Carmel Snow
Carmel Snow, born Carmel White (1887 – 1961) was the editor-in-chief of the American edition of Harper's Bazaar from 1934 to 1958; she also served as the chair of that magazine's editorial board.[1][2][3]
She was named after Our Lady of Mount Carmel.[4] She was born in Dublin, but she and her mother moved to New York when Carmel was a child.[1] Her father Peter White caught pneumonia and died on April 7, 1893, before this move.[4][1] Her mother Annie eventually became a noted dressmaker for rich New York socialites.[1]
In 1903 Carmel finished in a convent in Brussels; the Soeurs de Sainte- Marie is where she mastered her understanding of French.[4]
In 1921 Carmel was offered the job of assistant fashion editor at Vogue by Condé Nast.[1] In 1926 she was appointed as fashion editor at Vogue.[1][5]
Also in 1926 she married George Palen Snow; she wore a gown of cream white satin trimmed with seed pearls and old Burano lace that had been in her family for many years.[6][1] She had three daughters; it was suggested that one of her children suffered from schizophrenia but this was not confirmed.[7][1]
In 1929 her brother Tom White became general manager of the Hearst publishing organization.[1] Though Carmel had promised Condé Nast she would not take a job there, she did take a job at Harper's Bazaar.[1] She famously described her goal at Harper's Bazaar as creating a magazine for "well-dressed women with well-dressed minds".[4]
She discovered Martin Munkacsi, and in 1933 persuaded him to photograph the December edition’s ‘Palm Beach’ bathing suit editorial.[1] For this editorial, he had the model run toward the camera while he photographed, which was the first instance of a fashion model being photographed in motion.[1]
Carmel became editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar in 1934.[1]
Also in 1934, she attended an Art Directors Club of New York exhibition where she discovered Alexey Brodovitch, referring to his exhibition as a revelation, describing "pages that bled beautifully, cropped photographs, typography and design that were bold and interesing".[4]
In 1936 she asked Diana Vreeland to work at Harper's Bazaar, as she was impressed with Vreeland's clothing style.[8]
In 1947 she exclaimed, "It's such a New Look!", thus coining that phrase in regard to Christian Dior's 1947 collection.[9][10]
Carmel was in the process of writing her autobiography when she passed away in 1961.[11][1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Women's Museum of Ireland | Articles | Carmel Snow". Womensmuseumofireland.ie. 2017-07-14. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
- ^ "CARMEL SNOW: TEN INFLUENTIALS - 10 Magazine10 Magazine". 10magazine.com. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
- ^ John Giacobello (2003). Careers in the Fashion Industry. The Rosen Publishing Group. pp. 106–. ISBN 978-0-8239-4082-0.
- ^ a b c d e Rowlands, Penelope (2008). A Dash of Daring: Carmel Snow and Her Life In Fashion, Art, and Letters.
- ^ "Meet The Irish Woman Who Ruled New York Fashion".
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- ^ Company History at Dior's website Archived 7 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "History of Christian Dior S.A." fundinguniverse.com.
- ^ "Carmel Snow, Editor, Dies at 73; Headed Harper's Bazaar Board: Leader in Fashion World on Both Sides of Atlantic Had Started With Vogue".
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