Terry Newman

Terry worked in industry for over 15 years as a fashion journalist and stylist and now writes about fashion, art, and culture. Books include Legendary Authors and the Clothes they Wore and Legendary Artists and the Clothes they Wore published by Harper Collins, both have been sold around the world and translated and published in China.

Most recently, she has written a series of best-selling fashion biographies which began with Harry Styles, and the Clothes he Wears - a survey of Styles’ wardrobe with a fashion history twist. Subsequently she has written books with a similar lens about Rihanna, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift and Beyonce. She worked as a consultant on the Mary Quant and Twiggy fashion documentaries and is currently writing more books.  

Back in the 1990s, Terry was employed as Shopping Editor at i-D magazine, Associate Editor at Self Service, Consumer Editor at Attitude, and a TV presenter for Channel 4 fashion programmes She's Gotta Have It and Slave. Her journalism has been published in The Guardian, The Saturday and Sunday Times, Time-Out, The Big Issue, The Independent and Viewpoint and others. 

• BA (Hons)
• PGCERT
• FHEA

• University for the Creative Arts - Senior Lecturer
• University of West England, VL
• Birkbeck University, Senior Lecturer

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.

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.

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. 

Terry is currently supervising FSM710 MA dissertations at Regents. 

• Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy

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.