Feb
5
Tonight: Meet Fashion Journalist and Author Dana Thomas
February 5, 2015 | Leave a Comment
Attention, writers! You’re invited to an informal lecture by writer Dana Thomas, author of the new double-biography Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano.
When: Thursday, Feb. 5, 5:00 p.m.
Where: Arnold Hall room 139 (Savannah)
Title: “The Clash Between Art and Commerce in a Global Business World”
About the Author: Dana Thomas is the author of the new double-biography Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano and the New York Times bestseller, Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster, both published by The Penguin Press. She is a contributing editor for T: The New York Times Style Magazine as well as a regular contributor to Architectural Digest. She began her career writing for the Style section of The Washington Post in Washington, D.C. and from 1995 to 2011, she served as a cultural and fashion correspondent for Newsweek in Paris. She has written for the New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, WSJ, the Financial Times, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Elle Decor and was the European editor of Condé Nast Portfolio. Thomas is a member of the Anglo-American Press Association in Paris and the Overseas Press Club. She taught journalism at The American University of Paris from 1996 to 1999. In 1987, she received the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation Scholarship and the Ellis Haller Award for Outstanding Achievement in Journalism. She lives in Paris.