Fashion Studies at AUP

Fashion Studies is a rising subject at The American University of Paris. The Fashion Track of the MA Global Communications, Department of Communication, Media and Culture was founded in 2010. We launched a Minor in Fashion Studies in 2020 and are currently developing a Major. The Fashion Studies community at AUP is very much part of the global Fashion Studies community that we are aiming to connect with and bring together through collaborations, communications and conferences. Fashion Studies at AUP takes place as much inside as outside the classroom. You will find events, profiles, links and resources below – an impression of how AUP fosters collaborative explorations and critical thinking on fashion.

The Multilogue 2021 on Fashion Education

The Multilogue 2021 on Fashion Education – A Conference on Learning and Teaching Fashion in Theory and Practice is a participatory and outcome-oriented space focused on the learning and teaching of fashion at tertiary level. It aims 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 – methods, values and didactic, pedagogic and epistemological questions. This conference thus seeks to inspire mutual learning, collaborative research and shared action – fashion educations for NOW. 1–2 October 2021, online, organized by Professor Renate Stauss & Franziska Schreiber.

The Digital Multilogue 2020 on Fashion Education

The The Digital Multilogue 2020 on Fashion Education organized by Renate Stauss & Franziska Schreiber brought 300 fashion educators from 40 countries and 5 continents together – not just to listen but to meet and start multiple international dialogues. It offered a series of short provocations, a conversation and at the heart of it 18 small-scale workshops – all generously facilitated by some of the most inspiring voices in fashion education and on the edge of it. The rich Proceedings of the Multilogue 2020 have just been published – enjoy the read!

Workshop: Culture(s) de Mode

Culture(s) de Mode is a French research network created in 2018 with the French Ministry of Cultural Affairs to develop research on fashion. Directed by Sophie Kurkdjian, it gathers scholars, curators, archivists, designers, journalists, and students and organizes workshops each month.

Many AUP students are drawn to fashion, whether in their personal lives, through academic pursuits or career goals. During their time at AUP, students engage in a variety of fashion-related activities that support their aspirations, including clubs, fashion week, journalism and more.

The American University of Paris provides several pathways to pursue your academic interest in fashion. As a graduate student, you are able to complete the fashion track in the MA in Global Communications and as an undergraduate student, you can complete a fashion minor. Frequent guest lectures and field trips provide a variety of practical, real-life accounts and experiences of the fashion world to supplement theoretical knowledge gained in the classroom.

To study fashion in Paris you can just look around – there are endless conventional and unconventional sources of inspiration, experience and knowledge. Here is a small selection of museums, libraries and archives, for more formal explorations.