Caroline Marie Bellios

Caroline Marie Bellios is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), specializing in Fashion Design and History. She holds affiliations with the Fashion Design and Art History, Theory, and Criticism departments. Her research explores 19th-century hair jewelry, embodiment, touch, and fashion’s role in museum and memory spaces. She co-founded the Chicago Fashion Lyceum, a collaborative platform for fashion discourse.

Her teaching emphasizes identity creation, critical thinking, and empathy, as seen in courses like Fashion Design III and The Artist as Stylist?. Recent publications include contributions to Fashion, Dress and Post-PostModernity and The Meanings of Dress.

No formal grants or awards are listed, though her collaborative work through the Chicago Fashion Lyceum highlights community engagement. She advises students on topics blending historical and contemporary fashion narratives.