Lisa Armstrong (writer)

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Lisa Armstrong OBE is a British author and journalist. She is Head of Fashion of The Daily Telegraph . [1] She was awarded an OBE in 2022 for services to fashion. [2]

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Early life and education

Born in the UK, Armstrong grew up in Dorset in the sixties and seventies, where she says that "fashion didn't really exist". [3] She graduated in 1984 from the University of Bristol, [4] where she studied English and French Literature, then journalism at City, University of London. [5] In 2011, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of the Arts London. [6] In 2002, Armstrong was awarded with Fashion Journalist of the Year at the Fashion Awards. In 2017, she was presented with the Fashion Journalist of the Year award by the Press Association, which she was also presented with in 2019.

Journalism

After graduating, Armstrong was offered a job at Elle UK after her freelance writing work was spotted by the then-editor Sally Brampton. [5] From there, she moved to British edition of Vogue , working under Liz Tilberis, and made her way from fashion writer to fashion features director. [5] She was Fashion Editor of The Independent before returning to Vogue under Alexandra Shulman. [5] Prior to her role at Telegraph , she held the fashion editor post at The Times . [5] Armstrong is a contributor to Harper's Bazaar , for whom she published her 2011 style manual. [7]

In 2000, Armstrong was the fashion journalist chosen by the Fashion Museum, Bath to choose that year's most representative outfit for their Dress of the Year collection. [8] She decided on the green chiffon dress designed by Donatella Versace and famously worn by Jennifer Lopez. [9] Armstrong used her expertise to argue that this dress, which received a great deal of media attention through being worn by Lopez, Geri Halliwell, and others, represented "some kind of high water mark in the current symbiosis between fashion and celebrity." [9] She is known for accessibly written articles which show a keen eye and a sense of wit, and for being unafraid to express controversial opinions, such as criticising the Yves Saint Laurent brand for its multiple name changes. [1] Since 2015, she has also written a beauty column in The Telegraph.

Armstrong was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to fashion. [10]

Novels

Armstrong has written four novels. Elle reviewed her first novel, Front Row, as "Has all the juice of a Jackie Collins plus the kind of fash pack details that Armstrong, as fashion features director at Vogue, knows all about." [11] In contrast, the Birmingham Post thought it was amusing, affectionate and indulgent. [12] Armstrong herself commented on Front Row : "It would've been hypocritical of me to do a complete annihilation job. I still work in that world and although it can be absurd and stupid sometimes I just found it funnier the more I observed and wrote about it." [12]

Her other novels are Dead Stylish (2001), Bad Manors (2004) and Déjà View (2005).

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References

  1. 1 2 "Lisa Armstrong: Fashion Editor, The Daily Telegraph". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Lisa Armstrong". The Telegraph. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  3. ↑ Armstrong, Lisa (10 September 2011). "How I became a fashion editor". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Bristol University: Alumni working in journalism". Bristol University. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Macalister-Smith, Tilly. "My Fashion Life: Lisa Armstrong". MatchesFashion.Com. MatchesFashion.Com. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Lisa Armstrong biography". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  7. ↑ Armstrong, Lisa (2010). Mistry, Meenal (ed.). Harper's Bazaar fashion : your guide to personal style. London: Aurum. ISBN   9781845136611.
  8. ↑ "Dress of the Year: 2000 - 2009". Fashion Museum, Bath. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  9. 1 2 Evans, Caroline (2007). Fashion at the edge : spectacle, modernity and deathliness (3rd pr. ed.). New Haven [u.a.]: Yale University Press. p. 115. ISBN   9780300124675.
  10. ↑ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N10.
  11. ↑ "Seriously frothy: making fun of fashion". The Economist. 1 August 1998. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2014– via HighBeam.
  12. 1 2 Rice, Carole Ann (29 July 1998). "Fashion Conscious with a Conscience; It's a Grim Job but Someone Has to Do It". The Birmingham Post.[ dead link ]
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