Mairi MacKenzie
Research Fellow
Design-Fashion and Textiles
Glasgow School of Art
Research Interests
History, Twentieth Century Fashion History, Cultural History of Perfume, Fashion and Popular Music, Fashion within the context of the Archive and the Museum, Material Culture, Fashion Theory, Scottishness and Dress, Fashion and Subcultures, Fashion and Feminism
Research Profile
Mairi MacKenzie is a fashion historian and curator based in Glasgow. She is Research Fellow in Fashion and Textiles at Glasgow School of Art, a visiting lecturer at Glasgow University and was lecturer in Cultural and Historical Studies at London College of Fashion.
Mairi’s current research is concerned with the relationship between popular music and fashion; social histories of perfume; and the history of dressing up and going out in Glasgow. She is author of Dream Suits: The Wonderful World of Nudie Cohn and Isms: Understanding Fashion.
Before becoming a fashion historian Mairi worked within various fields including time spent within the buying department of Oddbins Wine Merchants, as manager of a Fine Art gallery in London and then as a fashion industry professional working as assimore...
Mairi MacKenzie is a fashion historian and curator based in Glasgow. She is Research Fellow in Fashion and Textiles at Glasgow School of Art, a visiting lecturer at Glasgow University and was lecturer in Cultural and Historical Studies at London College of Fashion.
Mairi’s current research is concerned with the relationship between popular music and fashion; social histories of perfume; and the history of dressing up and going out in Glasgow. She is author of Dream Suits: The Wonderful World of Nudie Cohn and Isms: Understanding Fashion.
Before becoming a fashion historian Mairi worked within various fields including time spent within the buying department of Oddbins Wine Merchants, as manager of a Fine Art gallery in London and then as a fashion industry professional working as assistant to the designer Shirin Guild.
Qualifications
MA (Hons) History, Glasgow University;
MA Design History and Material Culture, University of Brighton
