IPOL Conference 2025
9:00am – 6:00pm Ravensbourne University, London
In Conversation: discussions about the notion of Honest Luxury
Registration, Welcome & Introduction and coffee
09:30 – 09:45
Ravensbourne University
Brooklyn College
In Conversation: What is honest luxury
09:45 – 10:45
with Shaun Borstrock: Richard McVetis and Maria Grachvogel, Piers Atkinson and Dame Zandra Rhodes
Artist Specializing in Drawing and Hand Embroidery
Fashion Designer and Founder, Maria Grachvogel
Fashion and Textile Designer
Millinery Designer
Break
10:45 – 11:00
Bruce Montgomery
11:00 – 11:30
The Luxury Fashion’s evolution: Moving Beyond the Sole Creative Director Model
Associate Professor
University of Southampton
Kelvin Mupa
11:30 – 12:00
Data-Driven Personalisation as the Future of Honest Luxury in High-Performance Coaching
In conversation: If Everything is Luxury, is Anything Luxury?
12:00 – 13:00
with Shaun Borstrock: Sam Bompass and Bijou Abiola
Co-Founder and Creative Director, Bompas & Parr
Vice President & Chief of Staff to the CEO, Cartier
Lunch
13:00 – 13:30
Dr. Richard Whitby
13:30 – 14:00
Liveness and Artisanal Labour – ‘Free your Mind’ as a Case Study
Ravensbourne University London
Luca Mecca
14:00 – 14:30
Mapping the Pursuit of Honest Luxury: A Dual-Axis Analysis of Ethical Prestige
University of Turin
In Conversation : The Changes in Definitions of Luxury – Broadly Honest
14:30 – 15:30
with James Campbell, Margaret Ann Macleod and Gordon Ritchie
Head of Marketing & Sales at Intellect
Managing Director, Harris Tweed Hebrides
Managing Director – Crombie
Break
15:30 – 15:45
Guido Dal Pozzo
15:45 – 16:15
Brand Honesty; a Critical Literature Review Analysis and Definition
Ravensbourne University London
In conversation with James Campbell
16:15 – 17:15
Bruce Montgomery, Luca Mecca,
Kelvin Mupa, Richard Whitby and Guido Dal Pozzo
Close
17:30