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Welcome Executive EMBA (Fashion)

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Foreword Executive MBA (Fashion)

London College of Fashion has been shaping would-be fashion leaders and creators for over 100 years. During the last 20 years the College has taken its place at the forefront of fashion business. In 2008 LCF was recognised by the Association of Business Schools for its international and forward-thinking management portfolio and we are now extremely proud to be offering the UK’s first EMBA in Fashion - a development that stems from our heritage, world-class teaching and long-standing global relationships.

Fashion is a trillion dollar industry of which a 21 billion pound contribution is made to the UK economy each year. The significance of its impact on world markets is indisputable and the future of this industry depends on creative and strategic thinkers. This unique course will nurture such individuals who, in return, will broaden their careers achieving next level positions amongst senior-management.

Located in one of the world’s fashion capitals and as a constituent College of University of the Arts London, LCF has an unrivalled position to ensure that this new EMBA is both industry relevant and academically challenging and that students can take the most from flexible delivery methods whilst maximising on opportunities to be in London, to meet and learn from some of the world’s most prestigious fashion business leaders, academics and researchers and to network in an environment that is entirely fashion focussed.

Professor Frances Corner, OBE Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of the Arts London and Head of London College of Fashion

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Graduate School Executive MBA (Fashion)

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The Graduate School at UAL’s London College of Fashion is a thriving, creative community that recruits students from a diverse range of backgrounds and disciplines. We believe that fashion education needs to be attuned and responsive to fashion’s changing culture and this is reflected in our progressive range of courses that aim to fuel, inspire and lead all areas of the fashion industry from management through to communication and design with curriculums that are both relevant, innovative and student-centred.

Research at LCF is aligned to the Graduate School. It has specialist centres of excellence such as the Centre for Sustainable Fashion and Fashion Curation. These are a valuable resource for students, vibrant communities of practice and dynamic centres of

both current research and contemporary debate. Our Professors, Readers, Research Fellows and PhD students work alongside Course Leaders to enrich core curriculums and when appropriate, offer supervision and support to our students.

Our growing industry links span a wide range of sectors of the industry that reflect the ethos of our courses and the Graduate School as a whole. From industry projects through to guest lectures and workshops, we see our industrial contacts as key to the relevance of our courses and the student experience. As well as giving students the opportunity to make valuable contacts and to network, these allow students to locate and understand their work in both professional and academic contexts.

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LCF in the World Executive MBA (Fashion)

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We have active projects, industrial collaborations, offsite courses and successful alumni all around the world; it is this global outlook that enriches everything we do and places us at the forefront of fashion education and consultancy.

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The Executive MBA (Fashion) is a flagship course for London College of Fashion. Developed in partnership with industry and designed to dovetail with the demanding full time work commitments of busy professionals, this unique programme will allow you to propel your career and stand out from the crowd as a confident, knowledgeable and inspirational leader.

An unparalleled personal experience delivered by a world-leading provider that knows how to recognise and develop talent, this exclusive course is co-developed and taught by some of the most highly respected professionals that industry and academia have to offer.

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The Executive MBA (Fashion) combines intensive face-to-face seminars in central London with online learning and uses the latest technology in order to give you the flexibility to schedule your study time around work and other commitments wherever you happen to be in the world.

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The Executive MBA (Fashion) has been developed in response to industry demand. It is based on developments that we see continually shaping and re-shaping the landscape of international fashion business and management. Delivered part-time, this demanding yet highly rewarding programme has been developed specifically for the 21st century aspiring fashion industry leader.

It is widely recognised that modern working conditions encourage a high degree of specialisation. However, as individuals progress within an organisation and aim for a leadership role, it is essential they gain a broad understanding of additional business functions ranging from financial resource and marketing management to expert knowledge of global supply chains. The Executive MBA (Fashion) programme offers you exactly that, it enables you to go beyond the boundaries of your normal field of specialism and develop a good understanding of the essential functions of an organisation. Over a period of 18 months, you will study:

- Global Supply Chain and Distribution

- Socio-cultural Context in Fashion

- Human and Financial Resource Management

- Strategic Branding and Marketing Management

- Leadership and Personal Skills Development

- Product Portfolio Management

- Consultancy Project

All units on the course are delivered by highly respected professionals each of whom are experts in their specialist field. Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to demonstrate:

- A systematic and strategic understanding of contemporary management practice within the fashion and related industries;

- Utilisation of research, knowledge and insights gathered from a range of fashion business functions and sectors to enhance your strategic management capability;

- Application of leading-edge management research, knowledge and theory from across different business functions to your current fashion industry role;

- An evaluation of fashion market opportunities and to create a vision for their strategic development;

- Leadership within your organisation through the use of innovative and creative management approaches to solve complex fashion business problems in both small start-ups and other sized corporations;

- An understanding of the relationship between strategy, resources and capability in achieving fashion business and management goals;

- Application of a range of financial and quantitative techniques to manage and control resources and assess risk to effectively achieve management and business objectives;

- A recognition of the importance of integrity and ethics in the leadership and management of fashion businesses;

- The capability to work collaboratively and lead multidisciplinary teams.

