Lee Wright
Dr Lee Wright is a specialist in Design History and Theory and currently teaches the history and theory of fashion design & fashion communication, including fashion photography. Her field of expertise spans material and visual culture, in particular popular culture studies. She has supervised PhD students jointly with History, American Studies and Art & Design. Her publications focus on a range of subjects from snapshot photography in the inter war period to gender and clothing. She is well known for a seminal work on the Stiletto Heel. (Attfield and Kirkham, 1988)
Currently her research includes:
Vernacular design and issues of sustainability
Artisanal production and life stories
The still fashion image and digitalisation