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Wednesday December 22nd, 2010

Top Ten Fashion Media Stories of 2010

Top Ten Fashion Media Stories of 2010

Media is evolving at the breakneck speed of Twitter and traditional print outlets and new media ones are constantly reorganizing and reshuffling mastheads to ensure that their publications continue to rake in advertisers and stay alive. The world of fashion media is no exception. This year there was so much playing of editorial musical chairs, we devised little flow charts to try to keep it all straight.

From Carine Roitfeld’s shocking departure from Vogue Paris to the fat-hating Marie Claire blogger who pissed just about everyone off, here are the top ten fashion media stories of the year.

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Published at 5:38 PM

Tuesday December 14th, 2010

Robin Givhan is Leaving the Washington Post for Newsweek and The Daily Beast

Robin Givhan is Leaving the Washington Post for Newsweek and The Daily Beast

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Robin Givhan–aka the only fashion writer at a major newspaper to be taken seriously–is leaving The Washington Post after 15 years of service, according to a memo released by Yahoo! News.

Givhan moved to Washington from New York two years ago to cover Michelle Obama nearly full time, but was still a fixture at the European fashion shows. She’s best known for her elegant analysis of the wardrobes of political figures, although we also privately admire her for wearing a tracksuit to an Elise Overland show. (Because once you’re that important, you can wear anything.)

What’s Givhan’s next move?

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Published at 5:46 PM

Wednesday October 21st, 2009

People We Like

Isaac, Ashley & Robin at the 92nd Street Y

Joyce Culver, 92nd Street Y“Fashion advertisements are hateful,” said Isaac Mizrahi at tonight’s 92nd Street Y panel discussion on the future of fashion, “but they work.” Glamour‘s Editor-in-Chief Cindi Leive moderated the talk between The Washington Post‘s Robin Givhan, Ashley Olsen and Isaac. The group discussed Michelle Obama, the economy, Ralph Lauren’s ad scandal, fast Read more →

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Published at 11:29 PM

Monday October 27th, 2008

An African Issue

We don’t think Daisy Lowe means curvy. We don’t think putting Jourdan Dunn on every runway means diversity. And we don’t think Italian Vogue will save the world – but we do think it’s single-handedly given the fashion industry good face. Just a few months post-”A Black Issue,” comes “The Africa Issue,” but this time Read more →

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Published at 3:30 PM