Judith Watt lives in London. She is a lecturer in fashion history and fashion journalism at Central Saint Martins (CSM), is the author of several books on fashion including The Penguin Book of Twentieth-Century Fashion Writing (Viking, 1999), Ossie Clark 1964-74 (V&A Publications, 2003), Dogs in Vogue (Little Brown 2009) and Vogue On Elsa Schiaparelli. She is also a contributor to Vogue, the Guardian and BBC Radio 4.
She has said: "Anyone that works in the fashion industry, particularly as a designer in London, understands the pressures he was under. Trying to succeed in the fashion industry is very difficult, and very, very few people can do it."