Renate Stauss
Assistant Professor, Program Coordinator for Fashion Studies
- Department: Communication, Media and Culture
- Graduate Program(s): Global Communications
- Office:G-401
- Office Hours:By appointment
Professor Stauss has been teaching fashion theory as well as cultural and critical studies in fashion at The American University of Paris since 2013. As a lecturer in fashion she has been working at a number of universities in London and Berlin since 2003, at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, Goldsmiths College, Esmod, and the Berlin University of the Arts, where she remains an associate lecturer. She was part of the faculty at the Royal College of Art in London in the Department of Critical Studies for ten years. Following her studies in Fashion Communication (BA) and Communication, Culture and Society (MA) Stauss completed her PhD on Dress as Therapy: Working with Dress on the Self in Therapeutic Settings (University of the Arts London). The focus of her teaching and scholarship lies on the sociology and politics of fashion and dress, including the following subjects: relationships between dress and identity, fashion under socialism, the emotional and sensory impact of dress, fashion for a sustainable world. Renate has published in the area of fashion studies, fashion theory and pedagogy.
Current research interests include:
鈥� fashion and politics
鈥� the perception and potential of fashion
鈥� the emergence of fashion theory
鈥� the role and impact of the mirror in the act of getting
dressed
鈥� fashion education 鈥� how we learn and teach fashion
Research Areas and Areas of Expertise:
鈥� fashion theory
鈥� cultural history of fashion (1900鈥�)
鈥� sociology of dress and fashion
鈥� fashion and politics
鈥� sustainability in fashion
鈥� dress as therapy
鈥� fashion education
Education/Degrees
- BA Fashion Communication, Central Saint Martins College ofArt & Design, London, UK
- MA Communication, Culture & Society, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
- PhD, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UK
News
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鈥⑻齀 am currently organizing the听Multilogue 2021 on Fashion Education 鈥� A Conference on Learning and Teaching Fashion in Theory and Practice鈥撎齛 participatory and outcome-oriented space focused on the learning and teaching of fashion at tertiary level. It aims听to explore and illustrate the diversity and complexity of the field and the practices of fashion education. It aims to foster a greater understanding of its pasts, presents and futures 鈥� methods, values and didactic, pedagogic and epistemological questions. This conference thus seeks to inspire mutual learning, collaborative research and shared action 鈥撎齠ashion educations for NOW. Facilitated by The American University of Paris, France, online event, 1鈥�2 October 2021 (with Prof Franziska Schreiber)听/conferences/fashion-education
鈥⑻齌he rich & open-access听Proceedings of the Digital Multilogue on Fashion Education 2020听have just been published! With inspiring contributions by: Zowie Broach, Matthew Drinkwater, Kimberly Jenkins, Sarah Mower, Alistair O鈥橬eill, Dilys Williams et. al. Enjoy the read! Edited by Renate Stauss & Franziska Schreiber 鈥撎齞ownload here:听/sites/default/files/download/Digital%20Multilogue%20on%20Fashion%20Education%202020_The%20Proceedings.pdf
鈥⑻�Fashion is a great teacher: The fashion education podcast. I recently launched a podcast on fashion education听听(with Franziska Schreiber)听Fashion is a great teacher听because it provides a fantastic lens to learn about the world and its people, about history, politics and culture. Join听Renate Stauss听补苍诲听, professors of fashion theory and fashion design in Paris and Berlin to discover the most inspiring voices in fashion education, their take on the how and why of learning and teaching fashion, their doubts and hopes, their lessons from fashion. The latest episodes include interviews with:听,听,听,听听补苍诲听
鈥⑻�Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture.听has recently published my article: 鈥楶assing as Fashionable, Feminine and Sane: 鈥淭herapy of Fashion鈥� and the Normalisation of Psychiatric Patients in 1960s US鈥� in:听Fashion Theory.听Vol. 24(4), pp. 601鈥�637. ()
Publications
- 听(eds.) (2021)听The Digital Multilogue on Fashion Education 鈥� The Proceedings.听25 September 2020, The American University of Paris,听digital event, online publication. (with Franziska Schreiber)
- (2020) 鈥楳apping Fashion Education: Kontext, Dimensionen und Zuk眉nfte鈥� in:听Design & Bildung.听Vol. 3, pp. 118鈥�29. (with Franziska Schreiber)
- (2020) 鈥楾he Deceptive Mirror: The Dressed Body Beyond Reflection鈥� in:听Fashion Theory.听29 May听听(with Lucia Ruggerone) ()
- (2020) 鈥楶assing as Fashionable, Feminine and Sane: 鈥淭herapy of Fashion鈥� and the Normalisation of Psychiatric Patients in 1960s US鈥� in:听Fashion Theory.听Vol. 24(4), pp. 601鈥�637. ()
- (2019) 鈥榃hat Fashion is Not (Only)鈥� in: Vestoj: The Journal of Satorial Matters. Issue No. 9: On Capital, pp. 55鈥�75. (vestoj.com/what-fashion-is-not-only)
- (2018) Review of book proposal: Routledge Companion to Fashion Studies. London: Routledge, November 2018.
