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Lynn Yaeger
Yaeger in 2013
Yaeger in 2013
BornNew York City, U.S.[1]
OccupationContributing fashion editor and columnist
Website
www.vogue.com/contributor/lynn-yaeger

Lynn Yaeger is an American journalist who works as contributing fashion editor to Vogue and Vogue.com.[2][3] She is a former fashion reporter for The Village Voice, having worked for the paper for 30 years. Her column, "Elements of Style," was renamed "Frock Star"[who?] in February 2007. Yaeger has regularly contributed to publications including The New York Times, The New Yorker,[1] and The Atlantic.[4]

Yaeger was also a fashion columnist for Full Frontal Fashion and the curator for the vintage section of fashion retail website yoox.com.[5][6]

Early life and education

Lynn Yaeger was born in New York City and grew up on Long Island, which she hated —"the only good thing about it is that it is fairly near NYC," she said.[7][8] She enrolled at Fordham University and initially studied sociology before switching to art history. She attended a graduate program at The New School in political economy.[7]

Awards

In 2008, Yaeger won first place in the National Society of Newspaper Columnists' category of humor writing for newspapers with more than 100,000 circulation.[9]

In 2019 the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) awarded her the Media Award in Honor of Eugenia Sheppard.[7]

Personal life

Lynn Yaeger lives in New York City. She is known for her eccentric clothing style, dark cupid's-bow lipstick, and self-cut hair. She is a Japanophile.[6] In an interview with PAPER magazine, fashion designer Marc Jacobs said that Yaeger was one of his muses[10] and her style has been noted to influenced other fashion designers including Undercover, Alexander Wang, and Chloé.[11] Yaeger is friends with Michael Musto from the Village Voice, but said that she was "terrified" of him prior to becoming friends. She also described Mickey Boardman as "the most fun" who "never said a bad word about anyone." She describe Paper magazine as "kind of the bible of downtown cool" with editors "who were friendlier"; "it felt like they got me, especially Mickey."[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Lynn Yaeger | The New Yorker". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  2. ^ therealreal (September 9, 2016), Real Talk: A Conversation With Vogue Contributing Editor Lynn Yaeger, archived from the original on December 1, 2020, retrieved July 2, 2018
  3. ^ "Lynn Yaeger - Vogue". Vogue. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  4. ^ Yaeger, Lynn. "Lynn Yaeger". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  5. ^ "Exclusive interview with collections curator Lynn Yaeger: "These". The Independent. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  6. ^ a b Schuessler, Bobby. "Yoox Lynn Yaeger Vintage Collection". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  7. ^ a b c "CFDA". cfda.com. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  8. ^ "Lynn Yaeger". Vogue. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  9. ^ http://www.columnists.com/awards/column-contest-winners/ Complete list of National Society of Newspaper Columnists' award winners
  10. ^ "Lynn Yaeger Is Keeping the Fashion Fantasy Alive". PAPER. March 27, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  11. ^ Schneier, Matthew (March 9, 2016). "Lynn Yaeger: Fashion Muse". The New York Times. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  12. ^ "Friends Who Saw It All (Published 2021)". April 12, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2023.

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