Andrew Ibi

I am currently the programme lead for the university's BA Design and Communication course working in programme development and strategy, developing research around EDI, social trends and their impact on design/fashion and sustainability, as well as developing tomorrow’s crop of young, professional talent. I am also a visiting professor of at Middlesex University.

I also operate as a fashion industry EDI champion and consultant, bringing creative fashion practice and strategy alongside EDI agendas and targets. Drawing on versatile creative background and visual design skills across menswear and womenswear brand development and design, I possess a broad range of industry experience and skills as well as fashion academia. I have worked professionally in the fields of menswear design, contemporary retailing & buying, costume design & styling, and design consultation and fashion curation.

Publications
Fashion Curation, Collaboration and Men’s Clothing: taking the work where it needs to go
31 Dec 2025 Special Issue of Critical Studies in Men’s Fashion Locating Menswear: Context, Culture, and Identity
Co-authors: Ibi A, Sprecher D, Whyman B, Turk T, McDonald N (DOI: 10.1386/csmf_00103_7)

Hey Juke Box: The Story of Black Hair and Music
Exhibition at the Horniman Museum, London (https://www.horniman.ac.uk/story/black-hair-day-the-story-of-black-hair-and-music/)