Vanessa Friedman

Vanessa Friedman
Friedman in June 2011
Born
Vanessa Victoria Friedman

1967 (age 56–57)
Alma materPrinceton University
OccupationJournalist
Years active1995–present
Spouse
David Stewart
(m. 1996)
Children3
ParentStephen J. Friedman (father)

Vanessa Victoria Friedman (born December 4, 1967)[1] is an American fashion journalist who has served as the fashion director and chief fashion critic of The New York Times since 2014. She previously worked at other publications, including the Financial Times, The New Yorker, Vogue, and Vanity Fair.

Immediately preceding her appointment at the Financial Times, Friedman was the features and fashion features editor of InStyle, when the title was launched in the United Kingdom in 2000. Prior to this, she was an arts contributor for The Economist and the European editor-at-large for US Elle.[2]

  1. ^ "Play Tectonics. A Novella on the Bauhaus and the Weimar Republic". Princeton University Library. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "Vanessa Friedman is part of the BoF 500". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved November 13, 2022.