The Churchill Gowns Blog about Graduations Sustainability and Academic Dress

Academic Dress at the University of London

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...

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 Direct...

A Beginners Guide to Academic Gowns

A Beginner's Guide to Academic Gowns Churchill Gowns Director of Operations, Ruth Nicholls, talks us through the most common styles of bachelors a...

Painted Graduation Portraits

The Ultimate Luxury Graduation Gift 28th May, 2019 For most people graduation is a once in a lifetime event, so what better way to commemorate it t...

Gifting Graduation Jewellery

Five Tips for Choosing Jewellery as a Graduation Gift 25th June, 2019 We've got a guest blog today with Sarah Buck, from pre-owned jewellery and wa...

Creative graduation photos

Churchill Gowns Managing Director, Ollie Adkins, tells us why waiting until after your graduation ceremony to get photographs taken ...