Alexandra Karentzos (Prof. Dr.) is an art historian and professor of fashion and aesthetics at Technische Universität Darmstadt. Her research focuses in particular on fashion, art, and globalization from a postcolonial, transcultural perspective.

Miriam Oesterreich (Prof. Dr.) is an art historian and professor of design theory at Universität der Künste Berlin. Her research focuses on Latin American art history from the 19th century to the present, critical heritage studies, exhibition histories, and transculturation processes in design, fashion, and art.

Elena Nustrini (M.A.) is an art historian and doctoral candidate at Universität der
>Lizzy Rys (M.A.) is an art and fashion historian and a doctoral candidate at the Technische Universität Darmstadt and Ghent University. Her research explores late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century fashion in Belgium, examining how gender, decolonial practices, and class relations intersect within the field of fashion history.