Vanessa Friedman

Last updated

Vanessa Friedman
Vanessa Friedman.jpg
Friedman in June 2011
Born
Vanessa Victoria Friedman

1967 (age 55–56)
New York City, U.S.
Alma mater Princeton University
OccupationJournalist
Years active1995–present
Spouse
David Stewart
​
(m. 1996)​
Children3
Parent Stephen J. Friedman (father)

Vanessa Victoria Friedman (born December 4, 1967) [1] is an American fashion journalist who has served as 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 .

Contents

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 United Kingdom in 2000. Prior to this, she was an arts contributor for The Economist and the European editor-at-large for US Elle . [2]

Education

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.

Career

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 also 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 fashion editor of the Financial Times . [9] She is the first person to hold the post. [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]

Personal life

Friedman married J. David Stewart in New York City, on June 15, 1996. They live together with their 3 children and two cats in Park Slope, Brooklyn. [3]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Galliano</span> British fashion designer (born 1960)

John Charles Galliano is a British fashion designer from Gibraltar. 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mario Testino</span> Peruvian fashion and portrait photographer

Mario Eduardo Testino Silva OBE HonFRPS is a Peruvian fashion and portrait photographer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kelly Wearstler</span> American designer (born 1967)

Kelly Wearstler is an American designer. She founded her own design firm Kelly Wearstler Interior Design in the mid-1990s, serving mainly the hotel industry, and now designs across high-end residential, commercial, retail and hospitality spaces. Her designs for the Viceroy hotel chain in the early 2000s have been noted for their influence on the design industry. She has designed properties for clients such as Gwen Stefani, Cameron Diaz and Stacey Snider, and served as a judge on all episodes of Bravo's Top Design reality contest in 2007 and 2008.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Suzy Menkes</span>

Suzy Peta Menkes is a British journalist and fashion critic. Formerly the fashion editor for the International Herald Tribune, Menkes also served as editor, Vogue International, for 25 international editions of Vogue online until October 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">André Leon Talley</span> American fashion journalist (1948–2022)

André Leon Talley was an American fashion journalist, stylist, creative director, and editor-at-large of Vogue magazine. He was the magazine's fashion news director from 1983 to 1987, its first African-American male creative director from 1988 to 1995, and then its editor-at-large from 1998 to 2013. Often regarded as a fashion icon, he was known for supporting emerging designers and advocating for diversity in the fashion industry; while the capes, kaftans, and robes he wore became his trademark look. Talley also served on the judging panel for America's Next Top Model.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fashion journalism</span> Overview of fashion journalism

Fashion journalism is a component of fashion media, with a focus on writing and photojournalism. Fashion journalists write about and critique fashion events and trends as well as cultivate and maintain relationships with stylists and designers. Fashion journalists are either employed full-time by a publication, or they submit articles on a freelance basis. Fashion photography, which supplanted fashion illustration in the 1900s, is a type of photojournalism used in fashion journalism. The Internet has given rise to a number of outlets for amateur fashion journalism, such as blogs and vlogs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joan Juliet Buck</span> American writer and actress

Joan Juliet Buck is an American writer and actress. She was the editor-in-chief of French Vogue from 1994 to 2001, the only American ever to have edited a French magazine. She was contributing editor to Vogue and Vanity Fair for many years, and writes for Harper's Bazaar. The author of two novels, she published a memoir, The Price of Illusion, in 2017. In 2020, she was nominated for the Pushcart Prize for her short story, “Corona Diary.”

Dana Thomas is a fashion and culture journalist and author based in Paris. Her books include Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster, Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano and Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes. She also wrote the script for Salvatore Ferragamo: The Shoemaker of Dreams, a feature-length documentary directed by award-winning Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino. It had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 5, 2020. She hosts The Green Dream podcast on all things sustainable.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emmanuelle Alt</span> French fashion editor

Emmanuelle Alt is a French fashion editor who was the editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris from February 2011, succeeding Carine Roitfeld, to May 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Olivia Palermo</span> American socialite, fashion influencer, and entrepreneur

Olivia Palermo is an American socialite, fashion influencer, entrepreneur, model and television personality. Palermo gained celebrity status when she sued socialiterank.com for releasing a letter that was proven to be false. It made a news story on New York Magazine on May 4, 2007.

Lyn Devon is a fashion designer of luxury American sportswear working in New York City. Her atelier is in Soho.

Liberty Lettice Lark Ross is an English model. She has appeared in publications such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, i-D, and Dazed & Confused. She is the sister of composers Atticus and Leopold Ross.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lauren Santo Domingo</span> American fashion businesswoman

Lauren Santo Domingo is an American entrepreneur, magazine editor, and socialite. She is the co-founder and Chief Brand Officer of online fashion retailer Moda Operandi.

Lisa Armstrong is a British author and journalist. She is Head of Fashion of The Daily Telegraph.

Alessandro Michele is an Italian fashion designer who most recently served as the creative director of Gucci, the Italian fashion luxury house where he had been working since 2002. Known for his maximalist designs, Alessandro Michele revived Gucci's popularity most notably with a Geek-Chic aesthetic. He had been responsible for all of Gucci's collections and global brand image from January 2015 until he stepped down from the role in November 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miroslava Duma</span> Russian digital entrepreneur and investor

Miroslava Vasilyevna Duma is a Russian digital entrepreneur and investor in international fashion. She is also the founder of Buro 24/7, a digital company, and the CEO and founder of Future Tech Lab, a venture capital fund.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tory Burch LLC</span> American luxury fashion brand

Tory Burch LLC is an American mid-luxury women's fashion label based in Manhattan, New York, United States. It was founded by American designer Tory Burch in 2004. Pierre-Yves Roussel is the current CEO of the company.

Hope Macaulay is a Northern Ireland fashion and textiles designer, creative director and founder of the contemporary luxury fashion brand Hope Macaulay.

Jo Ellison is Editor of How to Spend It, Financial Times.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harris Reed</span> British-American fashion designer

Harris Reed is a British-American fashion designer and creative director for French fashion house Nina Ricci. He is the child of the Oscar-winning, British documentary film producer Nicholas Reed and the American model and candlemaker Lynette Reed.

References

  1. 1 2 "Play Tectonics. A Novella on the Bauhaus and the Weimar Republic". Princeton University Library. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Vanessa Friedman is part of the BoF 500". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "WEDDINGS;Ms. Friedman, Mr. Stewart". The New York Times . Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  4. ↑ Princeton Alumni Weekly. Princeton University Press. 1991. pp. 6–. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  5. ↑ The New Yorker. New Yorker Magazine, Incorporated. April 1998. p. 116. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  6. ↑ "FT Business of Luxury Summit 2011 2011: Vanessa Friedman". Ftconferences.com. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Vanessa Friedman". Ft.com. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  8. ↑ Chamberlin, Corbin. "Fabulosity: Meet Financial Times Fashion Editor Vanessa Friedman". AZ FootHills. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
  9. 1 2 "About Vanessa". Financial Times. Nikkei. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  10. ↑ Steigrad, Alexandra (March 12, 2014). "New York Times Taps Vanessa Friedman". WWD. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.