Dr Kevin Almond
- Position: Lecturer in Fashion
- Email: K.Almond@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 2315
- Website: ORCID
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
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