Eva Chen (editor)
Eva Chen (born 1980) is director of fashion partnerships at Instagram.[1] Previously she was editor-in-chief of Lucky[2] and beauty and health director at Teen Vogue.[3]
Early life
Chen grew up in New York. Her parents, who are from Taipei and Shanghai, own a consulting textile import-export business, and Chen attributes her early love of fashion to her mother's influence.[4] Chen attended the Brearley School,[4] then went to college at Johns Hopkins University where she was pre-med.[5]
Career
In college, Chen interned for Harper's Bazaar.[4] After graduating from Hopkins in 2001, she worked briefly for a law firm, then joined the then-recently-launched shopping magazine Lucky, where she worked in the credits department logging the prices and sellers for the magazine's array of products.[4] She next moved to Elle where she worked in the beauty department for three years, then became beauty editor of Teen Vogue.[4]
At Lucky, Chen was the youngest editor-in-chief in the magazine's history.[6] She also became the first head of a commercial arm for the publication, Lucky Shops, serving as both editor-in-chief for the magazine and chief creative officer.[7]
In July 2015, Chen joined Instagram, owned by Facebook, to develop partnerships with fashion brands.[8]
References
- ^ Armstrong, Lisa (March 2, 2016). "Eva Chen on how Instagram made the fashion world more friendly". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ Wang, Connie (April 30, 2015). "Eva Chen Out At The Lucky Group". Refinery29. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Tommye (16 August 2013). "The Creative Class | Eva Chen, Editor". The Business of Fashion.
- ^ a b c d e Meltzer, Marisa (14 August 2013). "Eva Chen, Trending Now at Lucky Magazine". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ Le, Vanna (May 21, 2014). "Channeling Chen: How Condé Nast's Youngest Editor Is Making Normalcy And Failure Cool". Forbes. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ Roettgers, Janko (17 July 2015). "Instagram Hires Former Lucky Magazine Editor as Fashion Liaison". Variety.
- ^ Mulkerrins, Jane (March 8, 2015). "Eva Chen, the Anna Wintour of the digital age?". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ Yi, David (July 17, 2015). "Instagram poaches former Lucky editor-in-chief Eva Chen in new fashion role". Mashable. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
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