Eva Chen (editor)

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Eva Chen
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Chen at Paris Fashion Week 2019
Born1980 (age 4243) [1]
Alma mater Johns Hopkins University
Occupation Fashion editor
Organization Instagram
Known forEditor of Lucky

Eva Chen (born 1980) is an American journalist. She is the director of fashion partnerships at Instagram [2] and a children's book author. [3] Previously she was editor-in-chief of Lucky [4] and beauty and health director at Teen Vogue . [5]

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Early life

Chen grew up in New York. Her parents, who are originally from Taipei and Shanghai, own a consulting textile import-export business, and Chen attributes her early love of fashion to her mother's influence. [6] Chen attended the Brearley School, [6] then went to college at Johns Hopkins University where she was pre-med, but eventually decided to major in English. [7] She pursued her master's degree in journalism at Columbia University. [8]

Career

In college, Chen interned for fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar . After graduating from Hopkins in 2001, she worked briefly for Cravath, Swaine & Moore before joining the then-recently launched shopping magazine Lucky, where she worked in the credits department logging the prices and sellers for the magazine's array of products and eventually became editor-in-chief. She next moved to Elle where she worked in the beauty department for three years before she became beauty editor of Teen Vogue. [9]

At Lucky, Chen was the youngest editor-in-chief in the magazine's history. [10] She also became the first head of a commercial arm for the publication, Lucky Shops, serving as both editor-in-chief for the magazine and chief creative officer. [11]

In July 2015, Chen joined Instagram, owned by Facebook, to develop partnerships with fashion brands. [12] She is presently Head of Fashion Partnerships for the social media platform, and has launched a number of fashion and e-commerce features at Instagram, including shopping fashion looks directly from influencers' feeds [13] and the Instagram Shop account. [14]

Chen with illustrator Derek Desierto signing books at BookCon in 2019 Eva Chen and Derek Desierto at BookCon (16316).jpg
Chen with illustrator Derek Desierto signing books at BookCon in 2019

On May 27, 2020, Chen gave remarks at her alma mater Johns Hopkins University's Commencement ceremony. [15]

Chen is also an author [16] of several children's books, including I Am Golden (2022), which focuses on uplifting Asian American children and teaching them self love and validation. [17]

Children's books

Personal life

In 2000, Chen studied abroad for a year in England at Oxford, where she met her husband, Thomas Bannister. [20] Chen and Bannister have three children, born in 2015, 2017, and 2021. [21]

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