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of fashion students to that of athletes.
“If you think of how many gazzillions of gold medals we won in the Olympics, we were able to win those because the athletes could train and train and they were given the money to do that exclusively,” he said, referring to the Lottery funded Olympians. “In the times that we live in, creativity is a currency and it’s worth more than the pound or the euro.”
Another advantage of opening up the college to a diverse range of students from different backgrounds is the stimuli for collaboration it presents. The college actively encourages students to work together, Corner explains, since "fashion is a team sport" and best understood from day one. Also, by encouraging more untapped talent to study one of the many diverse courses the college has on offer, it helps to build and solidify the skill set on offer in the British fashion industry, something which there is a heavy focus on post Brexit.
“What I say to all the young people who have found a little creative fire in them already is that they’re not just designing a garment, it’s design in a broader fashion. It’s about making people love themselves," said Dell'Orefice. "I say to young artists that they are the luckiest people in the world to have their passion. When you find a society, like the LCF which is such a supportive society, they are just so lucky to have arrived in the right environment.”