MATILDA ASPINALL
Designer-Maker/Researcher/Educator
www.matildaaspinall.co.uk
+44 7876 470565
Profile
I am a dress historian, educator and designer-maker. The qualitative and
quantitative research for my practice-led PhD Back to the Future of Fashion Past: Reinterpreting Future Garment
Making drew upon two associated but separate areas of enquiry. The first was text and object-based with its research
firmly rooted in the study of dress history, material culture and museum studies. The second, practice-led was
situated within the study and context of sustainable clothing design and the circular economy.
Education
2019 PHD
Title: Back to the Future of Fashion Past: Re-fashioning Future Garment Making
UAL: London College of Fashion
2013 Unit: Developing Academic Practice
UAL: Centre for Learning and Teaching in Art and Design
2010 Post graduate degree: Fashion Curation (Distinction)
UAL: London College of Fashion
2007 Level 2 & 3 BTEC Costume Realisation, Pattern Cutting and Design
Kensington and Chelsea College
1993 BA Fine Art
Goldsmith University
Employment: Teaching
2016 (ongoing) Associate Lecturer
Cultural and Historical Studies: School of Design and Technology
UAL: London College of Fashion
2019 Mentor and Advisor to Kering Awards Competition Finalists
Centre for Sustainable Fashion
UAL: London College of Fashion
2016 (ongoing) PhD Tutor (Widening Participation)
The Brilliant Club
2013 Lecturer
Fashion Design
Buckingshire New University
2012 Short Course Tutor with ArtsCom
UAL: Central St Martins School of Art and Design
Visiting Lecturer
UAL: Chelsea School of Art and Design
Employment: Industry
2009 (ongoing) Co-owner, women’s shirt maker/designer/Administrator
Sean O’Flynn Shirtmakers
2014 - 2015 Part-time finance administrator
UAL: Enterprise and Employability
2008-2012 Research Administrator
Janie Lightfoot Textile Conservation Studio
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Voluntary Work
2015 Archivist
School of Historical Dress
Further Education & Training
An Examination of 18th Century Dress
Courthauld Institute of Art (Summer School)
Flat Pattern Cutting Level 1 & 2
Brent Adult Education
Professional Sewing Skills
Vintage Couture Sewing Techniques
UAL: London College of Fashion
Fashion Illustration
UAL: Central St Martins School of Art
Bias Cut Pattern Cutting
Tailoring Skills and Techniques
Men’s Pockets from 17th to 19th Century
Home Dress Making Skills
19th Century Bodice Construction
School of Historical Dress
Adobe Creative Suite
UAL: London College of Fashion
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Awards UAL: Student Employee of the Year
Costume Society Student Award
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Papers Given
Feb 2020 Back to the Future of Fashion Past: Re-fashioning Future Garment Making
Sewing Box of the Future: V&A Dundee
Feb 2017 The Reinterpretation of Skills: the influences of a re-fashioned Louis XVI court coat on the
repurposing of a redundant military jacket
Missing Persons: Nottingham Trent University
Dec 2016 The Continuation of a Narrative: the influence of a 19th century jacquette on the re-
fashioning of a British Army Officer’s dress jacket
Costume and Fashion in Context: University of Huddersfield
March 2015 Fashion Matters: Anglo-American Dress Conference
Oct 2014 Historical Re-fashioning as a Provision For Sustained Life
Costume Society
Dec 2013 Historical Re-fashioning and Digital Technology
Wearable Futures: Ravensbourne
Nov 2013 The Re-fashioning of Mrs Guiney’s Gown
Fashion and Recollection: UAL: London College of Fashion
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Published Work Opening Up the Wardrobe
Edited by Kate Fletcher: Novus Publishing
Mistra Fashion Futures Project
Centre for Circular Design
History of the Paper Pattern Industry
Bloomsbury Fashion Central
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References Dr Linda Sandino
[email protected] Caroline Stevenson
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