Marion Hume | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 July 1962 England |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Website | http://www.marionhume.com/ |
Marion Hume (born 3 July 1962) is a journalist, editor, and screenwriter (LEE) based in London, England. She is best known for having been editor-in-chief of Vogue Australia .
Hume was born in Birmingham in 1962. She attended Exeter University from 1981 until 1984. [1]
Hume started her fashion writing career at the dawn of the AIDS crisis in London. With Roger Walker-Dack, she co-founded Fashion Acts, one of the first fundraisers for HIV/AIDS causes, working in association with the Terrence Higgins Trust. Fashion Acts generated funds by the sale of photographs donated by talents from across the industry, including Helmut Newton and Linda McCartney. Hume was the Fashion Writer for The Sunday Times from 1988 until 1990. [1]
In 1989 to 1991, Hume worked on and made appearances in the six-part BBC series The Look. Interview subjects included Gianni Versace, Donatella Versace, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan, and Christian Lacroix. The episode entitled "Runway" was the first to chart the evolution of the Supermodel. Yves Saint Laurent refused to be interviewed for the hour-long documentary about him, although close associates, including Pierre Berge, Catherine Deneuve, Paloma Picasso, and Betty Catroux, did speak on his behalf. Saint Laurent himself was filmed backstage at his haute couture shows and at his 30th Fashion Birthday at the Opera Bastille in Paris. In 2021, Hume was invited to address the students of Central Saint Martins on the making of the series.
Hume was the launch fashion editor of the UK edition of Esquire in 1990. From 1993 to 1996, Hume was fashion editor of The Independent , [1] during which the fashion coverage expanded in both the daily and the Independent on Sunday. Her profiles included Patsy from Ab Fab, aka Joanna Lumley, [2] Lauren Hutton, Veruschka, Fabien Baron, and the photographers Steven Meisel and Peter Lindbergh. She reviewed Alexander McQueen’s first show. [3] A review of a Chanel show entitled "No Way to treat a Lady" started a feud with Karl Lagerfeld, with Hume praised for "not being part of the 'conspiracy of silence'; for her professionalism, her integrity and her independence". [4] In 1996, Hume joined the Financial Times , filing weekly fashion updates. The same year, she was the writer and associate producer of The South Bank Show special on John Galliano (season 20, episode 12, 1997) [5] directed by Nigel Wattis and hosted by Melvyn Bragg. [6]
In 1997, Hume moved to Sydney where she had been appointed editor of Vogue Australia . [1] Her staff included the current editor, Edwina McCann and Creative Director Jill Davison. After 18 months, she was let go and returned to work for Vogue in the US as acting features director. [7] In 1998, Hume worked for Harper's Bazaar as a contributing editor. She was included in Vogue Australia’s 60th anniversary issue in December 2019.
Hume served as International Fashion Editor for the Australian Financial Review for 14 years during which the magazine won best in class at Australia’s media awards seven times. In 2018, King Charles allowed unprecedented access in his first-ever interview on sustainable fashion. [8]
Hume served for five years as the Senior Consultant for the United Nations' ITC Ethical Fashion Initiative linking those at the top of the fashion chain—including Giorgio Armani and Vivienne Westwood—to marginalised artisans in the slums of Nairobi. She served with the United Nations Foundation designing a fund generator using contemporary art by Jeff Koons which raised over US$6 million in a single night for health programs for the under-5s.
During London's first COVID-19 lockdown in the spring of 2020, she founded Siren Call, which linked together those across the fashion industry who would never normally collaborate—including Browns and Primark—to supply non-PPE clothing essentials to more than 8,000 paramedics and other front-line staff serving Greater London.
An expert on the American World War II photojournalist Lee Miller, she appears in the BAFTA-winning [9] documentary Lee Miller: A Life on the Front Line, which was first broadcast on BBC 2 in May 2020. [10] Hume is co-writer, with Liz Hannah, and with John Collee on the 2023 film Lee [11] [12] [13] which made its debut at Toronto (TIFF 2023). [14]
In 1990, Hume married photographer Peter Hunt. In the early 2000s, she became an Australian citizen. [1]
Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, Lady Penrose, was an American photographer and photojournalist. Miller was a fashion model in New York City in the 1920s before going to Paris, becoming a fashion and fine art photographer there. During World War II, she was a war correspondent for Vogue, covering events such as the London Blitz, the liberation of Paris, and the concentration camps at Buchenwald and Dachau. Her reputation as an artist in her own right is due mostly to the fact her son discovered and promoted her work as a fashion and war photographer.
