Lara Torres

Dr Lara Torres’s doctoral research used the essay-film as a medium through which to examine how fashion practices can be critical towards the fashion system itself. Her PhD thesis is entitled ‘Towards a practice of unmaking: a strategy for critical fashion practices’ was developed under the supervision of Prof Sandy Black and Dr Thomas Makryniotis at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London. She is a Course Leader for the MA Fashion & Textiles at the School of Art and Design, University of Portsmouth. Her experimental fashion practice has been featured in international exhibitions including The Future of Fashion is now in Rotterdam, Shenzen and Shangai in 2015/16 and Transfashional in London, Warsaw and Vienna in 2016/17.