Amber Butchart is a fashion historian, author and broadcaster who specialises in the historical intersections between dress, politics and culture.
Amber researches and presents documentaries for the BBC, including the six-part series A Stitch in Time for BBC Four that fused biography, art and the history of fashion to explore the lives of historical figures through the clothes they wore. She is also a National Crime Agency External Advisor as a Consultant Forensic Garment Analyst, working on cases that require investigation of clothing and textiles. She is a former Research Fellow at the University of the Arts London, and her publications include The Fashion of Film, Nautical Chic, and a history of British fashion illustration for the British Library.
