fashion journalism
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Betty Peach – San Diego fashion editor
Betty Peach was the longtime fashion editor at the San Diego newspaper – she also covered the city’s zoo. From Peach’s obituary: Longtime San Diego reporter, world traveler and private pilot, Betty Peach-Tschirgi, 99, died peacefully at her home in Pacific Beach on April Fool’s evening, 2016. As an inveterate prankster, she would have applauded the date. Betty Peach was on the staff of the Evening Tribune from 1948 to 1982, covering the San Diego Zoo, New York fashion shows and national presidential conventions, beginning with Eisenhower in 1952. She was the first to sign on for adventurous assignments — flying with the Blue Angels over Miramar; going to sea…
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San Antonio Fashion Editor Mildred Whitaker
I found an archive with a photo of San Antonio Fashion Editor Mildred Whitaker. I am in search of examples of her reporting.
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Pittsburgh Fashion Editor Barbara Cloud
Today I am writing about Barbara Cloud – the late fashion editor several Pennsylvania newspapers, including the now-defunct Pittsburgh Press and the Post-Gazette. In a magazine profile she said:“Not being schooled in fashion writing,” says Cloud—who would later serve as fashion editor of The Pittsburgh Press for 33 years—“possibly allowed me to open up with more personal observations. That’s what I found interesting. When I want to share a story with readers, I begin to write as if I am writing a letter to a friend and I want them to know what or who I have just seen.” And Cloud has seen and has interviewed some amazingly interesting people—everyone…
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Dallas Fashion Editor Graydon Heartsill
A Dallas native, Graydon Heartsill earned a journalism degree from Southern Methodist University where she served as a campus correspondent for the Dallas Dispatch. After graduating in 1928, she began work at the Dallas Times-Herald where she remained for decades. In 1943, she covered the first national press week of the New York Dress Institute and became the newspaper’s fashion editor. She reported on the Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco and Miami fashion markets. She twice covered the European fashion shows. She won a Penney-Missouri Award in 1963 for fashion reporting.
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Chicago Fashion Editor Peg Zwecker
Embed from Getty Images Peg Zwecker was a longtime fashion editor at the Chicago Daily News and then the Chicago Sun Times. She hired Lois Wille as her assistant – Wille went on to win two Pulitzer Prizes. Zwecker is known for discovering Halston. She was inducted into the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame.
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Detroit Fashion Editor Marji Kuntz
Another fashion editor who I am interested in learning more about is Marji Kunz of Detroit – she worked for both newspapers in the city. The Detroit Free Press includes her in an article about the newspaper’s history: “Marji Kunz — fashion writer who often surprised readers and made the fashion makeover popular — once attended a formal affair in an elegant nightgown to prove a point.” She is described this way by the API’s Carol Ann Riordan: “Marji Kunz, a fashion writer for The Detroit Free Press, inspired me when I was growing up. She didn’t cover her beat like every other fashion writer: getting swept away by clothing…
