This person is responsible for creating and/or supervising the fashion editorial content of print or electronic media, outlets such as fashion magazines, newspapers, television, or Internet sites. Fashion editors possess excellent journalistic vision. They are well versed in all aspects of fashion from historical to present day. Fashion editors must have an excellent taste level, possess fashion-forward thinking, and have the ability to maintain relationships with key fashion industry players. A fashion editor-at-large contributes major fashion editorials to a publication, while an editor-in-chief leads the fashion publication's fashion content and direction. Famous editors-at-large are Andre Leon Talley for U.S. Vogue and Hamish Bowles for European Vogue. Famous editors-in-chief include, Car-mel Snow (Harper's Bazaar), Jessica Daves, Diana Vreeland, and Anna Wintour (Vogue).
See also Fashion journalism.
Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry. Francesca Sterlacci and Joanne Arbuckle.