Jean Claude LE JOLIFF

Graduated in Biology (CNAM 1974), Jean Claude LE JOLIFF has been successively in charge of R&D, then Innovation in a major French cosmetics and luxury group, the Bourjois/Chanel group, being now Chanel. From 1970-2000, he strongly contributed to the launch of many...

Lauren Alex O’Hagan

Lauren Alex O’Hagan I am a Research Fellow in the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics at the Open University (UK) and an Affiliate Researcher in the Department of Media and Communication Studies at Örebro University (Sweden). My current project is...

Beth Parkes

I am a cultural historian of race and beauty in twentieth-century Britain, United States and the Caribbean. My current project is an inclusive history of complexion seen through the lens of specific beauty processes and body modification, such as suntanning,...

Camille Lawrence

Camille Lawrence (she/her). Archivist, Curator, Consultant. Founder of Black Beauty Archive. Camille Lawrence’s work as an archivist focuses on the art history, innovations, and diversity of artistic expression across the African Diaspora. She is most interested...

Mobeen Hussain

I am an early-career historian of the British Empire focusing on race, gender, embodiment, and corporeal consumption in South Asia. I completed my BA in English and History and MA in Contemporary History and International Politics at the University of York before...

Sarah Jane Downing

Sarah Jane Downing is an author and freelance journalist with a particular passion for the history of fashion and beauty. Great events are fascinating for how they have shaped the path of history, but she prefers to take the intimate view from a closet or a dressing...