A spokesperson has confirmed to us that Constance White, editor in chief of Essence since March 2011, is leaving the magazine.
The reason is so far unknown, but White’s tenure at Essence was not entirely controversy-free.
When Essence–a magazine that targets black women–hired Ellianna Placas–a white woman–back in the summer of 2010 to be its fashion director, people were not very happy about it. Former Editor-in-Chief Angela Burt-Murray was criticized for hiring a white person at a black magazine, in an already unevenly white industry. In addition to eliciting a lot Read more →
This week in Editorial Musical Chairs, two former T employees found new jobs. Bifen Xu, formerly T‘s associate fashion editor, has been named fashion editor at New York Magazine. T‘s former fashion market editor Melissa Ventosa Martin is now style director at Glamour.
Town & Country snapped up W‘s Jamie Rosen to fill Janet Carlson’s position as beauty director. Town & Country‘s former beauty and health editor (which is different from beauty director) Nina Judar was named Good Housekeeping‘s beauty director.
WSJ‘s new EIC Deborah Needleman brought on another former Domino staffer–Lauren Goodman–to consult on fashion coverage for the Wall Street Journal‘s new lifestyle section.
Ben Reardon, former editor of i-D has been named editor of British GQ Style. He has been replaced by former deputy editor Holly Shackelton.
This Thursday, BET is taking on the subject we’ve all been talking, thinking, and writing about for a while. In a half hour special, Fashion Blackout, they’ll bring together pretty much everyone you’d think (including Naomi, Andre Leon Talley, Constance White, and Tracy Reese) to sound off on the topic of Black presence, or lack Read more →
