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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

  • Fashion Design – Contextual studies / Fashion Design theory / Fashion and heritage / Material Culture at undergraduate and postgraduate levels

  • Development of educational projects with external partners and industry (WLGore, Johnstons of Elgin, LVMH, Royal Highland Show, V&A, National Museums of Scotland…).

  • Research on Clothing and Textile Heritage, Children's fashion and clothing, Community engagement.

  • Director of Fashion Studies (2013-2019)

Consultant

Creative industries and heritage

2009 - onwards

  • 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…)…)

  • Expert for research and industry: Cluster NovaChild

  • 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

  • Strategic development of the first French collection dedicated to children's fashion history. 

  • Design of the Museum's programme in relation with the industry, community and cultural stakeholders. 

  • 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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