Aude LeGuennec

• Reader in Design Anthropology - Research Lead
• Mackintosh School of Architecture

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Edited Book

The fabrics of childhood: interactions, imagination and learning.

LeGuennec, Aude, ed. (2025) The fabrics of childhood: interactions, imagination and learning. Strenae.

S'habiller pour l'ecole (Dressed for School)

Coutant, Nicolas and Le Guennec, Aude, eds. (2023) S'habiller pour l'ecole (Dressed for School). Canope, Paris. ISBN 9782240056160 (print); 9782240056177 (online)

Sociocultural dimensions of childhood

LeGuennec, Aude, Janning, Michelle, Bankova, Petya, Tsaneva, Elya and Piriklieva, Violeta, eds. (2020) Sociocultural dimensions of childhood. Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia. ISBN 978-619-245-029-8

Book Section

Enjeux et apports de la patrimonialisation des usages vestimentaires scolaires : l’exemple de l’exposition S’habiller pour l’école présentée au Musée National de l’Éducation

Le Guennec, Aude and Coutant, Nicolas (2025) Enjeux et apports de la patrimonialisation des usages vestimentaires scolaires : l’exemple de l’exposition S’habiller pour l’école présentée au Musée National de l’Éducation. In: Vêtements, religions et espace scolaire public scolaire: La loi du 15 mars 2004, 20 ans après. IFJD (Institut Francophone pour la Justice et la Démocratie), pp. 49-72. ISBN 9782370324368

L’habit fait-il le genre de l’écolier ? La question de la mode genrée à l’épreuve de l’institution scolaire dans la France de la deuxième moitié du XXème siècle à nos jours. [Gender construction in the school environment, France, from the 1950s onwards].

Le Guennec, Aude (2024) L’habit fait-il le genre de l’écolier ? La question de la mode genrée à l’épreuve de l’institution scolaire dans la France de la deuxième moitié du XXème siècle à nos jours. [Gender construction in the school environment, France, from the 1950s onwards]. In: Le vêtement de l’eleve : un objet d’education (XIVe-XXIe siècles). Le vêtement scolaire (XVIe-XXIe siècles) . Septentrion, Université de Lille, Lille, France. ISBN 9782757441404

Children and clothes: childhood stories, tales of families

Le Guennec, Aude (2023) Children and clothes: childhood stories, tales of families. In: Dress as a Biography. Bloomsbury, London.

Children’s clothing vs children’s fashion: the construction of childhood in fashion. Contextual and design approaches of the childrenswear apparel in the Global North.

LeGuennec, Aude (2023) Children’s clothing vs children’s fashion: the construction of childhood in fashion. Contextual and design approaches of the childrenswear apparel in the Global North. In: Pioneering New Perspectives in the Fashion Industry: Disruption, Diversity and Sustainable Innovation. Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 139-153. ISBN 9781803823485

Heritage and contemporary children’s fashion: Case study: The repositioning of the socio-cultural values of the brand Jacadi Paris (2006-2010)

LeGuennec, Aude (2023) Heritage and contemporary children’s fashion: Case study: The repositioning of the socio-cultural values of the brand Jacadi Paris (2006-2010). In: Fashion heritage: narrative and knowledge creation. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 189-213. ISBN 978-3-031-06885-0; online ISBN: 978-3-031-06886-7

Children and Clothing versus Children’s Fashion: Framing children’s clothing interactions and play fashion in the Global North from the nineteenth century onward

LeGuennec, Aude (2022) Children and Clothing versus Children’s Fashion: Framing children’s clothing interactions and play fashion in the Global North from the nineteenth century onward. In: Berg Fashion Library. Bloomsbury, London.

Towards an informed, participative and sustainable approach of children’s fashion and clothing: IN2FROCC in action

LeGuennec, Aude, Rose, Clare, Barbu, Laetitia, Hartmann-Bragard, Anne-Charlotte, Nygren, Maija and Sekhon-Dhilon, Yasmin (2022) Towards an informed, participative and sustainable approach of children’s fashion and clothing: IN2FROCC in action. In: Establishing Child Centred Practice in a Changing World. Emerald Studies in Child Centred Practice . Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 147-176. ISBN 978-1-80117-407-7; eISBN: 978-1-80117-406-0

Chanel and Scotland

LeGuennec, Aude (2022) Chanel and Scotland. In: Bernat Klein. The Bernat Klein Foundation, Glasgow, pp. 97-109. ISBN 978-1-3999-3059-8

From ideation to inclusion: investigation in contemporary childrenswear in the Global North

LeGuennec, Aude (2021) From ideation to inclusion: investigation in contemporary childrenswear in the Global North. In: The Companion to Fashion Studies. Routledge, Oxon, New York, pp. 137-146. ISBN 9780429554964

Article

Museums as the Catalysts for a Democratic Revolution in Cultural Policy

Anderson, David, Le Guennec, Aude, Castilla, Americo and Scarff, Lynn (2024) Museums as the Catalysts for a Democratic Revolution in Cultural Policy. Cultural Trends. ISSN 0954-8963

Children’s clothing collections, problems and perspectives: A case study of French and British Museums

Le Guennec, Aude and Rose, Clare (2024) Children’s clothing collections, problems and perspectives: A case study of French and British Museums. In Situ, 52. ISSN 1630-7305

Playing through clothes: Clothes as a creative tool in the School environment, an explorative approach of the role of clothing in the public primary education, in contemporary Northern Europe

LeGuennec, Aude (2022) Playing through clothes: Clothes as a creative tool in the School environment, an explorative approach of the role of clothing in the public primary education, in contemporary Northern Europe. BUKS Journal of Child and Youth Cultures, 66. pp. 253-268. ISSN Online: 2446-0648

