Rosie Broadhead – Therapeutic Textiles, rethinking material and skin interactions with probiotics, algae and vitamin treatments

Rosie Broadhead is a textile researcher specialising in therapeutic materials for fashion industry applications. Founder of material innovation platform SKIN SERIES, and co-founder of biotech company PHIOME. As a Textile Scientist at Ghent University, Rosie’s research focused on the interaction between skin and clothing, developing collaborations between fashion, the skin microbiome biome and its environment. Rosie is a graduate of Central Saint Martins’ MA ‘Material Futures’ course in 2019 and has a background as a designer and Head of Sustainability at sportswear brand Perfect Moment, Research & Development at Rapha and design at Thom Browne & Aitor Throup. This research into the future of fashion has resulted in peer review papers and exhibitions during Salone del Mobile Milano, Dutch Design Week, London Design Festival and publications in Forbes, British Vogue, i-D and The New York Times.