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Business of Fashion
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Business of Fashion
Robin Givhan Exits The Washington Post
Robin Givhan on Sunday announced that she took a buyout from The Washington Post, which has been offering packages to tenured staffers who have been at the newspaper for more than 10 years. Givhan, who joined the Post in 1995, served as its premier fashion critic before transitioning to senior critic-at-large in 2020 — where she covered everything from European luxury fashion to the role of personal style in American politics. Givhan briefly decamped to Newsweek as style and culture correspondent from 2010 to 2012 before returning to the Post in 2014. In 2006, Givhan won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, remaining the only fashion writer to snag the award. In her Instagram post, Givhan said she'll be taking time to resume the tour for her book 'Make It Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh,' that was released in June and chronicles the rise of the late designer. But she remained coy about her future career plans. 'There's still a lot to be said, and I'm just self-centered enough to believe I'm someone who needs to be heard,' Givhan said in her post. 'So I'm not done. Democracy definitely dies in darkness, but it is gravely wounded by silence.' ADVERTISEMENT Learn more: Power Moves | Robin Givhan Appointed As The Washington Post's Senior Critic at Large, Fenty Fashion Names New Managing Director This week, renowned journalist Robin Givhan expands her role at The Washington Post, while Bastien Renard joined Rihanna's LVMH-owned Fenty brand as its new managing director.
Washington Post
01-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Hear Robin Givhan and Marc Jacobs on creativity, vulnerability and getting older
Click play for the full audio Read the full transcript below Marc Jacobs: [00:00:00] Robin, does it bother you if I vape? Robin Givhan: [00:00:03] No. Marc Jacobs: [00:00:03] It doesn't? Okay. Helps me to feel more comfortable in the world. Robin Givhan: [00:00:11] So we're sitting in an office at Marc Jacobs Headquarters in New York. We're here talking about creativity and Marc's influence on generations of designers. We're also talking about the anxiety of staying relevant. He's just unveiled his 2026 runway collection, and he admits that he's not sure what consumers want these days. The fact is he's never been sure, but I don't think his instincts have ever let him down.
Vogue
29-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Vogue
On the Podcast: Robin Givhan Discusses Her Latest Book Make it Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture With Virgil Abloh
When Virgil Abloh suddenly passed away in 2021, at the age of 41 from a rare form of cancer, he occupied a unique place in the industry. As creative director of Louis Vuitton men's, he had one of the most visible and influential jobs in fashion. He was widely celebrated for breaking down barriers and his decidedly egalitarian approach to being creative, but his unlikely path to the top meant he often encountered resistance when it came to the establishment. It was this combination of factors that led Robin Givhan, the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic at the Washington Post, to write a book focused on his career. 'I'm sure you read some of my criticism of Virgil when he was designing womenswear for Off-White—I was pretty critical, and you know, there were definitely moments when I just did not think that his work for women made sense in the broader fashion context,' she tells Nicole Phelps and Digital Style Director Leah Faye Cooper in the latest episode of The Run-Through. 'But his customers felt this intimacy that I thought was unlike the relationship that other designers had with their customers. After he passed away, I thought it would be interesting to explore what I was seeing as a critic, simply responding to the clothes, and how this whole other community of people was responding to the clothes and the fact that he made them.' Listen to the episode to learn more about what Givhan considers Abloh's accomplishments and impact on fashion to be.
NZ Herald
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Fashion icon Virgil Abloh gets the bio he deserves in Make It Ours
Robin Givhan's book charts Abloh's rise and reign in the fashion world before his untimely death in 2021. In March 2018, when Louis Vuitton named Virgil Abloh its first African American menswear artistic director, Robin Givhan, The Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion critic, quipped that she hoped the storied French
Washington Post
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Fashion icon Virgil Abloh gets the bio he deserves in ‘Make It Ours'
In March 2018, when Louis Vuitton named Virgil Abloh its first African American menswear artistic director, Robin Givhan, The Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion critic, quipped that she hoped the storied French fashion house would have 'ample security when he debuts his first collection in Paris in June,' since his 'legion' of 'hyper-energized, emotive' fans would vie to get close to him.
