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Professional Biography
An Assistant Professor at Regent's University London, in the 1990s Terry worked in the fashion industry as an editor at i-D, Attitude, and Self Service, and as a writer for The Guardian, The Independent, The Times, and The Sunday Times. She has written and presented fashion programs for Channel 4 (such as She's Gotta Have It and Slave).
Today, alongside teaching, Terry is a best-selling author, and as well as a series of music and fashion biographies, her books include Legendary Authors and the Clothes They Wore and Legendary Artists and the Clothes They Wore (Harper Design).
Terry is also author of Marilyn Style, created in collaboration with Marilyn Monroe’s estate. Terry has consulted on documentaries about Twiggy and Mary Quant and contributed to i-D’s Fashion Now, Fashion Now 2, and Soul i-D.
Qualifications
- BA (Hons)
- PGCERT
- FHEA
Past Employment
- University for the Creative Arts - Senior Lecturer
- University of West England, VL
- Birkbeck University, Senior Lecturer
Publications
Books:
- Newman, T. (2017) Legendary Authors and the Clothes they Wore. NYC: Harper Collins.
- Newman, T. (2019) Legendary Artists and the Clothes they Wore. NYC, Harper Collins.
- Newman, T. (2022) Harry Styles and the Clothes He Wears. London, ACC.
- Newman, T. (2022) Rihanna and the Clothes she Wears. London, ACC.
- Newman, T. (2023) Billie Eilish and the Clothes she Wears. London, ACC.
- Newman, T. (2023) Taylor Swift and the Clothes she Wears. London, ACC.
- Newman, T. (2024) Beyonce and the Clothes she Wears, ACC.
- Mankowitz, Gered, Newman, T. (2024) The Rolling Stones, Rare and Unseen, Welbeck.
- Newman, T. (2024) BTS and the Clothes they Wear, ACC.
- Newman, T. (2024) The Spice Girls and the Clothes they Wear, ACC.
- Newman, T. (2024) Marilyn Style, ACC
- Newman, T. (2025, upcoming) Comme des Garcons Style, ACC.
Conference papers presented:
- Newman, T. From Yesterday’s Heritage to Tomorrow’s Future. (Oct. 2019) Fashion Colloquia Rome.
- Newman, T. Myth to Meaning - Narratives Towards Sustainable Futures. (Jan. 2020) Fashion Colloquia Jaipur.
- Newman, T. Notes on Prettiness: Breaking the Stereotype and Thinking about Fashion Meaning Responsibly. (Nov. 2021) Fashion Colloquia Antwerp.
Chapters:
- Newman, T (forthcoming) ‘Understanding Trends of Collaboration and Creative Practice in the Fashion Industry: A Critical Approach Towards Curriculum Development in Higher Education’ in Nayak, B. (ed.) Pedagogical Contours of Creative Business Education. London: Palgrave.
Research Interests
Terry is interested in the character of fashion, what people wear and what it can tell us about lives led, popular culture, art, social dynamics, style histories and politics.
Research Supervision
Terry is currently supervising FSM710 MA dissertations at Regents.
Professional Affiliations
- Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
Teaching
Terry currently leads FSM705 and FSM710 modules for the International Fashion Marketing MA programme at Regent's.
For the last 14 years she has worked in a variety of university roles, including running the MA Fashion Journalism course at UCA for five years. Terry has led and taught marketing and branding modules, fashion history, magazine journalism, digital media, styling, and magazine publishing modules amongst others.
Previously, she lectured for 6 years at Birkbeck College, London University on their Creative and Professional Writing course.