Mary E. Davis is director of the Luxury Business program at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York City. She was previously member of the faculty at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and Chair of the Department of Music at Case Western Reserve University. She is a critic and historian specializing in fashion and luxury and their relationship to broader culture, especially music, sport, dance, and the visual arts.