Sasha Halsey

Sasha Halsey is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and currently works as a Lecturer in Fashion at Solent University. Previously studying an MA in Creative Direction for Fashion and Beauty and graduated with a BA (Hons) Fashion Styling Degree. 

Sasha is a fashion communication and image production professional, with a demonstrated history of working in the fashion and beauty industry across various sectors; creating, designing, directing and conceptualising fashion and beauty based moving image and stills. Skilled in fashion styling, make-up artistry, creative direction and art; committed to pushing boundaries within the industry and expanding society’s idealistic approach to beauty and the fashioned image. Sasha’s research interests include understanding the aesthetic value within subculture, specifically how society’s idealistic approach to fashion and beauty obscures how we fashion the body. Alongside understanding how important the development of Web3 is within the fashion and beauty industry.

Sasha’s focus within her teaching is to bridge the gap between theory and practice, utilising real world language, embedded industry based skillsets and combining this with collaborative and engaging briefs that aid students in gaining a meaningful insight into the fashion and beauty industry. Encouraging students to reflect on their personal and professional practice during this process is a key way to allow them to identify their individual strengths, and to actively encourage the pursuit of subject specialisms as they progress in their studies. Taking part in the critiques and the feedback process is an important way to strengthen the connection with academic study and industry practice, fostering an environment for constructive discussion and evaluation of the image-based communication and production processes.