Vanessa Friedman was named fashion director and chief fashion critic for The New York Times in March 2014. In this role she leads global fashion coverage for both The New York Times and International New York Times on all platforms.
Before joining the paper, Friedman was the inaugural fashion editor of the Financial Times, beginning in 2003. From 2000 to 2002, she was the fashion features director for InStyle UK, after working as a fashion correspondent for the FT, an arts contributor at The Economist, and the European editor at American Elle. In addition she contributed regularly to Vogue, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Entertainment Weekly.
Friedman is the author of Emilio Pucci (Taschen) and the recipient of the 2018 Media Award from the Fashion Group International, as well as the 2013 Fashion Monitor Journalist of the Year award and the 2012 Front Page Award for fashion writing. She received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University and an honorary doctorate from Marist University.
