Claire Watson
- Position: Director of Online and Hybrid Education
- Areas of expertise: Curriculum and assessment design, 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 Online and Hybrid Education
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.
Qualifications
- MA Fashion & Textiles
- BA Constructed Textiles
Professional memberships
- Association of Supliers to the British Clothing Industry
- Association of Fashion & Textile Courses
- Graduate Fashion Foundation
- Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy
Research groups and institutes
- PRIA