Butchart is an associate lecturer at
London College of Fashion, and was formerly head buyer for vintage clothing company
Beyond Retro. Butchart presented a segment in the BBC documentary series
Civilisations Stories entitled
The First Refugees regarding the silk-weaving
Huguenot community of
Spitalfields. In 2015 Butchart published
Nautical Chic and curated an exhibition of the same name at the
Fashion and Textile Museum. Butchart is a regular guest on
BBC Radio 4's ''
Woman's Hour''. In January 2017 she appeared on Radio 4's
The Museum of Curiosity where her hypothetical donation to this imaginary museum was "the colour
mauve". She has also produced a two-part documentary for Radio 4 about the history of the vintage fashion industry entitled
From Rags to Riches. Butchart presented
A Stitch in Time, a six-part series about the history of fashion broadcast on BBC Four in 2018. The costumes created by Ninya Mikhaila for the show were exhibited at the
National Trust's Ham House between February and April that year. The show was praised for its delivery and accessibility, with one reviewer noting "anyone watching this could gain a real insight into how historical pieces are made and reinterpreted". and historian
Rebecca Rideal With make-up artist Rebecca Butterworth, Butchart presented a six-part series of historic make-up tutorials for
English Heritage. The series was part of the charity's efforts to expand its audience, and the campaign led to English Heritage winning the 'Grand Prix' and 'Best UK Breakthrough Advertiser' prizes at the 2019 YouTube Works Awards. The videos spanned the Roman period to the Second World War and were released between 2018 and 2019. In 2020, Butchart and
Clara Amfo presented a podcast series on the history of fashion. The following year, Butchard curated part of the British Textile Biennial, using items from the
Gawthorpe Textile Collection. In 2025, Butchart was the co-curator of the exhibition
Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style at the
Design Museum in London. She regularly hosts fashion events, including
Puttin’ on the Glitz: Fashion & Film in the Jazz Age at the
British Library in 2014. She was one half of DJ duo Broken Hearts along with Nisha Thirkell, which had a show on
Jazz FM. ==Bibliography==