17 Facts About Dylan Jones

Dylan John Jones OBE was born on 1960 and is an English journalist and author.

Dylan Jones served as editor of the UK version of men's fashion and lifestyle magazine GQ from 1999 to 2021.

Dylan Jones has held senior roles with several other publications, including editor of magazines i-D and Arena, and has contributed weekly columns to newspapers The Independent and The Mail on Sunday.

Dylan Jones attended Chelsea School of Art and then Saint Martin's School of Art in London where he studied graphic design, film and photography.

Dylan Jones began his career in journalism at i-D magazine in 1983, becoming Editor in 1984 before moving to Arena in 1987 to serve as Editor.

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Dylan Jones hired Boris Johnson as the magazine's car correspondent.

Dylan Jones was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to the publishing and British fashion industries.

Dylan Jones had a weekly column in the magazine supplement of The Mail on Sunday.

In 2010, Dylan Jones collaborated with David Bailey on British Heroes in Afghanistan, a celebration of British fighting heroes in Afghanistan, both inside Camp Bastion and outside, with sales benefiting the charity Help for Heroes.

Dylan Jones is Vice President of Hay Festival, and is co-chair of the 2011 Norman Mailer Benefit Gala Dinner, being held in New York City.

Dylan Jones was Chairman of the Prince's Trust's Fashion Rocks Monaco, in 2007 and, in 2012, was appointed the Chair of the 2012 Menswear Committee by the British Fashion Council, helping to organise Britain's first London Collections: Men.

Dylan Jones has written biographies of musician Jim Morrison and fashion designer Paul Smith and two anthologies of journalism.

Dylan Jones is the author of the book, iPod Therefore I Am: A Personal Journey Through Music documenting his musical tastes and how the iPod music player has transformed it.

Dylan Jones's book Mr Jones' Rules for the Modern Man is an etiquette guide containing advice on how a modern man should behave.

In 2012, Dylan Jones wrote three books, When Ziggy Played Guitar: David Bowie and Four Minutes that Shook the World, The Biographical Dictionary of Popular Music and From the Ground Up: U2 360° Tour Official Photobook.

The following year, Dylan Jones wrote The Eighties: One Day, One Decade, which was published by Preface Publishing in June 2013.

Dylan Jones was a prominent supporter of the London Garden Bridge Project.