In the second episode of More Than Fashion: The SNR Podcast, our host and Silver Needle Runway Communications Director, Erica Capobianco, is joined by Dr. Dawnn Karen, the world’s first fashion psychologist and dubbed by the New York Times as "The Dress Doctor.” Join Erica and Dr. Dawnn Karen as they discuss what exactly fashion psychology is, Dr. Dawnn Karen’s experience traveling over twenty-five countries and how they impacted her theories, what it was like being the youngest professor at FIT (who also founded the Fashion Institute of Psychology to reach even more students in various different countries), and how to harness the power in your wardrobe and level up your life in her book “Dress Your Best Life”. Later in the episode, Erica and Dr. Dawnn Karen also dive into a rundown of Dr. Dawnn Karen’s crazy busy schedule, and all the amazing things she does in one day!
Learn more about Dr. Dawnn Karen:
Fashion Psychologist Dawnn Karen dubbed by The New York Times as "The Dress Doctor" and declared “The World’s First Fashion Psychologist” by The Times (London). She holds a Master of Arts degree in counseling psychology from Columbia University and is also a former candidate for a Masters in Education from Columbia University. Upon graduating from Columbia University in 2012, Dawnn Karen continued where Harvard’s Henry James left off to pioneer the Fashion Psychology Field®. She has been the pioneering mind behind this global field since then, paving the way forward in fashion academia by speaking for TEDx, United Nations, and Former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s Kyiv Security Forum.
She also became one of the youngest Professors and first black woman Psychology Professor, in the Social Sciences Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology (2015) and founded the online institute Fashion Psychology Institute (2015). She has also contributed to major networks in more than 40+ countries.
Her most recent appearances and interviews include Good Morning America, Good Morning Britain’s Lorraine, Inside Edition, NBC News, Bloomberg, WSJ, The Hill, Cosmopolitan UK, Germany’s Stylight, WWD Japan, Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald, Canada’s The Globe and Mail, Harvey Nichols Dubai, Vanity Fair Italia, Teen Vogue plus more.
Her book Dress Your Best Life: How to Use Fashion Psychology to Take Your Look and Your Life to the Next Level released worldwide in 4 languages- Russian, Czech, Spanish, and English on April 14, 2020. Ultimately, she has made history as a pioneer of the Fashion Psychology Field® (2012) and she hopes to leave you inspired.
Dr.Dawnn Karen’s Instagram: @Dr.Dawnnkaren
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