Young people from Fulham Cross School recently met fashion designer Jimmy Choo in White City.
Students had the opportunity to hear from the fashion designer and get a rare glimpse into a potential career in the fashion industry.
The event was part of our Upstream London programme to inspire young people to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, maths, medicine and media. Through the plan, we want to equip local people with the skills they need to succeed.
Students heard about how Prof Choo started his career studying at a technical college in Hackney in 1986. Throughout the session, he emphasised the vital role that respect, integrity, and treating everyone as equals have played in shaping his career.
Fulham Cross Sixth Form Business and Communications Officer, Frances Roberts said: "We felt privileged to have this amazing opportunity to meet such an iconic, and inspirational designer – our students were very impressed."
Global designer
Professor Jimmy Choo OBE is known for co-founding the global shoe brand that bears his name.
In 2021, he opened the JCA London Fashion Academy in Mayfair. In November, the JCA London Fashion Academy opened its first pop-up gallery in White City.
After the event, Year 13 pupil Cadi from Fulham Cross said: "Seeing the talent of JCA London Fashion Academy students has motivated me to work on my own portfolio and keep going with my fashion designing dreams. Knowing that you can start from anywhere really inspired me."
While Prof Choo said: "It was such a pleasure to host the students from Fulham Cross – they were so engaging and hopefully inspired by the creativity of our student designs on display. We hope it will broaden their artistic horizons and spark ideas for their own future design projects."
The creatives of tomorrow
H&F Council is committed to supporting the workforce of tomorrow.
Launched in 2017, H&F Council's industrial strategy – Upstream London – is transforming the borough into an inclusive and global economic hotspot.
So far, Upstream London has helped attract £6billion of investment in H&F and created more than 13,000 new jobs.
