Kate Phelan

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Kate Phelan (born 1964) [1] is a British fashion journalist and stylist.

Biography

Phelan grew up in Exeter, and studied fashion at Somerset College of Arts and Technology. [2] She then went on to study fashion communications at Central Saint Martins from 1984. In 1987 she took on a three-month internship with Sarajane Hoare at British Vogue which ultimately led to full-time employment as a fashion assistant. [1] [3] In 1990, she left Vogue after three years to join Marie Claire as a senior fashion editor, but was asked back to British Vogue in 1993 by its new editor, Alexandra Shulman. [1] Until 2011, Phelan worked as a senior fashion director for Vogue, commissioning and directing some of the magazine's strongest photoshoots from the 1990s and 2000s. [2] Her favoured photographers included Paolo Roversi, Nick Knight, Tim Walker and Corinne Day. [2]

In June 2011, Phelan again left Vogue and joined Topshop as their creative director. [2] [4] [5] In 2013, she was asked to come back to Vogue in a part-time capacity. [1] In 2017 her job title at Vogue was senior contributing fashion editor. [4]

In 2017 Phelan was the fashion journalist selected to choose a defining look of 2016 for the Fashion Museum, Bath's Dress of the Year collection. She chose two male and female ensembles by JW Anderson, [6] a designer who had previously caught her attention in 2012 when he was awarded Topshop sponsorship for his Spring-Summer 2013 collection. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Blanchard, Tamsin (10 September 2012). "Kate Phelan's View from the Top - Telegraph". fashion.telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Woo, Kin (27 November 2012). "Kate Phelan". AnOther. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  4. 1 2 Conti, Samantha (24 July 2017). "More Big Industry Names, W Alums Set to Join New British Vogue Lineup". WWD.
  5. ↑ Lantz, Jenny (2016). The Trendmakers: Behind the Scenes of the Global Fashion Industry. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   9781474259828.
  6. ↑ "World-renowned Fashion Museum in Bath announces Dress of the Year 2016 | Bath Echo". Bath Echo. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
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