Dr Rachel Lamarche-Beauchesne MA PhD is a senior lecturer of Fashion Marketing and Enterprise at Torrens University Australia. Her PhD was undertaken at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University School of Marketing, Economics, and Finance and examined the relationship between veganism and fashion consumption. Her research sits at the intersection of fashion, veganism and consumption.

She has published book chapters and academic papers in high-ranking journals such as Fashion Theory and Marketing Theory and presented at various academic conferences in Australia and internationally. She regularly publishes in The Conversation, and provides media commentary for ABC radio.

She is currently undertaking research in practice through the development of vegan and petroleum-dervied-materials-free award-winning (Vegpreneur 2025) micro-brand Les Plantes which shown for the first time at 2025 Melbourne Fashion Week.