Programme Overview Executive MBA (Fashion)

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“Too many people just dive into the industry without having that grounding and to be able to have the opportunity to study fashion (at LCF) you are studying all aspects of it. It’s invaluable and makes a much more rounded person in the industry.”

Daniel RubinDune Group Chief Executive

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The Executive MBA (Fashion) course is delivered part-time and combines online learning with intensive face-to-face blocks of teaching – you will spend one week in London every three months. This gives you the flexibility to schedule your study time around work and other commitments and study from wherever you happen to be. You will engage in individual and collaborative projects, supported by your personal tutor and fellow students around the world.

Online learning includes webinars and tutorials, simulations and discussions around case studies and selected readings. You will be able to access all of these from a bespoke Virtual Learning Environment which is accessible from any internet browser. Study materials will be available digitally and you will be able to download them to the iPad which we provide you with preloaded with the applications you need to support your learning.

For the face-to-face elements of the course, you will be based at The Hospital Club, a private members club in Central London. As the exclusive hub for creative industry professionals, the Hospital Club is a considerable asset to you as you will have the opportunity to network from the outset of the course. London College of Fashion has developed an outstanding range of resources for both teaching and independent study. As an executive student, you will benefit from use of its specialist fashion library and its online periodicals which will provide the basis for some of your research while you study. The College also has a variety of links with international companies and educational institutions, some of which can inform your studies.

State Of The Art Delivery Executive MBA (Fashion)

“The Executive MBA in Fashion is long overdue. A qualification that can help to develop talented visionary people in the fashion industry and provide them with the requisite management skills to run businesses will be invaluable to those individuals and the industry as a whole”.

Jane ShepherdsonChief Executive Whistles, UK

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Programme Structure Key Facts

There will be a two week period of recommended pre-reading before the start of the course.

Location The Hospital Club, London & Online

Study LevelPostgraduate

Course Length 60 weeks

Study Mode Part Time

UK/EU Fee £27,000

International Fee £27,000

IELTS level 7.0 with a minimum of 6.0 in any one paper

Start Date September 2013

Apply Direct to College

www.fashion.arts.ac.uk/courses/graduate-school/emba-fashion/

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“Fashion is a trillion dollar global business - as big or bigger than music or movies or publishing. Fashion companies face sophisticated business issues which include mergers and acquisitions, global compliance, employment laws which vary from country to country, intellectual property including counterfeiting, real estate, licensing and trade laws - the complex nature of getting goods from one country to another. Fashion professionals must have a basic understanding of these issues to compete in a challenging industry.”

Barbara KolsunExecutive Vice President and General Counsel, Stuart Weitzman, LLC

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Our Alumni: PoweringThe Fashion Industry

Executive MBA (Fashion)

LCF graduates hold leading roles within the international fashion industry, many of them holding senior positions within buying, merchandising, marketing and management. Graduates from this new Executive MBA (Fashion) will join an exclusive network of global fashion leaders which includes;

Rebecca Ellis-PedersonBurberry product development assistant in women’s non apparel (Grad Diploma Fashion Management)

Jo ChenBurberry, Brand Manager Worldwide (MA Strategic Fashion Marketing)

Kimberly MansfieldChristian Laboutin, UK Ireland and Scandinavia Retail Co-Ordinator for (MA Strategic Fashion Marketing)

Saul GusmanSenior Account Exec, Menswear Bryan Morel PR(MA Strategic Fashion Marketing 2009)

Claire BergkampStella McCartney, Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Co-ordinator (MA Fashion Entrepeneurship, 2011)

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The Alumni Association offers a range of benefits and opportunities to all former University of the Arts London students and staff. These include free reference library access across all UAL colleges, discounts on post grad and short courses, professional development services and the opportunity to connect with people in your area, no matter where in the world you are.

