Minorities Are Top Fashion Journalists

With the announcement of the first African-American President last night, Barack Obama, as a minority, I feel a great sense of pride. It also ignited in me to blog about some of the most influential, critically-acclaimed fashion journalists today who happen to be African-American.

I found this site that features two prominent fashion journalists, one who changed my life with her eye-opening book, The End of Fashion, the other – writing a riveting article for Harper’s Bazaar called “Everyone is a fashion critic“.

These journalists are of course Teri Agins from The Wall Street Journal, and Pulitzer Prize winner Robin Givhan from The Washington Post.

Fashion Roundtable: An Interview with Three Leading Black Fashion Journalists

Lookonline.com posted an interview with these two admirable women along with Constance White, of whom I am not familiar with, who has previously written for The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune. Frankly, this is a goldmine interview of these women who had to struggle through the newspaper and magazine industry. They talk of their experiences at Vogue and Elle, as well as tips in writing compelling news articles- articles with heart, articles with an impact. This is a rare article indeed that looks into the careers of these successful fashion journalists, and I can only feel inspired to follow in their footsteps one day.

Ok, it’s old, posted about 6 years ago in 2002, but this is a timeless piece. These journalists are still active today, still reporting on fashion with the eye of a reporter.

Image credit: lookonline.com