Kate Annett-Hitchcock

Bio

Dr. Kate Annett-Hitchcock is a Professor in the Department of Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management, Wilson College of Textiles, at North Carolina State University. Prior to this she was on the faculty at East Carolina University; Virginia Tech and the Savannah College of Art and Design. She obtained her B.A. (Hons) degree in Art History from the University of Manchester; M.A. in Clothing and Textiles from Michigan State University, and Ph.D. in Clothing and Textiles from Virginia Tech. Her research focuses on clothing for health and well-being; product development for differently-abled populations, and historical and cross-cultural inspirations on fashion design. She has authored peer-reviewed articles, presentations and book chapters, mostly on clothing product development for special populations, and smart clothing technologies. She is committed to women in entrepreneurship and has founded startups in the fashion and textile product arena.

Book on Fashion and Disability is available now!

Dr. Annett-Hitchcock has released “The Intersection of Fashion and Disability: A Historical Analysis” published by Bloomsbury Visual Arts. For more information about her research related to this area, visit Disability Fashion History

Research

Design and development of clothing for Health and Well-Being; History of Apparel and Textiles; Fashion Entrepreneurship; Undergraduate Research

Organizations

• Costume Society of America
• Omicron Delta Kappa
• International Textile and Apparel Association

Teaching

• FTM 315 – Fashion Product Design
• FTM 400 – Major Fashion Designers
• FTM 415 – Fashion Product Development
• FTM 497 – Senior Collection Studio
• FTD 218 – Fashion Illustration
• FTD 419 – Fashion Studio II
• FTD 498 – Senior Fashion Collection
• TTM 510 – Apparel Technology Management
• TTM 515 – Graduate Fashion Product Design
• TTM 587 – Graduate Fashion Collection

Area(s) of Expertise

Entrepreneurship
Fashion Design
Health and Well-Being

Publications

• The Intersection of Fashion and Disability , (2023)
• Consumer perceptions and concerns regarding aesthetic attributes of textile-based assistive devices: a qualitative analysis of online retail product reviews , RESEARCH JOURNAL OF TEXTILE AND APPAREL (2022)
• A retrospect on the US apparel industry: expert predictions and reality data , RESEARCH JOURNAL OF TEXTILE AND APPAREL (2021)
• Clothing Experiences of Consumers with Body Asymmetry and their Interaction with Three-Dimensional (3D) Visualization Technology , The International Journal of Design in Society (2020)
• On Being a Female Entrepreneur in the Arts: Comparative Experiences , Journal of Arts Entrepreneurship Education (2020)
• Challenges faced by apparel and textile entrepreneurs seeking US production and sourcing–a study of startup survey data , Fashion: ID (2019)
• Comparison of body measurements between Chinese and U.S. females , The Journal of The Textile Institute (2019)
• Price and perceived product quality: a comparison of denim jeans in three price categories , JOURNAL OF FASHION MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT (2018)
• All fashion is local: Assessing the needs of fashion and textile startups in an era of global fashion dissonance , Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Fashion Federation of Technical Institutes, Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 28-31, 2017. (2017)
• The Development of an Herb-Infused Bag that Regenerates Aromatherapy Textiles , The International Journal of Designed Objects (2016)

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