Leanne Tonkin

Leanne is a Research Fellow, Sustainable Fashion and Textile and Conservation Practice, Fashion, Textiles and Knitwear Department, School of Art and Design, Nottingham Trent University where she completed her PhD focussing on conserving ‘Designer Intent’ as a way of evaluating authenticity in contemporary fashion history made with postmodern materials. She is a trained textile and fashion conservator with a specialism in modern materials with previous experience working for institutions like The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Philadelphia Museum of Art. In addition, Leanne's career includes a background in commercial fashion design (10 years exp.). Her current research focuses on open archive approaches to fashion archives in museums. She is Co-vice Chair, The Textile Society, UK.