Dark Fashion: The Burtonesque and the Gothic in Design

Catherine is Professor of Literature and Culture at Lancaster University, where she specialises in Gothic literature, fashion and popular culture. She is the author of 'Fashioning Gothic Bodies', 'Contemporary Gothic', and the award-winning 'Post-Millennial Gothic'. She has also co-edited four books, including 'The Cambridge History of the Gothic Volume 3: The Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries'. She is currently writing a history of the white dress in Gothic fiction.

Dilara is a womenswear designer based in London. She is an influential voice steering together subcultural elements with commentaries on feminism, spirituality and social issues. Her strongly iconoclastic viewpoint is informed by her upbringing in Istanbul, blending artisan traditions and techniques with a punk mentality executed with the highest attention to quality, detail and couture sensibility. Dilara’s recognisable perspective on luxury fashion gained her critical acclaim and a nomination for the LMVH Prize 2017.

Hadeel is a curator, writer and oral historian who focuses on identity and cultural production. She is currently Assistant Curator at the Design Museum and has worked on exhibitions including 'Skateboard' and 'The World of Tim Burton'. She has recently contributed writing to 'Tim Burton: Designing Worlds', 'Journal Safar' and 'ICON Middle East'. She is currently researching solidarity encounters in Sudan’s Modern Art scene via graphic illustration supported by Tate, the Paul Mellon Centre and the British Art Network.

Lucia is a curator, historian and writer. Head of Curatorial at the Design Museum, Lucia is a scientific committee member of Mudec Museum in Milan and the Fashion Research Network in London, and has a PhD in Italian fashion and textiles from Kingston University. She curated the V&A exhibition 'Bags: Inside Out' (2021) and contributed to other shows including 'Shoes: Pleasure and Pain' (2015), 'The Glamour of Italian Fashion 1945–2014' (2014), and 'Beyond Bloomsbury: Design of the Omega Workshops 1913-1919' (2009).

Tish is a writer, editor & consultant specialising in beauty’s intersection with fashion, lifestyle and pop culture. She is a Contributing Beauty Editor at British Vogue. She has worked at style bibles such as i-D, Dazed and System Magazine where she joined as Beauty Director to launch its sister title System Beauty. Tish released her first book about gothic style and beauty, 'How To Be a Goth: Notes on Undead Style', in 2024,

Delve into the fantastical world of Tim Burton in this major exhibition exploring his remarkable creations and key collaborations with designers.