FASHION DIRECTOR, NEW YORK TIMES
Vanessa Friedman was born in New York and studied at Princeton University. She became a journalist and wrote for magazines, such as Vanity Fair and US Elle. In 1996, she and her husband moved to the UK and she went on to work for the Economist and InStyle. She also freelanced for the Financial Times before becoming their first fashion editor in 2003. In 2014 she left the FT and took up her current post as fashion director and chief fashion critic of the New York Times.
She is known for her incisive socio-political commentary on the role of fashion in our lives. In 2010, she published her first book, a celebration of the life and work of Italian designer Emilio Pucci.