Professor Alistair O'Neill

Biography

Alistair O’Neill is a fashion historian, curator and Professor of Fashion History and Theory at Central Saint Martins (University of the Arts London). His publications include London: After a Fashion (2007) and the exhibitions he has curated include A Hard Man is Good to Find! (2023, The Photographers' Gallery, London), Exploding Fashion: from 2D to 3D to 3D animation (2022/23, MoMu, Antwerp), and Guy Bourdin: Image Maker (2014, Somerset House, London). He acts as a museum consultant on fashion exhibitions (Victoria and Albert Museum, Uffizi Galleries, MoMu, Design Museum, The Photographers' Gallery, Musée de la civilization, Museum of London, Somerset House, National Portrait Gallery), sits on the editorial board of Fashion Theory, Film, Fashion and Consumption, and Dune; and writes regularly for Aperture magazine.