Dr Lyanne Holcombe V&A/RCA MA History of Design, PhD
Lecturer in Critical Studies for Fashion Design
Dr Lyanne Holcombe is Lecturer in Critical Studies for Fashion and Textiles within Winchester School of Art at the University of Southampton.
A graduate of the University of Brighton and the Royal College of Art, Lyanne’s background is in design history and the study of the modern interior.
Her PhD was completed with the Modern Interiors Research Centre at Kingston University, entitled Modernisation in the Metropolis: Interiors, Gender and Luxury in the Regent Palace Hotel 1888-1935 . This work explores the new luxury hotel interiors of London’s West End during a period of Edwardian urban renewal. An aspect of this research is published in the text Hotel Lobbies and Lounges: The Architecture of Professional Hospitality , edited by Tom Avermaete and Anne Massey (2013).
Previously teaching Critical Issues in Research for Fashion, Graphics and Interior Design at Kingston University, and History of Art and Design at the University of Brighton. Lyanne has taught at a number of institutions, including the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A member of the Modernist Studies Association and contributor to seminars and conferences nationally. Her research interests include fashioned objects, clothing representations, luxury interiors and spaces of leisure.