Design Anthropologist
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Co-Chair of the Young Academy of Scotland
Academic Lead for Public Engagement, Heriot-Watt University
Expert children and clothes, Nova Child
Researcher and educator
Heriot-Watt University - School of Textiles and Design (Scotland, UK)
2013 - onwards
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Fashion Design – Contextual studies / Fashion Design theory / Fashion and heritage / Material Culture at undergraduate and postgraduate levels
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Development of educational projects with external partners and industry (WLGore, Johnstons of Elgin, LVMH, Royal Highland Show, V&A, National Museums of Scotland…).
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Research on Clothing and Textile Heritage, Children's fashion and clothing, Community engagement.
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Director of Fashion Studies (2013-2019)
Consultant
Creative industries and heritage
2009 - onwards
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Design thinking applied to the Fashion industry; branding, story-telling and strategic heritage-based projects (Catimini, IDgroup (Okaïdi, Jacadi, Obaïbi), Devred, CWF (Burberry, DKNY, Timberland…)…)
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Expert for research and industry: Cluster NovaChild.
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Curator of fashion and creative arts exhibitions: e.g. “Sport and Children’s fashion”, June-October 2011, International City of Lace and Fashion, Calais ; professional fairs (e.g. Arts and crafts fairs: L’Aiguille en fête, Paris…).
Director
Textile and Fashion Museum, Cholet, France
2002 - 2010
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Strategic development of the first French collection dedicated to children's fashion history.
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Design of the Museum's programme in relation with the industry, community and cultural stakeholders.
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Direction, team management and budget.
Academic and professional qualifications
2016 PhD Art History, Fashion Anthropology, University of Paris-Sorbonne: “The socialization of children through fashion and clothing from the 18th century onwards: Investigation in the public and private occidental museums’ collections and archives”
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2016 Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice
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2000 Professional Certificate in Textile Studies, International Centre for Textile studies (C.I.E.T.A.)
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1999 Postgraduate Diploma in Museum studies, Ecole du Louvre, Paris (with distinction)
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1998 Postgraduate degree in Art History, Fashion Anthropology, University of Paris-Sorbonne: « Breton fashions in the 19th-20th centuries, through the collections of the National Folk Art Museum, Paris » (with distinction)
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1997 MPhil. in Art History, Fashion Anthropology, University of Paris-Sorbonne: « Mourning dresses in the collections of the Fashion and Textile Museum, Paris » (with distinction)
Expertise and citizenship
2020-2022
Research Excellence Framework (UKRI): Full panel member, Panel 32: Design Theory and Practice
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2021 - onwards
Academic Lead for Public Engagement, Heriot-Watt University
2021 - onwards
Young Academy of Scotland, co-chair
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2021 - onwards
NovaChild, Cluster Childhood and innovation, research expert
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