The Churchill Gowns Blog about Graduations Sustainability and Academic Dress

Graduation Top Tips

Graduation Top Tips

So summer graduation season is officially upon us and, as the big day looms, we wanted to share our top tips for navigating a day that can be simu...

Awesome Sustainable Brands

Managing Director of Churchill Gowns, Ollie Adkins, shares his favourite brands that are finding innovative ways to reduce plastic waste in landfi...

What Is an Honorary Degree?

Honorary degrees are awarded at most graduation ceremonies, but what have the recipients done to achieve these awards and what is their affiliatio...

Academic Dress at the University of London

The University of London has been responsible for a number of innovations in academic dress design, including the introduction of faculty colours....

Graduation Gifts for Any Budget

Graduation gifts are a staple of American ceremonies but have only recently become popular in the UK. Here we take you through some of the best gi...

Confessions of a Gown Geek

16th November, 2018 Director of Operations at Churchill Gowns, Ruth, offers a glimpse of the wonderfully eccentric world of academic dress researc...

The Perfect Graduation Outfit

Ruth, from the Churchill Gowns team, takes us through choosing the perfect graduation outfit so you feel your best on the day. After you’ve spent t...

The St Andrews Red Gown

Code Red: Why the Scarlet St Andrews Gown is a Tradition Worth Embracing Look at any promotional material from the University of St Andrews and yo...

Gowns and Crowns: Design Collaborations

29th November, 2018 Academic dress may have been around for centuries, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be in vogue. Here Churchill Gow...

Unusual Graduation Traditions

The Wackiest Graduation Traditions from Around the World 22nd November, 2018 Churchill Gowns Director of Operations, Ruth Nicholls, takes you throu...

Green Christmas

In all the excitement and stress in the build up to Christmas, making environmentally conscious decisions can slip to the bottom of the list of pri...

A History of the Graduation Cap

The square graduation cap, or ‘mortarboard’, has become a widely used symbol of academia and learning across the globe. Here, Churchill Gowns Dir...

Teachers Wearing Academic Dress

Should School Teachers Wear Academic Dress? 26th February, 2019 Academic gowns are now rarely seen in the classroom but here Churchill Gowns Dire...