Fashion and Textile Museum - Fashion Company Profile
The Fashion and Textile Museum is London's centre for contemporary fashion, textiles and jewellery - founded in 2003 by designer Zandra Rhodes in Ricardo Legorreta's hot-pink Bermondsey building, and operated today by Newham College, with changing exhibitions and the Academy @ FTM courses for creative students and businesses.
Company Snapshot
- Status
- Operating - a London museum of contemporary fashion, textiles and jewellery, operated by Newham College
- Type
- Museum - founded by designer Zandra Rhodes and operated by Newham College of Further Education
- Location
- 83 Bermondsey Street, Bermondsey, London, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 2003, by Zandra Rhodes, in a building designed by Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta
Company Profile
A museum carries no shop box. The record below - the founding, the building and the Academy programme described in its filing - is kept in full on the history page; current exhibitions, courses and opening hours are on the museum's own site, linked above.
The museum's stated aim reaches beyond display: not just to display and collect items relating to fashion, jewellery and textile design, but to offer inspiration to a new generation of creatives. At the filing's date the institution had entered a second chapter - now redeveloped and operated by Newham College, the museum is described as a hub of learning, ideas and networking for the fashion and jewellery industry. That operator matters to how the page should be read: this is a working college-run centre with exhibitions at its front, not a static collection behind glass.
Fashion and Textile Museum History
The earlier record for this company - its history, past brand line-ups, figures and photographs from the periods described - is kept on a separate page for historical reference.
Fashion and Textile Museum History & Historical Profile →Common Questions
Who founded the Fashion and Textile Museum?
Iconic British designer Zandra Rhodes, in the historical record; the museum is a centre for contemporary fashion, textiles and jewellery in London.
Where is it, and who designed the building?
In Bermondsey Village, London, at 83 Bermondsey Street, in a building designed by Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta, in the historical record.
What is the Academy @ FTM?
The museum's education hub, offering programmes for school, college and university students and a business support programme for fashion companies, run as part of Newham College, in the historical record.
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