Suzy Menkes

Suzy Menkes, OBE (born 24 December 1943) is a British journalist and esteemed fashion critic. Formerly fashion editor for the International Herald Tribune, Menkes is now International Fashion Editor for nineteen international editions of Vogue online.

Biography

Menkes was born in the UK. She was educated at Brighton and Hove High School. As a teenager in the 1960s, she moved to Paris to study dressmaking at at the Chambre Syndicale fashion school. Her landlady gained her entry into her first couture show at Nina Ricci, which sparked her interest in high fashion. Menkes now lives in Paris, is widowed and has three sons and three granddaughters. She holds the Legion d'Honneur in France and a British OBE. Menkes is Jewish.

On her return from Paris, she read history and English literature at Newnham College, Cambridge while her sister studied at Oxford. After Cambridge, she worked for The Times reporting on fashion. In addition to her journalism, she has written several books, particularly on British Royal style.