Marie McLoughlin

Twentieth century fashion especially elite and British fashion. Wartime fashions, the Utility scheme, Inc.Soc (the Incorporated Society of the London Couture), the influence of Paris and the contribution to fashions by refugees from facism is a particular interest explored in the 2020 book Paris Fashion and World War 2. Global diffusion and Nazi Controls co-edited with Brighton Professor Emerita Lou Taylor. The post-war devlopment of fashion education in the UK, espcially at St Martin's School of Art, now CSM (Central St Martins) and its alumni Gibb, Galliano, McQueen and Chalayan, was the focus of my 2010 PhD Muriel Pemberton and the development of degree level fashion education.

Current work includes a chapter on Bill Gibb for a publication with Bloomsbury and Aberdeen Museums. And the British tailor-made, with a particular interest in the House of Creed.

Twentieth century fashion and textiles design, especially British design.