Eva Chen (editor)

Eva Chen
Alma mater Johns Hopkins University
Occupation Fashion editor
Employer Instagram
Home town New York City

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]

She has written two forthcoming children's books, both illustrated by Derek Desierto: Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes (2018) and A Is for Awesome: 23 Iconic Women Who Changed the World (2019).

References

  1. ↑ Armstrong, Lisa (March 2, 2016). "Eva Chen on how Instagram made the fashion world more friendly". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Wang, Connie (April 30, 2015). "Eva Chen Out At The Lucky Group". Refinery29. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Tommye (16 August 2013). "The Creative Class | Eva Chen, Editor". The Business of Fashion.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Meltzer, Marisa (14 August 2013). "Eva Chen, Trending Now at Lucky Magazine". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Le, Vanna (May 21, 2014). "Channeling Chen: How Condé Nast's Youngest Editor Is Making Normalcy And Failure Cool". Forbes. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  6. ↑ Roettgers, Janko (17 July 2015). "Instagram Hires Former Lucky Magazine Editor as Fashion Liaison". Variety.
  7. ↑ Mulkerrins, Jane (March 8, 2015). "Eva Chen, the Anna Wintour of the digital age?". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  8. ↑ 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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