Beatrice Newman

Head of Fashion

Head of Department

Department of Fashion , School Of Arts And Creative Industries

Areas Of Interest

knitwear
textiles
fashion design and business

OVERVIEW

Beatrice is the founder of womenswear brand Korlekie. After completing her Masters in Digital Fashion at London College of Fashion, she went on to launch her label, which, has been running for eight years, dressing a range of customers and VIP clientele in the UK and across the world.

Whilst running her brand she also leads the fashion subject cluster as the Head of Department and is course leader in Fashion Design.

Her research interest lies in heritage and digital hand weaving techniques for a modern audience and business and educational innovation in fashion.

Her specialisms lie in knitwear, textiles, fashion design and business.

PUBLICATIONS

Marketing Fashion by Harriet Posner 2015, feature in book
Knitwear Design by Carol Brown 2013, feature in book
Birds Of Paradise Catwalk Presentation Oxford Fashion Week, Oxford Museum Of Natural History 2014
AW14 'Chiaroscuro' Collection Showcase 2014
SS14 'Ophelia' Collection Showcase at the Strand Gallery, London, 2013
Labo Ethnik, Paris 2013
Ghana Fashion & Design Week Vogue Italia Editorial 2012

Moving Image

UV Mapping The Body. Projection.
Fragments Pre Fall 2012. Vanity & Vainness of Beauty.
The Labyrinthic Web AW12. Concept Film.
Ophelia SS15. Shakespeare's Hamlet. Re-interpretation Of Ophelia's Death.
Chiaroscuro. Light and Dark and Exploration of Fabric Design in Teaser Film.

TEACHING

MODULES

FT6025 Final Major Project: Theoretical Identity
FT7023 Identify: Concepts and Technology
FT7022 Define: Live Industry Project
PX7001 Creative Practice

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