Experience

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  Private label

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2001

  Designer/ design room manager
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  Marks and spencer

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2004

  Senior designer

  Direct design and development, catwalk analysis, joint responsibility for creating seasonal fashion stories, extensive travel for research and design.

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  Planet/ east/ littlewoods/ coast

  Jan 2004 - Apr 2012

  Senior designer

  Senior designer creating brand strategy, direct design, setting up internal labels, extensive travel for research and working with factories. Catwalk analysis.

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  University of the arts london

  Aug 2013 - Sept 2020

  Visiting lecturer

  Short courses

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  University of southampton

  Mar 2016 - now

  'Sophara's Dream' showcasing 201718 work 'Wonder' showcasing 201617 work At the second Fashion and Sustainability Forum, we take the long view when considering the complex issues of this subject - fast fashion, planned obsolescence, 'designed for the dump' clothing and other goods. The 'tyranny of choice' leads to confusion and anxiety - how do we make responsible choices? This is not about guilt and shame; it is about enabling us to find creative solutions. 'Glitch' 201516 work The rapidly changing nature of the global fashion industry presents challenges to the entire world: people, the environment; from the design process through development and production to the consumer phase and product end of life. Of course, sustainability is not a new issue, but there is an increasing need for sustainable practices.Sustainability should be normalised, not fashionable. We cannot afford to let this issue go 'out of fashion'.

  • Principal Teaching Fellow

    Mar 2022 - now

  • Director of Internationalisation

    Jul 2022 - now

  • Programme Leader MA Fashion Design

    Sept 2012 - Oct 2023

  • Chair - WSA Education Group

    Mar 2022 - Aug 2023

  • MA Fashion Design film

    Aug 2018 - Aug 2018

  • Fashion and Sustainability Forum 2018

    Mar 2018 - Mar 2018

  • MA Fashion Design film

    Aug 2017 - Aug 2017

  • Fashion and Sustainability Forum

    Mar 2017 - Mar 2017

  • MA Fashion Design film

    Aug 2016 - Aug 2016

  • Fashion and Sustainability Forum

    Mar 2016 - Mar 2016
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  The university of huddersfield

  Sept 2020 - now

  External examiner ba fashion design programmes
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  Kingston university

  Oct 2020 - now

  External examiner ma fashion
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  Winchester school of art

  Mar 2022 - Mar 2022

  Fashion and sustainability forum

  We're in a time of rapid change, destabilisation and disruption for the fashion industry (and education), and for the people within it - how to address some of the old and new challenges we face now in both industries is something we considered - questioning how to embed sustainability into the curriculum in a way that motivates students to critically engage, reflect and create in a meaningful and transformative way through experiential learning, collaboration and reflection. The idea of sustainability means different things to different people, culturally, socially, economically and personally. We all understand the Earth's resources are finite, yet still demand outstrips supply. There is no 'one-size fits all' solution; we need to acknowledge this and learn to work together to relieve the pressure. Show less