Anna-Mari Almila

Dr. Anna-Mari Almila is a Lecturer in Fashion Cultures and Research Fellow in Sociology of Fashion at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London. Her work bridges fashion design and sociology, focusing on cultural, global, and historical dimensions. She explores topics such as materiality of dressed bodies, fashion globalization, urban space construction, and gender studies through a sociological lens.

Research Interests:

• Materiality of dressed bodies and their environments
• History of fashion studies and its globalization
• Historical/political construction of urban spaces
• Sociology of wine and gender

Her publications include Veiling in Fashion: Space and the Hijab in Minority Communities (2018), edited volumes like The Globalization of Wine (2019), and contributions to handbooks such as The Sage Handbook of Cultural Sociology (2016). She emphasizes long-term historical continuities and classical social theory in her work.

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