About

People often ask how a fashion designer ends up researching wearable technology. The short answer is that I asked one question and couldn't stop thinking about it.

While studying for my Master's degree, I found myself wondering whether clothing could one day do more than simply be worn. If we already wear clothes every day, could they also help us better understand what's happening in our bodies before stress begins to overwhelm us?

I didn't know the answer. But I was curious enough to find out.

That curiosity eventually led me to begin my PhD at De Montfort University, where I'm researching how smart textiles and wearable technology could support emotional wellbeing through the monitoring of physiological signals associated with stress.

Before starting my PhD, I spent more than a decade working as a fashion designer. My work has appeared in over 100 publications worldwide, including Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, i-D and Cosmopolitan, and in 2019 I presented my own collection at New York Fashion Week.

Although my career began in fashion, I've realised that the questions I'm interested in can only be answered by bringing different disciplines together. Today, my work combines fashion design, biomedical engineering, wearable technology and healthcare to explore what the future of clothing might look like.

This website is where I document that journey. I write about the research, the prototypes, the challenges, and occasionally the moments when something finally starts to make sense.

I'm still learning every day, and that's probably my favourite part of doing a PhD.