- (2017) Dress as Therapy: Working with Dress on the Self in Therapeutic Settings. PhD Thesis, London: University of the Arts London.
- (2015) 鈥楩ashion Cultures Revisited: Book review' in: Costume. Vol. 49(1), London: Maney Publishing.
- (2014) 鈥楾he wetsuit is not fashion: A Conversation with Heidi Julavits鈥� in: Heti & Julavits & Shapton (eds.) Women in Clothes. London: Penguin, pp. 405鈥�406.
- (2010) 鈥業nterview with J枚elle Chariau鈥� in: Chariau,听J枚elle (ed.) Drawing Fashion: A Century of Fashion Illustration. Munich/London: Prestel, pp. 20鈥�23.
- (2009) 鈥楳ode鈥� in: Peretz, Pauline (ed.) New York:听Histoire, Promenades, Anthologie & Dictionnaire. Paris: Robert听Laffont, pp. 1164鈥�1165.
- (2008) 鈥楽ymposium Review: The Death of Taste: Unpicking the Fashion Cycle鈥� in: Fashion Theory Vol.12(2), June, pp. 261鈥�266. (with Ane Lynge)
- (2008) 'Die zivile Uniform als symbolische Kommunikation: Book Review' in: Costume. Number 42 London: Maney Publishing, pp. 195鈥�196.
- (2008) 'She Shines' in: Fat. Issue A, pp. 98鈥�103.
- (2006) 'Erwin Wurm's 59 Positions' in: Fashion in Film Festival. (catalogue), London: FFF, p. 40.
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Podcasts
- (2020鈥� )听Fashion is a great teacher: The fashion education podcast.听听(Concept, interviews and editor with Franziska Schreiber)
Conferences & Lectures
- 听(2021) 鈥楾he Digital Multilogue on Fashion Education 2021: A Conference on Learning and Teaching Fashion in Theory and Practice鈥� concept, organisation & host of conference, facilitated by The American University of Paris,France, online event, 1鈥�2 October 2021 (with Prof Franziska Schreiber)听/conferences/fashion-education
- (2021) 鈥楧ress as Therapy: Working with Dress in Psycho-medical Settings 鈥撎鼴etween Control, Cure, Care and Creative Play鈥� invited lecture, Central Saint Martins, London, online event, 17 February.
- (2021) 鈥楧ress as Therapy: Working with Dress in Psycho-medical Settings 鈥撎鼴etween Control, Cure, Care and Creative Play鈥� conference paper, Curative Things: Medicine / Fashion / Art, facilitated by Leeds Arts University, online event, 12 February.
- (2021) 鈥楻e-Defining Fashion Culture: From Fast Desires to True Pleasures and Beauty鈥� panelist,听202030 The Berlin Fashion Summit, 22 January,听.
- (2021) 鈥楩ashion Culture 鈥� Think Tank鈥� invited participant, 202030 The Berlin Fashion Summit, 7 January.
- (2021) 鈥楽weatpants鈥� radio interview, WDR, Radio Cosmo, 4 January.
- (2020/1) 鈥業 love it! Werte/n in der Designlehre鈥� (鈥榁alues and Evaluation in Design Education鈥�) concept, organisation & delivery of two-day professional development workshop, Berlin Center for Higher Education, Germany, 25 November 2020 & 22 January 2021 (with Franziska Schreiber).
- (2020)听The Digital Multilogue on Fashion Education.听Conference, concept, organisation & host of conference, facilitated by The American University of Paris,France, online event, 25 September 2020 (with Prof Franziska Schreiber)听/conferences/digital-multilogue-fashion-education.
- (2020) 鈥楩ashion Education: Dimensions, Contexts and Futures鈥� invited lecture, Annual Conference of the Network Fashion Textile, Germany, online event, 26 September 2020 (with Prof Franziska Schreiber).
