Vanessa Friedman | |
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![]() Friedman in June 2011 | |
Born | Vanessa Victoria Friedman 1967 (age 57–58) New York City, U.S. |
Alma mater | Princeton University |
Occupation | Journalist |
Years active | 1995–present |
Spouse | David Stewart (m. 1996) |
Children | 3 |
Parent | Stephen J. Friedman (father) |
Vanessa Victoria Friedman (born December 4, 1967) [1] is an American fashion journalist who has been the fashion director and chief fashion critic of The New York Times since 2014. She previously worked at other publications, including the Financial Times , The New Yorker , Vogue , and Vanity Fair .
Immediately preceding her appointment at the Financial Times, Friedman was the features and fashion features editor of InStyle , when the title was launched in the UK in 2000. Prior to this, she was an arts contributor for The Economist and the European editor-at-large for US Elle . [2]
Friedman is Jewish and was born in New York to Stephen J. Friedman, a lawyer, and Fredrica Friedman ( née Schwab), a literary manager. [3] She has a younger brother named Alexander. Friedman graduated cum laude from Princeton University where she studied history, European cultural studies, and creative writing. [3] [4] [1] She is also a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and The Chapin School.
In 1998, Friedman was published in The New Yorker . [5] She was the fashion features director for InStyle UK, a position she held from 2000 to 2002. Prior to this, she worked as a fashion correspondent for the FT, as an arts contributor at The Economist and was the European editor at Elle US. She has written extensively on a freelance basis for Entertainment Weekly , Vogue , The New Yorker and Vanity Fair . [6] [7] [8]
From 2002 to 2014, Friedman was the first fashion editor of the Financial Times . [9] Friedman writes a weekly column for the Saturday FT, as well as editing the Style page, and helps cover the luxury industry for the daily newspaper, and edits the twice-yearly supplement The Business of Fashion. In March 2014, Friedman was named the fashion director and chief fashion critic of The New York Times . [10]
Friedman married J. David Stewart in New York City, on June 15, 1996. They live with their three children and two cats in Park Slope, Brooklyn. [3]