Fenella Hitchcock

Biography

Fenella Hitchcock is a Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Historical Studies at London College of Fashion. Her work as a writer and researcher focuses on the relationships between sexuality and style as articulated through the materials of fashion and performance. She publishes scholarly, critical and creative writing and her work can be found in publications such as Critical Studies in Men’s Fashion, Dress and Viscose.

She has lectured at a range of UK higher education institutions and her current teaching spans levels 4 to 7 at London College of Fashion. In 2022, she designed and launched the project Queering Fashion, a research-led elective centred on queer theory and contemporary fashion practice and underpinned by queer and critical trans* pedagogies. She also conducts pedagogic research into the experiences of LGBTQ+ students in Higher Education.

Fenella regularly contributes to public events, exhibitions and panel discussions, including for The Society of Dance Research, Somerset House, Sutton House and V&A Museum.

In tandem with her work in academia, she also works with both emerging and established practitioners to contextualise and communicate their work through a range of media. Her research has also led to collaborations with fashion brands such as Charles Jeffrey LOVERBOY and Roker.