An International Alumni Network

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Highly Specialist Team

George BouvierRecently appointed as Programme Director for the Executive MBA Fashion, George has a background in both industry and academia with a specialism in buying and merchandising. He has led an undergraduate course and taught on a post-graduate programme as well as acted as an External Examiner to a number of HE institutions. He is a member of the UK’s University and College Admissions Service (UCAS) Experts panel as well as acting as an adviser to the European Commission and running his own successful accessories business. He also acts as a Non-Executive director for an HR consultancy.

Barbara Kolsun Barbara is Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Stuart Weitzman, LLC, a luxury shoe design, manufacturing and retail company based in New York. She started the company’s first in-house legal department and manages all legal matters for the company, including intellectual property. Prior to Stuart Weitzman, Ms. Kolsun served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Seven For All Mankind, LLC, a leading denim and apparel company, and of Kate Spade, LLC, the upscale handbag and lifestyle design house. She was Assistant General Counsel of WestPoint Stevens, Inc., the home textile company, and of Calvin Klein Jeanswear Co. Prior to her time working in-house, she practiced litigation for 12 years at various

New York law firms, representing numerous intellectual property owners throughout the United States.

Uché Okonkwo Uché Okonkwo is recognized worldwide as one of the pioneer business strategists and opinion leaders in the luxury industry. With insightful vision on the luxury business, a strong creative talent and a rare capacity to pull luxury brands together, she has collaborated closely with major established luxury companies as well as emerging luxury brands including Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Gucci, Cartier, Christian Dior, Piaget, Coty Prestige, L’Oréal, Chopard, Fabergé, Burberry, Boucheron, Couronne, Woo, Aschobi and a host of others. Her expertise in taking luxury brands to elevated growth through strategic and insightful business and creative solutions have led to the successful growth of several brands and the turnaround of others. Through her guidance, Luxe Corp is currently playing a vital role in the re-shaping the business practices of luxury brands and the business approaches of the luxury industry. She initiated the creation of Club e-Luxe in 2006 out of a recognition of the important and pivotal role that technology, digital media and the internet would play in the future of luxury. Club e-Luxe remains the sole credible platform that congregates luxury executives to provide them with the strategic digital direction through knowledge, strategies, tools, techniques, applications and systems that luxury

requires to thrive in the world of digital media, technology and innovation. She is the author of the bestselling book, ‘Luxury Fashion Branding’, which is the first book that addresses the business of luxury from a strategic viewpoint and has been described as an ‘indispensable resource for anyone involved in the luxury business’.

Chrissie Gibson MTRPI MIPM FHEA FRSAChrissie is a Director of Connectivity Associates Ltd, which provides professional training for universities, professional institutes, government and the private sector in the UK and overseas.

Previously she was a Principal Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. She was responsible for external relations, international recruitment and exchange in her department and academic enterprise for the faculty. She also worked at the Bristol Planning School and had a lead role in the development of the Royal Town Planning Institute/Open University Distance learning course. She has also developed blended-learning materials for the MSc Environmental Management and Sustainable Development and for the Institute of Place Management.

Chrissie has been Programme Leader for both Masters and undergraduate courses and has developed innovatory methods of teaching using problem-based learning, acknowledged as good practice by three Higher Education

The course is based on developments at the forefront of international business and management and is taught by a highly specialist team of staff and external contributors with extensive industry knowledge, experience, teaching and research skills.

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Academy subject centres. She was a Member of Steering Group for Innospace, the Manchester Metropolitan University Student Incubator. Her research has focussed on student employability, environmental management and on community engagement.

Chrissie is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Dr Anthony KentDr. Anthony Kent is Associate Dean for Research and Reader in Marketing in the London College of Fashion. His research is centred on interdisciplinary approaches to marketing and design, focusing on brand image and identity in retail stores in which he has extensively published; he has a further interest in research methodologies and their application across disciplines. He was Principal Investigator on an AHRC-funded research project, ‘Metamorphosis of Design Management’ examining the relationship between education, research and industry in this field. Dr. Kent completed a PhD from the University of the Arts London for his research into retail stores focusing on the locational contexts of their built environments and interior design. He previously worked as a product planner for a footwear manufacturer, and retail management in the Buying and Merchandising function, in the UK. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and sits on the

Committee for the Marketing Special Interest Group of the British Academy of Management.

