Deborah Needleman
Deborah Needleman Steps Down As Editor of 'T' Magazine
"The New York Times" executive editor Dean Baquet and "T" Magazine editors Whitney Vargas and Minju Pak will decide on a successor.
'T' Magazine Hires Marie-Amélie Sauvé as Fashion Director
The French stylist and longtime Nicolas Ghesquière collaborator replaces Joe McKenna, who departed in late 2015.
Deborah Needleman Ushers in T's Next Phase With Several New Hires
The editor in chief told staff the magazine is moving "out of start-up mode."
'T' Magazine Hires New Critics, Senior Features Editor
Fresh blood at the 'New York Times Style Magazine.'
Who's on the Shortlist to Fill The New York Times' Fashion Jobs
The game of editorial musical chairs continues.
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Model Julia Nobis's Dad Blasts News Anchor for Calling Her Anorexic
Julia Nobis's surprisingly controversial T cover has been brought up again--and this time her dad is getting involved.
Miuccia Prada Covers T, Thinks We Need to 'Find a Solution' to Aging
Deborah Needleman is a big fan of the over-50 cover star. Since her first issue debuted in February, Needleman has put 80-year-old Lee Radziwill and 52-year-old Julianne Moore, on the cover of the magazine. (That controversial Julia Nobis cover is the exception). Now, that trend continues, with Miuccia Prada, who is 64, on the cover of T's latest issue. Fittingly, Prada has a lot to say about aging.
Times Editors Forced to Examine Fashion Photography Policy
Last week, after readers complained about a T cover featuring Julia Nobis--whom they felt was disturbingly skinny and young-looking--T EIC Deborah Needleman issued a response to New York Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan. In it, Needleman mentioned that she had "considered adding some fat to her with Photoshop, but decided that as it is her body, I’d let it be." This raised new questions about the New York Times' treatment of photography--didn't the paper of record hold itself to a higher standard than to just Photoshop some fat into (or out of) a model with little more than a second thought? Turns out it does--but fashion photography is a different story.
Emma Watson is All Grown Up on W, Karolina Kurkova Smooched Prince Harry, and Carine Roitfeld's Cannes Fashion Show to Livestream
Emma Watson really is all grown up, as evidenced in her June 2013 W cover shoot, lensed by Michael Thompson. {W} We're not sure who got luckier--Prince Harry or Karolina Kurkova. The two shared a chaste smooch at a polo match on the last day of the prince's US tour. {US Weekly} Here's the 16-piece Kate Bosworth-inspired collection by Topshop, which the actress herself wore at Coachella in April. {Vogue UK} Rita Ora--who is kind of Madonna's doppelganger--is the new face of Madonna's clothing line, Material Girl. {The Sun}
Julia Nobis Too Thin to Cover T? Deborah Needleman Doesn't Think So
While we see T as more of a fashion magazine, many New York Times subscribers probably don't. As people who look at images from fashion magazines and runways on a daily basis, we didn't give this T cover featuring Julia Nobis in a swimsuit and leather jacket a second thought--at least not for any other reason than the impracticality of wearing a leather jacket over a swimsuit. However, several readers--whose eyes are probably less accustomed than ours to seeing unrealistically thin people everywhere---complained about how shockingly thin and underage Nobis looked on the cover and in the accompanying editorial. Deborah Needleman, T's EIC, however, disagrees.
'Slut' Clothes: A Brief History
In a recent piece for T magazine, Suzy Menkes heralds the end of what she calls a "decade of slut style," and a return to modesty on the runways. (Yeah, we had a thing or two to say about that.) But if history is any indication, provocative fashion is nothing new and not going anywhere anytime soon. Click through to read our brief account of fashion's most revealing moments through the ages. What got people riled up (sometimes just a glimpse of ankle)—and what didn't (a whole lotta cleavage in the 1500s)—might surprise you. nextpage
The Issue With T Magazine's 'Slut Clothes'
It's been a tough few weeks for mini skirts and the young women who flaunt them. Between CNN's blame-the-victim tone in Steubenville to the helicopter parents picketing Victoria's Secret Pink, you'd think America's most pressing national security issue is teen girls in glittery panties. (And according to Harmony Korine's bubblegum grenade Spring Breakers, that's exactly right.) And on the fashion front, T Magazine editor Deborah Needleman tweets "Say goodbye to slut clothes"...
Michael Kors Owns the Internet, Deborah Needleman Apologizes for T's Lack of Diversity, and Models' Salaries Exposed
Ladies love (cool) Michael Kors. The mega-designer and much-missed Project Runway judge beat out Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren, and Tory Burch as the most sought-after American fashion brand on the Internet. {WWD} How much cheddar do models actually make? And no--we aren't talking Gisele. Hard facts this way... {Refinery29} Ok, now we are talking Gisele: Watch the supermodel mama look gorgeous and glowy as ever in this teaser for her new Chanel beauty campaign. {Grazia} T Magazine's new editor Deborah Needleman says she'll try to include more people of color in future issues (there was one in her first), but what the hey? Good journalism is more important than ethnicities anyway! {NY Times}
Fashionista 50: The Most Influential People in New York Fashion Right Now
To survive in this business, you've got to have more than talent. You've got to be shrewd, savvy, determined—and a crazy-hard worker.
Fashionista 50: The Slideshow
The Fashionista 50 slideshow. Click through for a bio of each of our picks.
We Add to Vogue's Best Dressed List, the Victoria's Secret 'Native American' Controversy, and Kristen Stewart's Many Twilight Red Carpet Moments
We Add to Vogue's Best Dressed List: Shortlisting 10 of the best dressed women in the world can't have been easy, and while we think Vogue did a great job, there are another 10 ladies we feel deserved a shout out. Deborah Needleman's T Magazine: The magazine is not the same place that Sally Singer left it. To give you an idea of what to expect from the new team, we compiled this guide to the staffers Needleman has brought on board. A Misérables Diet: In her Vogue cover story Anne Hathaway spoke about her diet of "two thin squares of dried oatmeal paste a day" to slim down for her role as Fantine in Les Misérables. We had so many questions, like for starters, what is dried oatmeal paste? And what does it taste like? So we made some.
A Little Guide to Deborah Needleman's Many New Hires at T
If there's one educated guess we can make about Deborah Needleman's T, it's that it will be very different from Sally Singer's, if only because most of the editorial staff has been replaced since Needleman joined the magazine in September.
WSJ Names Deborah Needleman's Replacement
Ever since Deborah Needleman left WSJ for T we've been wondering who would replace her at her former post. And now we have our answer: Kristina O'Neill, formerly of Harper's Bazaar, has been named editor-in-chief of WSJ.
Was Deborah Needleman Negotiating With T Before Sally Singer Was Fired?
Since new T EIC Deborah Needleman has only been at her new job for all of three days, she hasn't really been divulging much about her plans for the magazine to the press yet. However, WWD has learned from "sources" that she definitely has some plans--and demands. In fact, the trade alleges that Needleman "started negotiating with the Times while Singer was still holding court on the sixth floor."
Deborah Needleman Leaves WSJ for T
In a move that should surprise no one, Deborah Needleman has replaced Sally Singer at the helm of T: The New York Times Magazine, the Times announced today.
Who Should Replace Sally Singer at T?
We were all caught off guard by this week's announcement that Sally Singer would be leaving T, the magazine she left Vogue to helm just two years ago.
Domino is Back
Domino, which folded in 2009, once topped a list of most missed magazines (Sassy would've topped our list but we get it, people like their home decor