Claire Watson
- Position: Associate Professor - Fashion
- Areas of expertise: Fashion Design: Fashion Marketing; 20th Century Fashion History; Design Pedagogy; Trend Forecasting and Prediction
- Email: C.H.Watson@leeds.ac.uk
- Location: Clothworkers Central
Responsibilities
- Director of Student Education
- Employability Lead
Research interests
The Yorkshire Fashion Archive
Based in the School of Design, the archive chronicles the cultural history of Yorkshire and aims to reflect changing social attitudes and influences, economic prosperity, global trends and the regional technical excellence in textiles and clothing over a 100 year period through clothing, accessories, photographs, film archive and narratives. Claire Watson hopes to develop a new perspective on Yorkshire life through the investigation of clothing choices and tastes. This project will also give close scrutiny to an examination of the expansion of the clothing and textile industry throughout Yorkshire and examine the home dressmaking skills in the region.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>Qualifications
- MA Fashion & Textiles
- BA Constructed Textiles
Professional memberships
- Association of Supliers to the British Clothing Industry
- Graduater Fashion Foundation - College Trustee
- Association of Fashion & Textile Courses
Research groups and institutes
- PRIA