Anthony Bednall

I have a broad academic background both in the UK and overseas. Previously, I was the Academic Director/Head of Fashion for an international design institute in Beijing, before becoming the Head of Design at AUB Bournemouth then Head of The Fashion Institute at Manchester Met before being appointed as the Head of Department of Fashion at Kingston in 2020.

I am an alumnus of Kingston and have throughout my career worked as a designer for both menswear and womenswear and as an illustrator. I have previously shown fashion collections in London, Paris and Japan, both as an independent designer and retailer, and as part of a design team. 

More recently, my research activities investigate the relationship between fashion, art, culture and society, through writing and exhibiting on 20th century Chinese fashion and by the production of sculptural installation pieces at international exhibitions and conferences, constructed from non-traditional fashion materials such as cardboard, currency and wood.

• MA Higher Education
• BA Fashion
• PGCE