Gabrielle Shiner-Hill is a Digital Fellow at Bath Spa University, working in partnership with the Fashion Museum Bath on the digitisation of their fashion collection. Her practice-based research explores how creative technology can enhance preservation, accessibility, and innovation in fashion and heritage.

Gabrielle founded shinerhilldesign, a textiles and fashion consultancy, and co-founded Bureau 555, a London–Dhaka agency helping brands transition to 3D sampling workflows. She previously led the BA Fashion Buying and Brand Management course at Ravensbourne University London and now teaches at University of the Arts London and the V&A, where she leads the Digital Fashion Course.

Fashion Museum Bath holds one of the world's leading fashion collections, spanning 400 years from 1600 to the present. The museum is undergoing a major transformation to become the UK's dedicated fashion museum, opening in 2030.

Gabrielle will share insights from her digitisation work at the Fashion Museum Bath via her two Watershed My World Fellowships, exploring how 3D scanning is transforming the preservation and presentation of archive collections. She'll discuss the challenges and opportunities of digitising fashion, and how these digital assets can create new ways for audiences to engage with fashion while supporting the museum's vision for its 2030 reopening.

Join us online on YouTube Live, or in the building on Friday, the 9th of January 2026 at 1pm for the talk and to take part in the Q and A discussion afterwards. 

The Pervasive Media Studio is a partnership between the Watershed, University of the West of England and University of Bristol. The lunchtime talks are partly supported by MyWorld, a project led by the University of Bristol to support creative industries in the region. Watershed is supported by Arts Council England.

Address:

Watershed, 1 Canon's Rd, Bristol BS1 5TX

Directions:

The Lunchtime talks take place in the Pervasive Media Studio Event Space. To access the Studio, please go to the Main Watershed Box Office entrance and go upstairs to the Café Bar. Walk across the cafe bar, turn right and walk towards the double doors. Go through into the corridor and walk all the way down until you reach the Studio. A member of staff will sign you in, and check your ticket, if you have booked.

The Studio is wheelchair accessible, and the events space has a hearing loop. The last talk of every month is BSL interpreted. 

For more information on accessing the studio take a look here.

*Please note this is a hybrid event and will be live streamed so please be aware you will be in the live broadcast and recording when watching in the Studio.