Dr Fiona Anderson has an MA in the History of Design from the Royal College of Art/Victoria and Albert Museum and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests are in the broad field of design history and theory with a strong research specialism in fashion, textiles, adornment and the body. A two-way dialogue between Fiona’s research expertise and teaching developed through her previous work at the Royal College of Art, Edinburgh College of Art and as a contracted Independent Assessor at the University of Oxford. Fiona’s research has interconnected with her previous curatorial practice at the V&A, London and as Senior Curator of Fashion and Textiles at National Museums Scotland. She has developed an international research profile by regularly publishing essays in peer-reviewed journals and in books by leading academic publishers. In 2016, her monograph Tweed was published by Bloomsbury Academic. This interdisciplinary book explores international perspectives on the design and cultural history of these textiles. It was the major output from an AHRC Fellowship project on which Fiona was the Principal Investigator. This project involved knowledge exchange with contemporary designers and research in the private archives of Chanel, Dior and Balenciaga. Fiona regularly peer reviews for Textile History and the Journal of Design History. Her role as a Trustee of the Design History Society involved organising Publishing Workshops, and peer reviewing research grants and entries for the international professional Design Writing Prize. Fiona was a peer reviewer on the Scientific Committee for the DHS conferences in Switzerland (2021) and Portugal (2023). The impact of Fiona’s research has involved regular media engagement and frequently delivering public talks, including at National Museums Scotland and the V&A, London. She is currently a Steering Committee Member of the ‘Tailoring for Women’ research project led by the University of Brighton, which is part of the Apparences, Corps et Sociétés trans-European Research Group based at the Université de Lille. The major outputs from this project will include an edited book.