Vanessa Victoria Friedman was born on December 4,1967 and is Fashion Director and Chief Fashion Critic at The New York Times.
10 Facts About Vanessa Friedman
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Previously, Friedman has worked at numerous other publications including the Financial Times, the New Yorker, American Vogue, and Vanity Fair.
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Immediately preceding her appointment at the Financial Times, Vanessa Friedman was the features and fashion features editor of InStyle, when the title was launched in the United Kingdom in 2000.
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Vanessa Friedman is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and The Chapin School.
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Vanessa Friedman was the Fashion Features Director for InStyle UK, a position she held from 2000 to 2002.
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Vanessa Friedman has written extensively on a freelance basis for Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, The New Yorker and Vanity Fair.
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From 2002 to March 2014, Vanessa Friedman was the fashion editor of the Financial Times.
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Vanessa Friedman is the first person to hold the post.
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Vanessa Friedman writes a weekly column for the Saturday FT, as well as editing the Style page, and helps cover the luxury industry for the daily newspaper, and edits the twice-yearly supplement The Business of Fashion.
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In March 2014, Vanessa Friedman was named the "fashion director and chief fashion critic" of The New York Times.