Professor Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas EdD is Professor in Marketing and Sustainable Business at the British School of Fashion, GCU London. As well as her expertise in creative pedagogies, her cross-disciplinary research focuses on sustainability including fashion luxury and health, responsible business and management, international marketing and brand strategy and cross-cultural creativity.
Natascha was partner in award-winning luxury childrenswear fashion label Miss Fleur before becoming a full-time academic at the London College of Fashion. She then spent several years working in Asia studying for her Doctorate in cross-cultural education and extending her expertise in the Chinese fashion industry. After a further spell teaching in North America Natascha returned to the Fashion Business School launching the innovative flagship BA Fashion Marketing course incorporating global luxury fashion branding and sustainable business and communications. Natascha is a Senior Fellow of the HEA; her work internationalising the curriculum was recognised with her appointment as the University's inaugural Senior Teaching Scholar and subsequently being awarded an HEA National Teaching Fellowship.
Natascha is an award-winning case study author writing on ethical business (The Case Centre) and co-author of Fashion Management: A Strategic Approach (Palgrave Macmillan). Natascha is the Vice Chair of the Costume Society and Regional Editor for the Bloomsbury Fashion Business Case Study resource. Her publications have appeared in journals including the Journal of Fashion Marketing Management and Psychology Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts. Natascha is a contributor to industry and media pieces on fashion business and consumer behaviour including for the BBC and SHOWstudio.
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Sustainability must start with universities if the fashion industry is to change
The Conversation [September 17, 2021] -
Is Upcycling the Future of Luxury Fashion?
Sharp Magazine [September 16, 2021] -
Inside Shein’s strategy for winning over Gen-Z shoppers and young designers
Glossy [August 31, 2021] -
Fulfilling Our Fast Fashion Fix
1A NPR [August 3, 2021] -
Fashion industry has turned from ‘hemlines to human rights’, says expert
CBJ Magazine [June 16, 2021] -
Can Fashion Be Sustainable?
The Common Good Podcast with Professor Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas [January 2021] -
From fashion brands to sustainability education: Leaving your legacy with Professor Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas
Going Conscious podcast with Nikki Trott [December 2, 2020] -
Nurturing excellent case
Case Centre [April 2020] -
Green is the new black
特别策划| 站在未来 看现在 Phoenix Lifestyle Weekly, Shenzhen, China [December 2019] -
Goodbye to the Influencer Decade, and Thanks for Nothing
VICE [December 12, 2019] -
The Future of Fashion: A New Narrative for the Industry
Ellen MacArthur Foundation Disruptive Innovation Festival [November 14, 2019] -
Diversity, Representation and Inclusion in the fashion industry
Olivia Foundation [October 28, 2019] -
The business of hype: why so many fashion brands are now doing “product drops
FashionUnited [October 17, 2018] -
5 Takeaways from Slow Fashion Summer 2018
FashNerd [October 9, 2018] -
How David Beckham Became the Most Marketable Man in the World
Racked [June 28, 2018] -
Royal wedding boosts the fashion industry
Marketplace [May 17, 2018] -
How a Welsh jeans firm became a cult global brand
BBC News Business [December 13, 2017] -
Asian influence in fashion with Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas
TRT World [November 13, 2017] -
New York Womenswear Ralph Lauren Autumn/Winter 2017 Panel Discussion
SHOWstudio [February 16, 2017]















