Dr Kevin Almond

Profile

I have held various appointments in the fashion industry and academia. I have published widely and research interests include: Creative Pattern Cutting, Clothing/Fashion Dichotomies, Sculptural Thinking in Fashion, Fashion as Masquerade. Research Areas

• Suffering in fashion: Links that expose issues in the production of garments and their appropriation as fashionable items
• Body shaping and the presentation of the fashionable ideal of self
• How fashion has mirrored change in UK society
• Bespoke Tailoring: The Luxury and Heritage we can afford
• Fashion in Clubland: The safe space for glamour
• Expression and Repression: The presentation of self
• Creative pattern cutting
• Fashion and obesity
• Fashion/Clothing Dichotomies
• 1940s fashion
• The creative economy and aesthetic market place
• Sculptural thinking in fashion

Responsibilities

• Leader of Textiles and Fashion Research Group

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Qualifications

• PhD
• MDes (RCA)
• BA (Hons)
• PG Cert (Research Supervision)
• FHEA

Professional memberships

• Fellow of The Higher Education Academy
• Member of Steering Committee Association of Fashion and Textile Courses
• Member, The Northern Society of Costume and Textiles
• Member, Association of Suppliers to the British Clothing Industry
• Member, The British Fashion Council Colleges Forum
• Nominated Trustee of The Costume Society – 2013 - 2016

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