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中野香織なかのかおり

ラグジュアリー文化の専門家。ファッション史、英国文化、ダンディズム、ラグジュアリー、そして日本の伝統工芸を横断しながら文化の未来を紡いでいます。人文学とジャーナリズムを融合した独自のアプローチによる著述・教育・講演・企業アドバイザリーを通じ、未来のラグジュアリー像を探究しています。

現在の連載媒体
日本経済新聞/北日本新聞/JBpress autograph/NewsPicks ProPicker

著書
『英国王室とエリザベス女王の100年』(君塚直隆氏との共著、宝島社)
『新・ラグジュアリー 文化が生み出す経済 10の講義』(安西洋之氏との共著、クロスメディア・パブリッシング)
『「イノベーター」で読むアパレル全史』(日本実業出版社)、
『ロイヤルスタイル 英国王室ファッション史』(吉川弘文館)、『モードとエロスと資本』(集英社新書)、『ダンディズムの系譜 男が憧れた男たち』(新潮選書)など

監修書:監訳書
『時代を変えたミニの女王 マリー・クワント』(グラフィック社)
『シャネル、革命の秘密』(ディスカヴァー・トウェンティワン)ほか

2022年「マリークワント展」では展覧会と図録の翻訳監修

学歴・職歴
東京大学文学部・教養学部卒業、東京大学大学院総合文化研究科博士課程満期退学、
英ケンブリッジ大学客員研究員、東京大学教養学部非常勤講師、
明治大学国際日本学部特任教授、昭和女子大学客員教授を歴任

経産省「ファッションの未来研究会」委員
文部科学省「価値創造人材育成拠点の形成事業」採択プログラム
「京都クリエイティブ・アサンブラージュ」専門家講師

Kaori Nakano

Luxury and Culture Specialist.

Bridging fashion history, British culture, dandyism, luxury, and Japanese traditional craftsmanship, I explore the future of culture through a narrative woven across these fields.
I engage in authorship, education, speaking, and strategic advisory through a distinctive approach that blends the humanities with journalism—all in pursuit of a renewed vision of luxury.

Current Media Contributions:

  • Nihon Keizai Shimbun
  • Kitanippon Shimbun
  • JBpress autograph
  • NewsPicks ProPicker

Publications:

  • The British Royal Family and 100 Years of Queen Elizabeth II (co-authored with Naotaka Kimizuka, Takarajimasha)
  • New Luxury: 10 Lectures on the Economics of Culture (co-authored with Hiroyuki Anzai, CrossMedia Publishing)
  • A Complete History of Apparel Through the Lens of Innovators (Nihon Jitsugyo Publishing)
  • Royal Style: A Fashion History of the British Royal Family (Yoshikawa Kobunkan)
  • Fashion, Eros, and Capital (Shueisha Shinsho)
  • The Genealogy of Dandyism: Men Who Inspired Other Men (Shincho Sensho)

Editorial Supervision and Translation:

  • Mary Quant: The Queen of Mini Skirts Who Changed the Era (Graphic-sha)
  • Chanel: The Secret of the Revolution (Discover Twenty-One)

Supervised the translation and exhibition curation for the Mary Quant Exhibition (2022).

Academic Background & Career:

  • Graduated from the Faculty of Letters and College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo.
  • Completed coursework for the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo.
  • Former Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge.
  • Held teaching positions as a part-time lecturer at the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo; Specially Appointed Professor at Meiji University’s School of Global Japanese Studies; and Visiting Professor at Showa Women’s University.

Committees & Advisory Roles:

  • Member, Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry’s Fashion Futures Study Group.
  • Expert Lecturer for the Ministry of Education’s Program for Fostering Value-Creation Talent under the Kyoto Creative Assemblage initiative.

Advisor and Consultant:

  • Lecture Consultant, Prince Hotel Tokyo City Area (2017–2022).
  • Advisor, Kunishima Co., Ltd.
  • Advisor, Kochi Shinkin Bank.
  • Advisor, Gayo Society

Lectures & Training:

Delivered programs and seminars for leading organizations, including:

  • LVMH Japan
  • BVLGARI Japan
  • Japan Hotel Association Top Seminar
  • Shiseido fibona × POLA mirc
    …and many more.

Fashion Historian / Author /President of Kaori Nakano Co., ,Ltd. (Independent Research Institute) /

Guest Professor of Showa Women’s
UniversitySpecializes in the Luxury Studies
(including Cultural Studies of Fashion, British Studies)
based on the Humanities. Works as a writer, public speaker,
educator and business consultant.

Graduated from University of Tokyo (Bachelor of Arts,
English Literature(1985) / Bachelor of Arts, British Studies(1987),
then finished the Graduate Division of the University of Tokyo
(Master of Arts, British Studies(1990).
Advanced to the Ph. D course and completed the course work
required for a doctoral candidate at the Graduate Division of
University of Tokyo(Withdrawal, 1994).

Worked as a visiting scholar at the Cambridge University,
England (Hughes Hall 1989, Homerton College 1994).
Part-time Lecturer of Tokyo University (1996~2001).
Professor of Meiji University (2008-2017).

Service

ファッション史、ダンディズム史、ラグジュアリー領域、日本の伝統工芸を対象とする取材、執筆、講演、教育、企業アドバイザリーをおこなっています。

Work History

1980