Cool Mothers

Terry Newman is a best-selling author whose work spans fashion, music, and cultural history. She has written a wide-ranging series of music and fashion biographies on major contemporary artists including Harry Styles, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Beyoncé, and Billie Eilish, examining the intersection of style, identity, and popular culture. She has written acclaimed fashion history books including Legendary Authors and the Clothes They Wore and Legendary Artists and the Clothes They Wore. She is also the author of Marilyn Style, created in collaboration with Marilyn Monroe’s estate. Her wider work includes consulting on documentaries about Twiggy and Mary Quant, as well as contributions to i-D’s Fashion Now, Fashion Now 2, and Soul i-D. Earlier in her career, Terry worked in the fashion industry throughout the 1990s as an editor at i-D, Attitude, and Self Service, and as a writer for The Guardian, The Independent, The Times, and The Sunday Times. She also wrote and presented fashion programmes for Channel 4, including She’s Gotta Have It and Slave. Today, she is an Assistant Professor at Regent’s University London, where she teaches alongside her writing and research.