{"id":1496,"date":"2026-02-05T11:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/?p=1496"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:06:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:06:49","slug":"thread-and-legends-past-icons-future-designers-14-feb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2026\/02\/05\/thread-and-legends-past-icons-future-designers-14-feb\/","title":{"rendered":"Thread and Legends: Past Icons, Future Designers, 14 Feb"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>The University of Kent and Fenwick present: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/giving\/fashion\"><strong>Threads and Legends<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>A spectacular showcase of style from Fenwick\u2019s curated collections inspired by the past 60 years of fashion to mark the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/Kentat60\">University of Kent\u2019s 60th anniversary year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Be taken down a memory runway as we reminisce about iconic looks over the past six decades and experience the visionary work of our own emerging student designers. A wander through the six decades of style since the University\u2019s founding in 1965.<\/p>\n<p>The event is directed by School of Arts and Architecture students and featuring Kent Students&#8217; Union societies. It\u2019s also showcasing Kent Aspire students\u2019 designs and Fenwick. <span data-teams=\"true\">Fenwick are providing clothing from different brands to represent each decade in the Fashion Show. Their hair and beauty concessions will also feature in the Fashion Fair, including Charlotte Tillbury and Chanel!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Featuring\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Musical Theatre Society<\/li>\n<li>KPOP Society<\/li>\n<li>Salsa Society<\/li>\n<li>People of Colour Arts Society<\/li>\n<li>ASPIRE at Kent Business School<\/li>\n<li>Oliver Double and Zaid Mahmood as MCs<\/li>\n<li>Raffle, fun and prizes!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>When is it happening?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Date<\/strong>: Saturday 14 February<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fashion Fair<\/strong>: 13:00 \u2013 15:00<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fashion Show<\/strong>: 15:00 \u2013 17:15<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: Colyer-Fergusson Hall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>How do I get tickets?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thegulbenkian.co.uk\/events\/fenwick-fashion-show\/\">Tickets from \u00a34.50<\/a> (includes a welcome drink).<\/p>\n<p>Please note: This is a \u2018pay what you can\u2019 event, with all proceeds supporting our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/giving\/explore-our-projects\/sanctuary-fund\">Sanctuary Fund<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/giving\/explore-our-projects\/hardship-bursaries\">Kent Opportunity Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span data-teams=\"true\">For any student for whom ticket price is a barrier can email <a id=\"menur6pf\" class=\"fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1s184ao f1mk8lai fnbmjn9 f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"mailto:giving@kent.ac.uk\" href=\"mailto:giving@kent.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link giving@kent.ac.uk\">giving@kent.ac.uk<\/a> and be added to the guest list. Threads &amp; Legends is for everyone!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Do you want to showcase your fashion or accessory business?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The event will include both a fashion show catwalk and a fashion fair, and you\u2019re invited to showcase your fashion and accessory brands.<\/p>\n<p>Register your interest by <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=VvqpUTI_mkSnIT4_SapemoasmKd5_1ZHk7zY9Lj007hUNEgxOUpVSzZaVVdHRkZQS1VTQUtKNDlQNC4u&amp;origin=QRCode\">completing this online form<\/a> or emailing <a href=\"mailto:ASPIRE@kent.ac.uk\">ASPIRE@kent.ac.uk<\/a> by 1 February .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/giving\/fashion\">Learn more about the Threads and Legends event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Kent and Fenwick present: Threads and Legends A spectacular showcase of style from Fenwick\u2019s curated collections inspired by the past 60 years &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2026\/02\/05\/thread-and-legends-past-icons-future-designers-14-feb\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40853,"featured_media":1497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[312383,309363,312220],"tags":[178181],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40853"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1496"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1817,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496\/revisions\/1817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}