Elaine Evans
- Position: Senior Teaching Fellow
- Areas of expertise: Garment Technology; Pattern Cutting; Garment Construction; 20th Century Fashion; Yorkshire Fashion Archive
- Email: E.L.Evans@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 2315
- Location: G.74a Clothworkers Building Central
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Profile
After graduating from the University of Leeds, Elaine Evans worked as a garment technician in two roles, including made-to-measure, before joining the School of Design in 2001, and is now a Senior Teaching Fellow in Fashion. Her teaching specialism is garment technology, construction and pattern cutting. Elaine is a member and secretary of the Yorkshire Fashion Archive Executive Committee, and jointly oversees the management and care of the Yorkshire Fashion Archive. The Yorkshire Fashion Archive is a research hub within the Fashion area at the University of Leeds' School of Design which explores interactions between clothing and social / cultural history.
Responsibilities
- Secretary to the Yorkshire Fashion Archive Executive Committee
- Access to Leeds tutor for Fashion Design
Research interests
Qualifications
- BA (Hons) French and Textiles
- Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Student education
Elaine Is involved in teaching at all levels of the undergraduate Fashion Design programme and also contributes to optional module 20th Century Fashion.
Elaine has also previously co-supervised a PhD project based on nonwovens in apparel, and contributes to MA supervision and MSc teaching in the School of Design.