fashion history
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Day Two of Favorite Newspaper Fashion Editors: Judy Lunn
Judy Lunn was the fashion editor of the Houston Post – one of the four “fs” of the women’s pages. Fashion was part of her family’s history. Her grandfather was a furrier. Her aunt was a lingerie designer who created a trousseau for Elizabeth Taylor when she married Eddie Fisher and a maternity gown for Lucille Ball. Lunn won her first writing award at age nine for a story on fire prevention. And while she had a knack for writing, it was fashion that caught her interest. She graduated a year early from Hunter High School in New York City. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design to study…
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In Memory of Fashion Journalist Barbara Cloud
I was sad to learn that longtime Pittsburgh fashion editor Barbara Cloud has died. Here is her obituary:“Her crisp, vibrant writing matched her fashion sense, said John Robinson Block, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Post-Gazette. “She was one of the most gifted newspaper writers that I think I’ve known over many years. She was of the older school of journalism, characterized by the clarity of how they wrote,” he said.” I had conducted several email interviews with Barbara and her opinions on designers, department stores and fashion journalism. I am completing an article about Barbara for a history journal. I was so sad to learn of her death.
