Eva Chen (editor)

Eva Chen (born September 24, 1979) is the director of fashion partnerships at Instagram[1] and a children's book author.[2] Previously she was editor-in-chief of Lucky[3] and beauty and health director at Teen Vogue.[4]

This article is about the fashion editor. For the CEO of Micro Trend, see Eva Chen.
Eva Chen
Chen at Paris Fashion Week 2019
Born (1979-09-24) September 24, 1979
Alma materJohns Hopkins University
OccupationFashion editor
OrganizationInstagram
Known forEditor of Lucky
Home townNew York City
Spouse(s)Thomas Bannister
Children2

Early life

Chen grew up in New York. Her parents, who are originally from Taipei and Shanghai, own a consulting textile import-export business, and Chen attributes her early love of fashion to her mother's influence.[5] Chen attended the Brearley School,[5] then went to college at Johns Hopkins University where she was pre-med.[6]

Career

In college, Chen interned for fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar. After graduating from Hopkins in 2001, she worked briefly for a law firm before joining 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 and eventually became editor-in-chief. She next moved to Elle where she worked in the beauty department for three years before she became beauty editor of Teen Vogue.[7]

At Lucky, Chen was the youngest editor-in-chief in the magazine's history.[8] 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.[9]

Chen with illustrator Derek Desierto signing books at BookCon in 2019

In July 2015, Chen joined Instagram, owned by Facebook, to develop partnerships with fashion brands.[10] She is presently Head of Fashion Partnerships for the social media platform, and has launched a number of fashion and e-commerce features at Instagram, including shopping fashion looks directly from influencers' feeds[11] and the Instagram Shop account.[12]

Chen is also a book author[13] and has written three children's books, all illustrated by Derek Desierto: Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes (2018), A Is for Awesome: 23 Iconic Women Who Changed the World (2019), and Juno Valentine and the Fantastic Fashion Adventure (2019).

On May 27, 2010, Chen was invited to and gave special remarks at her alma mater Johns Hopkins University's 2020 Commencement ceremony. [14] Other notable guest speakers during the virtual ceremony included Reddit co-founder and Commencement speaker Alexis Ohanian; philanthropist and former New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg; Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a leading member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force; and senior class president Pavan Patel. [15]

Personal life

In 2000, Chen studied abroad for a year in England at Oxford, where she met her husband, Thomas Bannister.[16] Chen and Bannister have two children together, Ren and Tao, born in 2015 and 2017.[17]

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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. "Eva Chen Is Writing a Children's Book". Vogue. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  3. Wang, Connie (April 30, 2015). "Eva Chen Out At The Lucky Group". Refinery29. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  4. Fitzpatrick, Tommye (16 August 2013). "The Creative Class | Eva Chen, Editor". The Business of Fashion.
  5. Meltzer, Marisa (14 August 2013). "Eva Chen, Trending Now at Lucky Magazine". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  6. Le, Vanna (May 21, 2014). "Channeling Chen: How Condé Nast's Youngest Editor Is Making Normalcy And Failure Cool". Forbes. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  7. "Eva Chen". Business of Fashion. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  8. Roettgers, Janko (17 July 2015). "Instagram Hires Former Lucky Magazine Editor as Fashion Liaison". Variety.
  9. Mulkerrins, Jane (March 8, 2015). "Eva Chen, the Anna Wintour of the digital age?". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  10. Yi, David (July 17, 2015). "Instagram poaches former Lucky editor-in-chief Eva Chen in new fashion role". Mashable. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  11. "Instagram users can now buy influencer looks. Eva Chen explains why". Vogue Business. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  12. "Instagram Hones in on Publishers' Turf With Shopping Recommendations". Business of Fashion. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  13. "Eva Chen". us.macmillan.com. macmillan. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  14. Eva Chen (2020-05-21). "Johns Hopkins Alumni Welcome the Class of 2020". Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  15. Hub staff report (2020-05-21). "Senior class president Pavan Patel said the Class of 2020 is "ready to make its mark"". Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  16. Dash, Kristie. "Meet Fashion's coolest girl boss Eva Chen". Retrieved 2018-10-30.
  17. "Eva Chen introduces newborn son to the world". Page Six. 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
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