Technical Services Team

At Manchester Fashion Institute

Manchester Fashion Institute have a dedicated team of highly skilled technicians with decades of industry and specialist experience working with some of the biggest highstreet and designer brands worldwide.

Our Technical services team work closely with design students, staff from the institute and wider university, and external clients and partners. From initial inductions and training, through to producing designs, garment ranges or images for our final year show, their expertise is a vital part of the design process.

The Technical Services Team

Our Fashion technical services team are based in both the Cavendish and Lowry buildings. They specialise in Pattern and Garment Technology, Manufacture, CAD and Textiles and Stiching.


Mary Aspinall

Technical Officer, Fashion Technology & Innovation

Emma Atherton

Technical Officer, Fashion Technology & Innovation

Yvonne Bell

Assistant Technical Officer, Fashion Technology & Innovation

George Beswick

Technical Officer, Technical Mechanic

Rachel Booth

Assistant Technical Officer, Fashion Technology & Innovation

Willow Dill-Russell

Technical Manager, Resource Centres

Rebecca Faragher

Technical Officer, Creative Makers

Darren Gamble

Technical Officer, Resource Centres

Jayne Gill

Technical Manager, Creative Makers

Alicia Gledhill

Technical Officer, Creative Makers

Lynne Kyte

Technical Officer, Resource Centres

Eve Malam

Technical Officer, Creative Makers

Helen Mather

Technical Officer, Creative Makers

Fiona McGuire

Assistant Technical Officer, Resource Centres

James Roscoe

Technical Officer, Technical Mechanic

Cathie Sivinska McCartan

Technical Officer, Fashion Technology & Innovation

Marie Slater

Technical Manager, Fashion Technology & Innovation

Maria Sykes

Technical Officer, Fashion Technology & Innovation

Mandy Tolley

Technical Officer, Creative Makers

Geoff Watkin

Technical Officer, Technical Mechanic

Veronika Wilson

Technical Officer, Creative Makers

Technical Services News Stories

Testimonials

Our Fashion Design & Technology students work closely with our technicians and rely heavily on their support with producing their final collections.

“I cannot give enough credit to the technicians - they helped me on a daily basis with my designs and they were there whenever I had a dilemma. They make your ideas a reality and are like a fashion dictionary too.”

Niamh Clarke, BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Technology

Contact

Our technical services team can be contacted on

mfitechnicalteam@mmu.ac.uk