Liz GeeLiz studied Psychology at the University of Bristol and then went on to train as a Chartered Accountant with one of the “Big Four” firms, Ernst & Young in London. After qualification she moved straight out to industry, joining Internal Audit at The Burton Group (now Arcadia) fondly known in the industry as the “University of Fashion Retail”. Several years and many different Finance Manager roles later, Debenhams plc de-merged from the Group and Liz went on to be Corporate Treasurer. She then moved to Barclays Bank plc where as a Relationship Director she was responsible for the corporate banking affairs of many retail and wholesale fashion clients including Liberty, Select, Hawes & Curtis and Blue Inc to name just a few. Soon a few hours as a Visiting Lecturer at the London College of Fashion became a full time role as Liz bought her practical finance experience from all types of companies to life in the classroom. Liz is now leading an integrated Masters in International Fashion Management and is she is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Lynne Hammond - Global Supply Chain ManagementLynne Hammond is managing the Business and Management Cluster Postgraduate courses, which includes a portfolio of MA/GDIP and PG Cert Programmes. Her research interests

are linked to the competitiveness of the apparel industry in particular supply chains and international business development strategies in South East Asia (India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka) Lynne Hammond has been the Director of International Partnerships and Development (IPD) at London College of Fashion between 2006-2012. In this role, she managed a number of strategic collaborative academic partnerships and initiatives sponsored and funded by UNIDO, the British Council and Industrial Organisations. She was responsible for managing a team of experts and consultants that delivered a range of academic and industrial programmes that supported the strategic needs of the countries served. In particular she had directed the establishment of the new Centre of Export and Product Development in Dhaka as part of the BGMEA/BIFT strategic developments. She was also the LCF academic consultant for the newly established Istanbul Moda Academy, and supports the growth of a new fashion school working in collaboration with London College of Fashion. In this role, she provides direction for new courses development, industrial training programmes and short courses.

She lived in Istanbul between 2006 and 2007 as the long-term expert of the EU funded Fashion and Textile Cluster Project. She worked as part of a cluster team and developed a range of outputs to support the aims and objectives of the project to increase the international competitiveness of SMEs in the textile and clothing sector.

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Previous to working at LCF she was MA Fashion Course Director at the University of Creative Arts and established the postgraduate curriculum developments for fashion. In 2007 she completed her PhD that investigated Micro Business Management Practices and their links to competitiveness in emerging fashion enterprises. Her expertise ranges from training and business development for the fashion industries, collaborative management strategies, international project management, business strategies and entrepreneurship management.

Alessandra VecchiAlessandra Vecchi (PhD, University of Bath) is a Senior Research Fellow at London College of Fashion. She was formerly based in the School of Business and at the Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) at Trinity College in Dublin where she still holds the position of IIIS Research Associate. She has been recently nominated as Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at the University of Bologna. Besides teaching several subjects mostly in the field of International Business and Operations Management at postgraduate level, she supervises MA and PhD students in a wide array of Fashion Management related subjects. She has a significant track record of publications and her research interests span from competitive advantage, value creation and strategic upgrading of industrial clusters to cross-cultural management and supply chain management.

Karinna Nobbs Karinna has a passion for the aesthetic aspects of fashion brand management and was a visual merchandiser by trade before entering academia in 2001. She has industrial experience with a variety of international brands at differing levels of the market place including United Colours of Benetton, Kookai, House of Fraser and Ralph Lauren. Karinna has operated in the fields of fashion retail, visual merchandising and PR. In her lecturing career she teaches fashion marketing and retail brand strategy at both undergraduate and postgraduate level and she has also delivered Executive Education Courses in the same areas. Furthermore, Karinna has an extensive conference publication record with appearances at over 40 global academic and industry events. Whilst in academia Karinna has also developed her role as a consultant through advising SME fashion brands on their marketing and communication strategies, with a specific attention on visual merchandising and social media.

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“The seamless balance of academic content and practical experience in the Executive MBA Fashion’s curriculum makes the program ideal for those seeking real advancement in the international fashion and luxury industries”.

Uché OkonkwoExecutive Director & Founder, LUXE CORP

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Your Profile

To gain entry to the course, we require prospective participants to have a minimum of 3 years relevant industry experience. Executive MBA (Fashion) students may come to the programme with a range of motivations and career aspirations, which include enhancing career acceleration to the most senior management roles or changing career direction within the fashion industry. You will typically expect to benefit from high calibre industry networks and to be exposed to new ideas and different ways of looking at the business challenges of the future.

Register your interest in this course:www.fashion.arts.ac.uk/courses/graduate-school/emba-fashion/

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Dahye Kim, MA13 Fashion Design Technology (Menswear)

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Yi Xie, MA13 Fashion Design Technology (Womenswear)

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Injoo Lee, MA13 Fashion Design Technology (Womenswear)

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