Aya Kanai was born on 1978 and is the current Head of Editorial and Creative at Google Shopping.
15 Facts About Aya Kanai
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Aya Kanai is an American fashion editor who formerly served as the Editor in Chief of Marie Claire and the Chief Fashion Director for Hearst Publications, and supervised the magazines Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, and Woman's Day.
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Aya Kanai serves as one of the judges on the Lifetime reality TV series Project Runway: Junior.
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Aya Kanai was born in 1978 to parents with artistic backgrounds, her father being a graphic designer and her mother working for the Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake.
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Aya Kanai attended Oberlin College in Ohio, focusing in art and East Asian studies, and studying religion.
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At 23, Aya Kanai applied to work for the new magazine Teen Vogue, where she was hired as a fashion assistant.
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Aya Kanai eventually became an accessories editor before she left Teen Vogue after three years to work for the magazine Nylon, where she became the fashion director.
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Aya Kanai became the head stylist for the Amazon subsidiary Shopbop.
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At a friend's baby shower, Aya Kanai reconnected with the executive director of Cosmopolitan magazine, whom she had known during her previous work in New York.
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Aya Kanai was introduced to Joanna Coles, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, and shortly afterwards Kanai was hired as Cosmopolitans fashion director, becoming the fashion editor for Seventeen magazine a year later.
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Aya Kanai has served as a stylist for Cole Haan, Victoria's Secret, and Virgin Mobile magazine advertisements.
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Aya Kanai is currently the Executive Fashion Director for both Cosmopolitan and Seventeen, and the Chief Fashion Director at Hearst Publications, overseeing the magazines Good Housekeeping, Redbook, and Woman's Day.
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Aya Kanai left Marie Claire and joined Pinterest as the head of content and editorial partnerships in September 2020.
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Aya Kanai serves as one of the three judges for Lifetime reality TV series Project Runway: Junior.
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Aya Kanai gave birth to her first child via in vitro fertilisation in 2018.