Jessica Diehl to Lead Air Mail’s Coming Style Vertical

Air Mail, the newsletter-led publication based by former Vainness Truthful editor-in-chief Graydon Carter and New York Occasions reporter Alessandra Stanley, has appointed Jessica Diehl to be the editor of its soon-to-be-launched fashion vertical.

Diehl is a former colleague of Carter’s, beforehand serving because the inventive director of trend and magnificence at Vainness Truthful; earlier than that, she frolicked at Vogue and Attract. Most not too long ago, she’s labored as a advisor and stylist with manufacturers together with Hugo Boss and Dior.

At Air Mail, she will likely be in command of main protection of trend, fashion and commerce, and creating the publication’s editorial technique for its yet-to-be-named vertical. Set to formally debut in 2024, the vertical will cowl trend from a service perspective and can function an editorial praise to Air Supply, Air Mail’s e-commerce shop.

“The brand new fashion vertical will likely be much less about information and extra about style, curation, and commerce,” stated Diehl. “Air Mail readers already know one of the simplest ways to tie a trench coat, or the place to purchase one of the best pair of classic denims in London. They want curation, discovery, and entry to match their style degree and class.”

The publication’s first separate vertical, the beauty-and-wellness-focussed Look, is led by one other Condé Nast veteran, Linda Wells, the founding editor of Attract.

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