Lisa Armstrong (writer)

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Lisa Armstrong

OBE is a British author and journalist. She is Head of Fashion of The Daily Telegraph.[1]

Early life and education

Born in the UK, Armstrong grew up in Dorset in the sixties and seventies, where she says that "fashion didn’t really exist".

Press Association
, which she was also presented with in 2019.

Journalism

After graduating, Armstrong was offered a job at Elle UK after her freelance writing work was spotted by the then-editor Sally Brampton.[4] From there, she moved to British edition of Vogue, working under Liz Tilberis, and made her way from fashion writer to fashion features director.[4] She was Fashion Editor of The Independent before returning to Vogue under Alexandra Shulman.[4] Prior to her role at the Telegraph, she held the fashion editor post at The Times.[4] Armstrong is a contributor to Harper's Bazaar, for whom she published her 2011 style manual.[6]

In 2000, Armstrong was the fashion journalist chosen by the

Yves Saint Laurent brand for its multiple name changes.[1]
Since 2015, she has also written a beauty column in The Telegraph.

Armstrong was appointed

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to fashion.[9]

Novels

Armstrong has written four novels.

ELLE reviewed her first novel, Front Row, as "Has all the juice of a Jackie Collins plus the kind of fash pack details that Armstrong, as fashion features director at Vogue, knows all about."[10] In contrast, the Birmingham Post thought it was amusing, affectionate and indulgent.[11] Armstrong herself commented on Front Row: "It would've been hypocritical of me to do a complete annihilation job. I still work in that world and although it can be absurd and stupid sometimes I just found it funnier the more I observed and wrote about it."[11]

Her other novels are Dead Stylish (2001), Bad Manors (2004) and Déjà View (2005).

References

  1. ^ a b "Lisa Armstrong: Fashion Editor, The Daily Telegraph". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  2. ^ Armstrong, Lisa (10 September 2011). "How I became a fashion editor". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Bristol University: Alumni working in journalism". Bristol University. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d e Macalister-Smith, Tilly. "My Fashion Life: Lisa Armstrong". MatchesFashion.Com. MatchesFashion.Com. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Lisa Armstrong biography". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  6. ISBN 9781845136611
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  7. ^ "Dress of the Year: 2000 - 2009". Fashion Museum, Bath. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  8. ^
    ISBN 9780300124675
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  9. ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N10.
  10. ^ "Seriously frothy: making fun of fashion". The Economist. 1 August 1998. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2014 – via HighBeam.
  11. ^ a b Rice, Carole Ann (29 July 1998). "Fashion Conscious with a Conscience; It's a Grim Job but Someone Has to Do It". The Birmingham Post.[dead link]

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