Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers

Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers
Formation1942; 82 years ago (1942)
PurposeMaintain and develop London as a fashion centre[1]
Location
RemarksDisbanded in the 1970s and succeeded by British Fashion Council
The design studio of Norman Hartnell source: IWM
Peter Russell dinner gown, produced during wartime for IncSoc and photographed by the Ministry of Information to promote the idea that utility could be incorporated into couture source: IWM
Elspeth Champcommunal design for Worth London, produced under wartime restrictions source: IWM

The Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers (also known as IncSoc, Inc Soc and ISLFD) was a membership organisation founded in 1942 to promote the British fashion and textile industry and create luxury couture to sell abroad for the war effort.[2] It aimed to build the relationship between government and fashion industry and represent the interests of London couturiers. The organisation continued after the war and sought to present itself as an alternative to the revived Paris couture industry.

  1. ^ Waddell, Gavin (2004). How Fashion Works: Couture, Ready-to-Wear and Mass Production. Oxford: Blackwell Science. pp. 175–7. ISBN 9780632057528. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  2. ^ O'Byrne, Robert (2009). Style City: How London Became a Fashion Capital. Frances Lincoln Ltd. p. 11. ISBN 978-0711228955.