Kassia St Clair received a first in History from Bristol University and went on to study English women’s dress and the masquerade during the eighteenth century at Oxford, where she received a distinction.
She is a journalist and author who has written about design and culture for publications including the Economist, Elle, and the Times Literary Supplement.
She lives in London.
Books in order of publication:
The Secret Lives of Color – 2016
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History – 2018
The Race to the Future: 8,000 Miles to Paris―The Adventure That Accelerated the Twentieth Century – 2024
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