Affectionately known as “T”, I am a Creative Business Ideator, Author and Mentor with over two decades of leadership in fashion, beauty and luxury-lifestyle branding, concept Strategy and integral communication, alongside creative higher‑education Fellowship (FHEA), curriculum progression and industry-partnership curation.
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Blanc Cassé – A beauty Concept by photographer Rui Faria for Volt Café. Model Helene Desmettre, Styling by Masha Mombelli, hair by Antonio De Luca using Bumble & bumble and makeup by Julia Laza powered by Lipcote & Co.
(With coutesy Volt Cafe Circa,2013)
My journey bridges the UK and Italy and expresses a regenerative, blue‑ocean approach that carves uncharted spaces for Inovation while nurturing the next generation of creative visionaries.
the advisory & cyrus nderitu graphics and motion designer
IN.TRO
With a proven track record in guiding and actualising potential—through attentive strategy, design thinking, the principles of inner development and self‑story—.T co‑creates spaces where mavericks, soul seekers and quiet leaders recalibrate.
.T’s practice is informed by dynamic networks, ongoing research (Creative Business Ideation ©, forthcoming) and award‑winning expertise across in‑house, agency and academic settings.
Let’s connec.T
.to peers seeking respectfully disruptive thinking that transcends digital dialogue. with open human presence, .T offers consulting, Intuitive Insight, freelance Lecturing, Speaker and special-project Engagements.
Current Appointmen.T’s
(Visiting Lecturer, Contributor, & Mentorship)
Vogue College of Fashion
Online Course Leader for Fashion Branding & Communication; Course Leader and curation for 5 Days of Beauty Business x Sophie Cullen, and 5 Days of Fashion Business, with notable growth of events and cultivation of learner potential, year on year.
FMP supervision, Professional Practice, Collaborative Industry & assessment in partnership with Hannah Shakir & Sara Hassan.
A contributor for MA Luxury with Ruth Marshall-Johnson.
GCU - British School of Fashion London
Module Leader for MSc Fashion & Lifestyle Marketing’s Trend & Design Decisions unit Directed by Erica Charles.
Concept, design, delivery and assessment of industry-led practice collaborative experience and knowledge exchange.
Guest Speaker for PDP & Leadership studies with Professor Charlotte Rutter.
IED Firenze
.’Thoughts in Progress’ a tailormade pathway in partnership with Manuela Colombini & Alberto Caselli Manzini . An inner-development initiative for Undergraduate Fashion Marketing and Fashion Styling creative business students.
Belief Systems, Personal Branding, Esteem and Presence.
Tone.Soho
Advisory Brand & Business guardianship of internationally recognised Hair, Colour and Cultural Artist - Antonia Cometa.
Establishing a multidimensional salon embracing the humanities, education, collectivism, and the future of Freelance endeavour.
New Release
Congratulations Dr Kate Armstrong, it is with joy to announce your new book and an honour to have been invited to contribute a chapter.
Watch this space for Excerp.T’s
lydia payne photography for taylor taylor x davines education Conceptualised with the advisory & .T, ft The Collaborative Lens ® branding by Doris Mari Demetriadou
As Founder of the holding company Canvas Life Ltd (est. 2012), vocational endeavours include:
IN PROGRESS
The Notion Magazine Hipsters Handbook during .t’s days at puma. conceptualised with Liam Gleeson Founder of Hidden Agency
(unauthorised genius circa 2008)
Teresa holds a BA (Hons) in Fashion Promotion (UAL), is trained in the art of Leadership and Transformation (The Concord Institute for Integral Studies, London), as well as Positive Intelligence .T is also a contributing author / editor for contemporary academic texts & creative education whitepapers.