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Susan Atkin
Dr Susan Atkin is the deputy division head of fashion design at Manchester Fashion Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, and currently teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate research levels. Before her academic career, she was the designer-owner of the independent womenswear label Electricity. Her Ph.D. considered Manchester’s cultural identity through exploration of the links between the city’s music and local fashion culture. Subculture, identity, bricolage and the concept of local fashion continue to be key areas of her research. She is the co-editor of the Bloomsbury Academic title Memories of Dress: Recollections of Material Identities, published in May 2023.
Contact: Manchester Fashion Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, Righton Building, Cavendish Street, Manchester M15 6BG, UK.