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Why Fashion Matters: A Fashion Panel Debate at Selfridges

Polly Checkland Harding
Headshot of Frances Corner
Frances Corner.

Why Fashion Matters: A Fashion Panel Debate at Selfridges Exchange Square, City Centre 28 September 2016 Entrance is free

This panel debate grapples with our love-hate relationship with fashion. Held in the newly launched womenswear department at Selfridges, the discussion features a range of voices from across the fashion world, led by the head of the London School of Fashion, Frances Corner. She’s joined by New York-based model and columnist for InStyle UK Naomi Shimada, the stylist, art director and editor of The Frugality blog Alexandra Stedman and photographer Nina Manandhar, author of What We Wore – A People’s History of British Style.

Photo of Naomi Shimada
Naomi Shimada.

Fans of the feminist website Vagenda will also be pleased to hear that co-author and Guardian writer Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett will also be on the panel. Don’t miss this one-off event – tickets are free, by RVSP is essential (to RSVP.exchange@selfridges.co.uk) as places are limited.

Why Fashion Matters: A Fashion Panel Debate at Selfridges Exchange Square, City Centre 28 September 2016 Entrance is free

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