About me

I am a London-based Social Media Editor and freelance Fashion and Culture Journalist, Video Editor and Producer. I am currently Social Editor at Refinery29UK and have written for Hunger Magazine, TANK, Miuse and Fashion Unfiltered covering a range of topics including fashion, music, youth culture and art. I have an MA in Fashion Communication from Central Saint Martins and a BA in English Literature and Linguistics from the University of Manchester. I also specialise in copywriting, copyediting and brand development. For commissions please get in touch via kelly.washington1@outlook.com.

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  RISING TIKTOK STAR RUTH CODD TALKS DISABILITY AWARENESS AND TRUMP’S AMERICA"My channel isn’t just me saying 'hi I have one leg' – it's about other aspects of my life too." If you’ve been on TikTok recently, you’ve probably seen a hilarious young Irish woman with white hair in space buns, dressed as a nun pop up on your feed. Sound familiar? That’s Ruth Codd, a make-up artist and barber using her account as a sounding board for her comedic takes on religion, style and diversity. Ruth might have gained over half a million followers almost overnight but she insists she’
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  YELLOW DAYS TALKS SYNAESTHESIA, CRAFT AND LIFE IN LOCKDOWN – Hunger MagazineI interviewed Surrey-raised musician Yellow Days, who fresh off of signing to Columbia Record is gearing up to release major-label debut 'A Day in a Yellow Beat'.
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  How luxury fashion won by blending high and low culture in the late 2010s – Miuse MagazineFor Miuse Magazine's print edition, I wrote a feature on how brands Burberry, Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Balenciaga, influenced by a post-ironic digital age, blended high and low culture in the 2010s to change and challenge luxury fashion as we know it today.
• Ten Years On: How Fashion-Obsessed South African Skhothanes Went from Rebels to InfluencersIt’s a decade on since the very first Skhothanes appeared in the townships of Johannesburg, South Africa. Kelly Washington went to find out how they’ve changed
• Samuel Ross: Streetwear’s New Star – Fashion UnfilteredKelly Washington introduces streetwear’s new kid on the block, Samuel Ross – founder of cult brand A-Cold-Wall* and winner of the British Fashion Council’s Emerging Menswear Designer award.
• Only Human: Martin Parr at the National Portrait gallery – TANK LiveIn a major new exhibition, the eminent British photographer takes a satirical lens to nationalism and nostalgia. By Kelly Washington

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Work history

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Social Media ManagerBolt Beauty
Apr 2020London, United KingdomPart Time
Managing social media platforms, forward-planning content calendar for social and Bolt Blog, brand development, marketing, growth strategy creation, working with analytics, CMS and SEO.
Copywriting/Copyediting AssistantUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
Mar 2020London, United KingdomPart Time
Writing, editing, forward planning research content for website and internal/external comms, liaising with senior academics and staff at University of the Arts London.

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Skills

• Writing
• Copyediting
• Copywriting
• Social Media Management
• Cultural Criticism
• Fashion Writing
• Brand Development
• Journalism
• Fashion Journalism
• Music Journalism

Education

MA Fashion Communication: Fashion Critical StudiesCentral Saint Martins (UAL)
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019London, United Kingdom
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BA (Hons) English Literature and LinguisticsUniversity of Manchester
Sep 2015 - Jul 2018Manchester, United Kingdom

Awards

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Design Travel AwardDesign History Society
Was gifted funding to travel to Johannesburg, South Africa for my MA dissertation research on the Skhothane youth subculture