Cheeky — but on point: it’s publication day for Thom Browne!

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For the run of it.

Fashion offers an unmatched window into human choice-making as one of humanity’s most widespread & enduring cultural practices.

Fashion shows that intuitive & emotional responses might offer better pathways to navigate the grave planetary challenges we face.

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Why do you run?

As a runner-researcher, I’m interested in the stories people tell about their running & the role it has in their life.

If you run, I’d be grateful if you’d fill in & share my survey.

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By Royal Appointment — not really… but it was fantastic to join Afua Hagan and Jane Eastoe in conversation with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen on Royal Beat’s ciphered cushions.

In the second episode of season 2’s Book Club, we chatted about the changing look and meaning of royal dress.

Messy histories — This innocuous-looking bronze object is a manilla. They were used as a form of currency in West Africa between the fifteenth and twentieth centuries to purchase, among other things, enslaved people.

External signs of the passions — or how my research on emotions is making me look. This nineteenth-century composition is derived from drawings by Charles le Brun.

To reflect on the year that has been and to ready us for the one to come, the F/fashion Narratives Research Group that I lead at Manchester Metropolitan University (@manmetuni.bsky.social) is sharing its 12 Days of Christmas…

Knock, knock — I love the lustre of the hand-smeared brass in the Kunsthaus Zürich extension by David Chipperfield Architects, but what is the significance of the donkey-headed door handle?

It was great to speak with The Telegraph about Burberry’s decision to renew its focus on its English heritage. This aligns with moves by other European luxury brands to emphasise local and emotional storytelling to retain consumer interest & loyalty

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Flying visit to Amsterdam to talk fashion research with European colleagues from IFFTI (Int. Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes). Great to share strategies, projects, challenges and ideas!

What’s in your wardrobe? — it was fantastic to be involved in the final day of the Being Human Festival, hearing diverse & incredibly moving stories about people’s relationships with their clothing.