John Charles Galliano,, is a British fashion designer. He was the creative director of his eponymous label John Galliano and French fashion houses Givenchy and Dior. Since 2014, Galliano has been the creative director of Paris-based fashion house Maison Margiela. Galliano has been named British Designer of the Year four times. In a 2004 poll for the BBC, he was named the fifth most influential person in British culture.
Shalom Harlow is a Canadian model and actress. She began her career in the early 1990s and by the end of the decade was at supermodel status. In 2007, Forbes listed her as thirteenth in the list of the World's Top-Earning Supermodels. She has also appeared in films such as In & Out (1997) and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) and hosted MTV's House of Style alongside fellow model Amber Valletta.
Amber Evangeline Valletta is an American model and actress. She began her career as a fashion model, landing her first of 17 American Vogue covers in February 1993. During the 1990s, Valletta reached the status of supermodel, working as the face of Giorgio Armani, Chanel, Escada, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Valentino, Gucci and Versace, and signing multimillion-dollar cosmetics contracts with Calvin Klein and Elizabeth Arden. From 1995 to 1996, Valletta and her friend and fellow model Shalom Harlow hosted the MTV show House of Style.
Fernanda Tavares is a Brazilian model.
Erin O'Connor, MBE is a British fashion model.
Mariacarla Boscono is an Italian fashion model and actress. Rising to fame in the early 2000s, Boscono has walked the runways of major worldwide fashion weeks and festivals, including Milan Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week, the Met Gala and Venice Film Festival. In 2005, over a two-week period, she walked more than seventy runways in three different cities, establishing a world record.
Erin Elizabeth Wasson is an American fashion model, actress, fashion designer, and stylist.
Élise Crombez is a Belgian model.
Morgane Dubled is a French model.
Kristen McMenamy is an American model known for her unconventional, androgynous appearance. Originally a long-haired redhead, she reinvented her look in the early 1990s by having her hair cut short and dyed black, and her eyebrows shaved off. Her career was boosted by the advent of the grunge fashion trend.
Dewi Driegen is a Dutch model. Her mother is a quarter Indonesian.
Emily Sandberg Gold is an American model and actress. She was born in Rochester, MN. Gold was the international face of Clinique, Donna Karan, Versace, Fendi, and The Gap. She has also been featured on the covers of Italian Vogue, Japanese Vogue, and Italian Marie Claire. Gold became the founder and CEO of failed digital marketing agency Twice Social, which closed permanently after going out of business in early 2024.
Anna Selezneva is a Russian fashion model who started her career in 2007. Selezneva became known for her high cheekbones and was discovered in 2007 at a McDonald's in Moscow. Selezneva has appeared in campaigns for Blumarine, Ralph Lauren, Versace.
Lesa Sullivan Amoore is an American model, and photographer. She has appeared on the covers of magazines such as Vogue, Photo, and ELLE.
Daphne Groeneveld is a Dutch model best known for appearing on the 2010 December/January cover of Vogue Paris alongside Tom Ford, considered to be a supermodel by some fashion experts and magazine editors. She is currently the face of Jean Paul Gaultier Classique Fragrance and Tom Ford Beauty.
Guinevere van Seenus is an American model, photographer and jewelry designer.
Catwalk is a 1995 American documentary film by Robert Leacock, following model Christy Turlington during Spring Fashion Week in Milan, Paris and New York City. Despite being filmed in 1993, it premiered in 1995.
Lucie de la Falaise is a Welsh-born French design consultant, former model, and socialite.
Lee is a 2023 British biographical drama film directed by Ellen Kuras in her feature directorial debut, from a screenplay by Liz Hannah, John Collee and Marion Hume, and story from Hume, Collee and Lem Dobbs, adapted from the 1985 biography The Lives of Lee Miller by Antony Penrose. It stars Kate Winslet as war journalist Lee Miller. The cast includes Marion Cotillard, Andrea Riseborough, Andy Samberg, Noémie Merlant, Josh O'Connor, and Alexander Skarsgård in supporting roles.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