- (2020) 鈥楩ashion in Times of Covid-19: Chanel, Clinical, Creative: Three Face Masks Show the Complexities of Fashion鈥� BT天堂 Learning Laboratory, Episode 9, 12 May,听听(12.5.2020)
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(2020) organizer of conference: Fashion Education: Learning and Teaching Fashion in Theory and Practice.听/fashion-education, 2鈥�3 October 2020, The American University of Paris. (with Prof Franziska Schreiber)
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(2020) Jury member of the competition 鈥楤ielefelder Modepreis鈥� (fashion prize) University of Applied Science, Bielefeld, Germany, 25 January 2020
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(2019) Hybridity of Method and Theory: Research and Work in the Margins 鈥� Fashion & Other Case Studies, co-convenor of research symposium (with Robert Earhart), The American University of Paris, France, 14 November 2019.
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(2019) 鈥楩ashion Education Retreat鈥�, professional development workshop & retreat for fashion educators, 30 September鈥�1 October 2019, Gutshof Sauen, Berlin Center for Higher Education, Germany. (with Prof Franziska Schreiber)
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(2019) Jury member of the competition 鈥楾ransparenz in der Modebranche鈥� (Transparency in Fashion) Loveco, Berlin, Germany, 26 August 2019.
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(2019) 鈥楲ost in Reflection: Clothes, Mirrors and the Self鈥� paper delivered at: The Annual Conference of the Association for Art History, Brighton, UK, 6 April 2019. (with Lucia Ruggerone)
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(2019) 鈥楩ashion Education: Learning and Teaching Fashion in Theory and Practice鈥� professional development workshop for fashion educators, 1 April 2019, Berlin Center for Higher Education, Germany. (with Prof Franziska Schreiber)
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(2018) 鈥楳ode & Diversit盲t: Mehr als nur ein Marketingtrend?鈥� (Fashion & Diversity: More than a Marketing trend?) member of panel discussion, Ethical Fashion, Prepeek Powered by Fashion Changers, Kraftwerk, Berlin, Germany, 3 July 2018.
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(2018) 鈥楿sing Foucault鈥檚 Technologies of the Self to Analyse Fashion鈥� New York University, London, 15. November
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(2018) 鈥楶assing as Fashionable, Feminine and Sane: 鈥淭herapy of Fashion鈥� and the Normalisation of Psychiatric Patients in 1960s US鈥� Passing: Fashion in American Cities, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, 5. Mai 2018.
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(2017) 鈥業n the Land of Mirrors: V锚toth茅rapie in France. On Forced Forms of Self-reflection and Image-based Notions of a Fashionable Self鈥� Revisiting the Gaze: Feminism, Fashion & the Female Body. Chelsea College of Arts, UAL, London, 28.鈥�29. Juni 2017.
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(2009) 鈥楲a V锚toth猫que: Dress Therapy in France鈥� Fashion and Food, Annual Symposium of the Research Centre for Fashion, the Body & Material Cultures. Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, 25. Juni 2009.
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(2008/9) 鈥楤eyond Espionage: Fashion under Socialism鈥�, Cold War Modern, Friday Late, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 31 October 2008 & British Film Institute Southbank, NFT, 8. Januar 2009 (co-Kuration with Marketa Uhlirova).
Affiliations
- Member of The International Council of Museums, UK
- Member of Network Fashion Textile, Germany
- Member of Culture(s) de Mode, France
Research Areas
- fashion theory
- cultural history of fashion (1900鈥�)
- sociology of dress and fashion
- fashion and politics
- sustainability in fashion
- dress as therapy听
- fashion education
Awards, Fellowships and Grants
Einstein Foundation grant: 鈧� 29408,00 Einstein Circle / team bid
- (2021鈥�) 鈥楩ashioning Education鈥� concept, grant application, organisation of Einstein Circle, facilitated by Berlin University of the Arts, Germany, 1 January 2021 鈥撎�31 December 2023 (with Valeska Schmidt-Thomsen & Franziska Schreiber)
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Civic Media Lab / Mellon Grant: 鈧� 4100 conference oragnisation funding
- (2020) 鈥楾he Digital Multilogue on Fashion Education鈥� concept, organisation & host of conference, facilitated by The American University of Paris,France, online event, 25 September (with Franziska Schreiber)听/conferences/digital-multilogue-fashion-education
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Network Fashion & Textiles grant: 鈧� 1000 conference organisation funding
- (2020) 鈥楾he Digital Multilogue on Fashion Education鈥� concept, organisation & host of conference, facilitated by The American University of Paris,France, online event, 25 September (with Franziska Schreiber)听/conferences/digital-multilogue-fashion-education