management as well as fashion design.

The event got more exciting when the audience started asking him questions. And he answered the questions with honesty. There is no doubt he has experience in the business of streetwear.

At the end of the event at the London College for Fashion Studies, the students and lecturers came on stage and took some photos with the speaker.

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LCFS’ students visited Duc Giang Garment Company

On the 22th of May, students from the London College for Fashion Studies Hanoi visited the production lines of Duc Giang Garment Company. This trip was very helpful to LCFS’ students, who had the chance to see the operating systems of the company. 

During this trip, students visited all the different sections such as design, cloth laying, cutting, sewing chain, embroidery section and finishing. Most of the students were positively surprised by the company and very interested in this visit. They had the opportunity to learn more about the fashion market in Vietnam as well as know and understand the requirements of the garment enterprise.

LCFS’ students and lecturers in Duc Giang Garment Company

The students also did not forget to bring their cameras to take a lot of pictures of the work in the company. Students also took note of important information during the trip, so they could apply them directly at the college.

This is one of the real-life examples that London College for Fashion Studies Hanoi organizes. And this trip was part of the curriculum which allows students to better understand the fashion industry in Vietnam. Therefore, they can orient their works appropriately when they graduate from college.

Below are some pictures of the trip to Duc Giang Garment Company:

LCFS’ students were very interested in the design section

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A Silky Trip

Hi guys! So another term has already begun in LCFS Hanoi! And before we are getting super busy once again with our final project, Ms. May Cortazzi has organized a trip for us to relax and prepare to fight! As well as to increase our knowledge on one of the finest kind of fabric – silk. And our destination was no other than the oldest silk village in the east side of Hanoi – Van Phuc, Ha Dong village. 

The first place we visited was a traditional household called Trieu Van Mao where we learnt all about the long process of making silk. The cycle begins in summer and takes a whole year to complete. It all starts when a special type of butterfly lays eggs. Each butterfly can lay up to 400 eggs which take about 10 day to hatch. The villager raise the worm with Dau leaves for 4 to 6 weeks till they start to release silk thread, wrapping around themselves to create cocoons in approximately 4 days. Naturally, it takes around 10 days for the butterflies will break their cocoons, but nowadays, to speed up the process, villagers boil the cocoons and collect the silk threads right after the worms stop releasing threads. The boiled worms will be sold in the market as a Vietnamese traditional food (they are actually quite tasty and nutritious.) Villagers then untwine cocoons using a homemade wooden machine. The silk threads now are ready to dye and wrap into rolls, preparing for the next step.   

Silky cocoons

Wooden machine to separate silk threads

Silk thread then get twined into rolls

Weaving machine

Pattern cards

Beautiful silks are on the way!

The next stage of the process begins in autumn when villagers start weaving fabric. They use a weaving machine with pattern cards to weave their silk. The pattern cards help creating patterns on the fabric.

After the lesson, we got to do some shopping! The 3 most popular silk fabrics are 100% silk, silk with visco blend and silk with hemp blend. The silks products are great. Villagers use their fabrics to produce clothes and house decorations which not only look beautiful but also have superb quality.

And the gorgeous final products!

An absolutely amazing trip that we couldn’t have asked for more! It was knowledgeable as well as enjoyable. We totally had a blast! So if you are looking for some beautiful silk for your project, you know where to get them! Lastly, stay in tuned to see our final projects, some of them will be made with the silk we got!

Direction to Van Phuc Village

Have a great one! With love, Nicky Vu.