Ted Polhemus (born 1947 in Neptune, New Jersey, United States) is an American anthropologist, writer, and photographer who lives and works on England's south coast.

His work focuses on fashion and anti-fashion, identity, and the sociology of style and of the body with the objective to explore the social and communicative importance of personal expression in style.

He was the creator and curator of an exhibition, called "StreetStyle", at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

Ted Polhemus wrote an updated version of Streetstyle, which PYMCA published in 2010.

In 2011 he published a revised and expanded version of his early book Fashion & Anti-fashion.