Andrew Ibi

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Academic

Andrew Ibi is a designer, artist and educator. He is currently the programme leader for the BA Fashion: Design & Communication course at Liverpool John Moores Univeristy.


Awarded Graduate of the Year at Middlesex University in 1996, starting his career at Joe Casely-Hanford, Ibi went on to head up menswear design for Burlington and Club Monaco, before launching his own labels. In 2008, Ibi launched the concept space, The Convenience Fashion Store, stocking high-end, luxury womenswear including Rick Owens, Gareth Pugh and Maison Margiela. 


In recent years, his work in academia has involved developing research around social trends and its impact on design and has previously explored cultural nostalgia, belonging and displacement. 
In 2019, Ibi launched the arthouse swimwear brand, E.Macbean with his partner Eleanor, debuting during London Fashion Week 2019 with a presentation that explored the tensions between the female body and the fashion gaze. 


As co-founder of BOLD (The Black Orientated Legacy Development Agency), Ibi works in partnership with the BFC and the IPF on numerous initiatives focused on inclusion and diversity, intent on changing the narrative around Black British fashion and its contribution to British culture. Alongside this, Ibi sits on the British Fashion Council diversity & inclusivity steering committee. Ibi is also the co-founder of FACE - Fashion Academics Creating Equality an active network of Black educators lobbying for educational change and equality.

Andrew Ibi is a designer, artist and educator. He is currently the programme leader for the BA Fashion: Design & Communication course at Liverpool John Moores Univeristy.


Awarded Graduate of the Year at Middlesex University in 1996, starting his career at Joe Casely-Hanford, Ibi went on to head up menswear design for Burlington and Club Monaco, before launching his own labels. In 2008, Ibi launched the concept space, The Convenience Fashion Store, stocking high-end, luxury womenswear including Rick Owens, Gareth Pugh and Maison Margiela. 


In recent years, his work in academia has involved developing research around social trends and its impact on design and has previously explored cultural nostalgia, belonging and displacement. 
In 2019, Ibi launched the arthouse swimwear brand, E.Macbean with his partner Eleanor, debuting during London Fashion Week 2019 with a presentation that explored the tensions between the female body and the fashion gaze. 


As co-founder of BOLD (The Black Orientated Legacy Development Agency), Ibi works in partnership with the BFC and the IPF on numerous initiatives focused on inclusion and diversity, intent on changing the narrative around Black British fashion and its contribution to British culture. Alongside this, Ibi sits on the British Fashion Council diversity & inclusivity steering committee. Ibi is also the co-founder of FACE - Fashion Academics Creating Equality an active network of Black educators lobbying for educational change and equality.

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