Katie Braid is an award-winning fashion educator and illustrator based in Edinburgh, with roots in the industrial landscape of Tyne and Wear. Before dedicating herself fully to fashion illustration and teaching, she honed her skills in woven textiles and fashion, producing brand and creative work for Scotland's oldest artisan tartan mill. Collaborating with brands such as Ashley Williams, Charles Jeffrey, Arbikie Highland Distillery, Rolls Royce, and Celine.
Braid's work reflects her perspective as an outsider to the conventional world of high fashion. She uses unconventional combinations of mediums and raw, expressive marks to explore themes of beauty, vulnerability, imperfection, and individuality. Through her work, she looks to open a conversation around traditional notions and glossy ideals associated with the industry. Her illustrations often depict figures in unfinished forms, celebrating authenticity and personal style.
In 2024, Katie’s illustrative stop-motion work earned her the 9th FIDA 'Fashion Illustration and Digital Arts' Award. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at The National Arts Club in New York and the Institute Marangoni in Paris.
Alongside her studio practice, Katie is a Teaching Fellow in Fashion Illustration and Fashion Portfolio at Edinburgh College of Art, part of Edinburgh University.
Selected Clients
V&A Dundee, National Museums of Scotland, Diptyque, Harrods Beauty, St. James Quarter Edinburgh, The Modern Calligraphy, Luath Press, Frontiers Women, all/WITHIN Magazine, RIXO, Sunday Girl Magazine, The Little Living Room, Edinburgh University, Amelia's Magazine. Openly supported by brands including Elena Velez, Charles Jeffrey Loverboy, Matty Bovan, Cambridge Satchel Company and Fashion Scout.
Services
Illustration
Brand Building
Art
Workshops
Live Drawing
Teaching
Public Engagement
Selected Exhibitions
2024 “SSA 126th Annual Exhibition, 30x30”, Group, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
2024 “Unseen Fashion Faces & Figures”, LCF x Cass Art, Group, London College of Fashion UAL, UK
2024 “Best of the 9th Awards”, Group, Fida Arts Gallery, UK (catalogue)
2023 "50th Anniversary of Le Grand Divertissement Fashion Show Versailles '73", Group, L'instituto Marangoni, Paris, FR
2023 "Fida in Paris", Group, Fida Arts Gallery, UK
2022 "With Love Halston", Group, The National Arts Club, New York, US (catalog)
Awards
2024 FIDA Worldwide Fashion Illustration and Digital Awards (Reels and Shorts Category), Award Winner
2024 People of CAHSS Recognition Award (Creative Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences), Edinburgh University, Rising Star Award Winner
2023 FIDA Worldwide Fashion Illustration and Digital Awards (Culture Vulture Category), Commended Finalist
2022 FIDA Worldwide Fashion Illustration and Digital Awards (Still Life Category), Commended Finalist
2022 FIDA Worldwide Fashion Illustration and Digital Awards (Poetic), Shortlisted
2021 FIDA Worldwide Fashion Illustration and Digital Awards, Shortlisted
2010 MA Fashion Design (graduated with Distinction) ECA, Edinburgh University
2009 Andrew Grant Schol Award
2003 Samling Foundation Visual Arts Residency, Keilder Forest, UK
