TED POLHEMUS Born: Neptune, New Jersey, USA, 1947 Temple University, Philadelphia - BA, anthropology Worked as archaeologist in Winchester, GB University College, London - M.Phil, anthropology [body image & adornment] Special Events organiser, The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London Journalist & photographer Exhibition - 'Posers' - The Photographers' Gallery, London, 1981 Radio & TV - various and extensive [including Bodystyles series for C4 and Dressed To Thrill series for HTV] Consultant to advertising and marketing agencies External Curator (and originator) the 'Streetstyle' exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, November 1994-February 1995 Work on VH1 [TV] 'Fashion Awards' programme for 1995. Consultant to PYMCA [youth culture] photolibrary, London, 1998 Curator ‘Style Surfing’ exhibition for Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht 2000 Books: The Body as a Medium of Expression (co-editor), Penguin Social Aspects of the Human Body (editor), Penguin Fashion & Anti-fashion: an anthropology of clothing & adornment (co-author), Thames & Hudson Popstyles (co-author), Vermilion Bodystyles, for C4 TV series Rituals of Love: sexual experiments, erotic possibilities, (author of text), Picador Streetstyle, Thames & Hudson Style Surfing: what to wear in the 3rd millennium, Thames & Hudson The Customized Body (author of text), Serpent’s Tail Body Art [children’s book, author of text], Element Books Diesel: World Wide Wear, Thames & Hudson Work in progress: Advisor to advertising agencies: youth marketing, style trends & brands Journalism Teaching Radio & TV appearances Mirror Mirror [computer game project] fashion and style trend analysis britannica.co.uk [writer for Arts channel] Cleaning the kitchen