A graduate of Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, where I studied Fashion Communication: Histories and Theories, my work explores how dress can illuminate the lives of individuals, the cultures they inhabit and the histories that might otherwise remain untold. I’m particularly interested in the stories held within clothing collections and personal archives, and in what garments, photographs and seemingly incidental details can reveal about the people who wore, collected and preserved them.

My research has recently centred on the Birr Castle Fashion and Textile Archive in County Offaly, Ireland, where I worked with an extensive private collection spanning several centuries. Through the study of garments, photographs, scrapbooks, press cuttings and handwritten notes, I developed a particular interest in the wardrobe and personal archive of Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902–1992). This work has informed my ongoing research into fashion, memory and self-presentation, as well as my interest in making archival histories accessible beyond academic settings.

Alongside archival research, I’m interested in the material and visual culture of dress: how clothing communicates identity, how objects acquire meaning over time, and how what survives shapes our understanding of the past. I’m drawn to the details that might initially seem insignificant, an annotation in the margin of a photograph, a garment’s signs of wear, or a story attached to an object, and to the new perspectives they can offer when considered together.

Through writing, curatorial research and public engagement, I aim to bring these histories to wider audiences while remaining attentive to the complexities and uncertainties of the historical record.

I’m interested in collaborations, research commissions and opportunities to work with collections, cultural institutions and individuals whose archives have stories to tell.