Dawnn Karen
Dawnn Karen is an American fashion psychologist, professor of psychology, author and model. Life. Early life. Karen was born in Cleveland, Ohio on December 10 of African-American and Jamaican heritage. In secondary school she skipped the 5th grade and soon after began attending the Cleveland School of the Arts in high school where she majored in vocal music (opera) and minored in creative writing.  She attended Bowling Green State University majoring in Psychology and minoring in Ethnic Studies. For graduate studies, she attended Teachers College, Columbia University, graduating with a Masters of Arts in counseling psychology. Personal  life. Karen resides in New York City. Career. Fashion Psychologist. Karen claims to be the world’s first fashion psychologist, and has trademarked the term "Fashion Psychology Field" but as noted by the "New York Times", Jaehee Jung from the University of Delaware has taught a course combining the fields of fashion and psychology since 2008. In the beginning of her career she traveled the Middle East, Asia and parts of Europe gathering qualitative research by working with various clients creating her fashion psychology field theories. She has worked with various clients from politicians to new parents and corporations and  industry talent such as Klarna, A$AP Rocky, Paypal, Honey, and many others. Throughout her many appearances, some notable ones were at the Kyiv Security Forum on the burkini ban, as well as the United Nations on empowering women via fashion psychology. The Cut referred to her as a “Media Darling”. She acquired her title as “doctor” when the New York Times, dubbed her as “The Dress Doctor” recognizing her as the pioneer of the fashion psychology field and acknowledging her work in academia and the industry. After extensively reviewing her work with clients, The Times declared her as “the  world’s first fashion psychologist” and The Guardian named her the “wardrobe whisperer”. Professor. Karen became the youngest and first black female psychology professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in April 2015. There she taught courses such as Color Psychology and General Psychology in the Social Sciences Department. Author. Her book "Dress Your Best Life"; "how to harness the power of clothes to transform your confidence" was published in the UK on March 26, 2020. It was also published in the US under "Dress Your Best Life; how to use fashion psychology to take your look and your life  to the next level" on April 14, 2020. "Dress Your Best Life" has 5 book covers and was published in 4 languages. "Dress Your Best Life" is available in Russian, Spanish, Czech, and English. Model. Dawnn Karen worked as a former model signed to MMG Agency while attending Teachers College Columbia University. She also worked as a former PR girl and an accessories designer.