Vanessa Friedman

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Vanessa Friedman
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Friedman in June 2011
Born
Vanessa Victoria Friedman

(1967-12-04) December 4, 1967 (age 58)
New York City, U.S.
Alma mater Princeton University
OccupationJournalist
Years active1995–present
Spouse
David Stewart
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(m. 1996)​
Children3
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 .

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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]

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 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]

Personal life

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]

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 . June 16, 1996. 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. ↑ "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.
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