Vanessa Friedman, currently the fashion editor of the Financial Times
(FT), has been named fashion director and chief fashion critic for The
New York Times. She will take up her position next month and lead global
fashion coverage for both The New York Times and International New York
Times on all platforms.
Ms. Friedman was the first fashion editor at the FT, a position she has
held since 2003. Previously, she was the features/fashion director for
the launch of UK InStyle and she contributed regularly to The Economist,
The New Yorker, Vogue and Entertainment Weekly.
In making the announcement of Ms. Friedman’s hire, Jill Abramson, the
executive editor of The New York Times said, “I’m thrilled to welcome
Vanessa to The Times. She is the perfect journalist to be our leading
voice on global fashion.”
Additionally, Alexandra Jacobs has been promoted to fashion critic and
fashion features writer. Ms. Jacobs, currently an editor in the Styles
section and a frequent contributor to The New York Times Book Review,
was editor-at-large at The New York Observer before joining The Times in
2010. She has also been a contributing writer at The New Yorker and
Elle, as well as a correspondent for Entertainment Weekly.
Ms. Friedman and Ms. Jacobs join an already strong team of fashion and
style journalists. With Deborah Needleman, the editor of T Magazine, and
Stuart Emmrich, the Styles editor of The Times, they will play key roles
in the International New York Times’s annual Luxury conference. The
event, now in its fourteenth year, will take place this year at the
Mandarin Oriental Miami Hotel from December 1-3. The two-day program,
timed to coincide with Art Basel Miami Beach, will examine how the
businesses of luxury and art are inextricably linked.
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