Addressing Problem of Invisible Chronic Pain

Caccavale, Elio, Johnson, Michael, LeGuennec, Aude, Cunningham, Margaret, Rattray, Zahra, Kerr, Fiona and Henriquez-Mui, Fiona (2022) Addressing Problem of Invisible Chronic Pain. The Scotsman. ISSN 0307-5850

When West meets East: Towards an educative journey in nineteenth century Western Children’s Fashion

LeGuennec, Aude (2022) When West meets East: Towards an educative journey in nineteenth century Western Children’s Fashion. Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, 15 (2). pp. 244-265. ISSN 1939-6724; 1941-3599

Guise et déguisement: L’enfant acteur vestimentaire dans la France moderne et contemporaine

LeGuennec, Aude (2020) Guise et déguisement: L’enfant acteur vestimentaire dans la France moderne et contemporaine. Revue des Sciences Sociales (64). pp. 84-93. ISSN 2107-0385

Le vetement a l’ecole: un projet de recherche au musée National de l’Education

LeGuennec, Aude and Coutant, Nicolas (2019) Le vetement a l’ecole: un projet de recherche au musée National de l’Education. Apparence(s): Histoire et culture du paraitre (9). ISSN 1954-3778

Du musée à la thèse: vers un modèle d’étude du vêtement de l’enfant

LeGuennec, Aude (2018) Du musée à la thèse: vers un modèle d’étude du vêtement de l’enfant. Tetralogiques (23). pp. 115-142. ISSN 2726-6761

Conference or Workshop Item

Fashion and democracy: what is happening in children’s fashion?

LeGuennec, Aude (2025) Fashion and democracy: what is happening in children’s fashion? In: Fashion and Democracy, 08-09.05.25, Sophia Bulgaria and online.

Semaine de l'enfance - Enfances en musees

LeGuennec, Aude (2024) Semaine de l'enfance - Enfances en musees. In: Semaine de l'histoire - Enfance, 6th March 2025, Paris, Ecole Normale Superieure, Rue d'Ulm.

Creative Perspectives Towards Trans-disciplinary Learning Models: Clothing as a Medium for Creative Enhancement and Education

Le Guennec, Aude and Barbu, Laetitia (2024) Creative Perspectives Towards Trans-disciplinary Learning Models: Clothing as a Medium for Creative Enhancement and Education. In: Creative Skills Week, 16-20 September 2024, Amsterdam and online.

"Dressed for School”: from the museum exhibition to the symposium

LeGuennec, Aude (2024) "Dressed for School”: from the museum exhibition to the symposium. In: School uniforms, dress codes and public responses, 20.11.2024, University of Aberdeen and online.

“Tell me”: when clothing becomes a tool for learning, communication and self-expression in early years and primary education.

LE GUENNEC, Aude and BARBU, Laetitia (2024) “Tell me”: when clothing becomes a tool for learning, communication and self-expression in early years and primary education. In: School uniforms, dress codes and public responses.

Integrer l'enfance au design : est-ce simple ?

Le Guennec, Aude (2024) Integrer l'enfance au design : est-ce simple ? In: Integrer l'enfance au design : est-ce simple ?, 19.09.2024, Jardin des metiers d'Art (Sevres, France) and online.

Dressed for School/S'habiller pour L'ecole: presentation of the exhibition at the National Museum of Education, Rouen, France

Le Guennec, Aude (2024) Dressed for School/S'habiller pour L'ecole: presentation of the exhibition at the National Museum of Education, Rouen, France. In: ACORSO Museum Exhibition's Day, 22.06.24, Online.

Enjeux et apports de la patrimonialisation des usages vestimentaires scolaires : l’exemple de l’exposition S’habiller pour l’école présentée au Musée National de l’Éducation

Le Guennec, Aude and Coutant, Nicolas (2024) Enjeux et apports de la patrimonialisation des usages vestimentaires scolaires : l’exemple de l’exposition S’habiller pour l’école présentée au Musée National de l’Éducation. In: La loi du 15 Mars 2004 – 20 ans après, 15-16.03.2024, Institut du Droit de l’Espace, des Territoires, de la Culture et de la Communication (IDETCOM – Law Institute), University of Toulouse-Capitole (France).

Museums as the Catalysts for a Democratic Revolution in Cultural Policy

LeGuennec, Aude, Anderson, David, Scarff, Lynn and Castilla, Americo (2023) Museums as the Catalysts for a Democratic Revolution in Cultural Policy. In: Cultural Policy and Cultural Democracy: A Global Dialogue, 28-30 November 2023, Santiago de Chile.

Show/Exhibition

Fabrics of Identity: School Uniforms

Le Guennec, Aude (2024) Fabrics of Identity: School Uniforms. Online, 25.08.2024 [Show/Exhibition]

S'habiller pour l'ecole (Dressed for School)

Le Guennec, Aude and Coutant, Nicolas (2023) S'habiller pour l'ecole (Dressed for School). National Museum of Education, Rouen (France), 23rd June 2023 - March 2024 [Show/Exhibition]

Monograph

Rapport d'etude Prospect'Kid 2030

Parent, Olivier, Denechere, Yves, Le Guennec, Aude, De La Ville, Valerie Ines, Muller, Jean-Baptiste, Kunkel, Isabelle and Leroy, Julia (2023) Rapport d'etude Prospect'Kid 2030. Project Report. NOVACHILD.

Other

Tell me: clothing as an interaction tool across cultures and places for school children.

LeGuennec, Aude, Laetitia, Barbu, Anne-Charlotte, Hartmann-Bragard and Xiang, Li (2022) Tell me: clothing as an interaction tool across cultures and places for school children. Acorso - IN2FROCC.