Alexandra Kotur is an American

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 author

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 and fashion journalist

Fashion journalism

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. Kotur is the style director of U.S. Vogue. Kotur is an international taste-maker and member of the International Best-Dressed List

International Best Dressed List

The International Best Dressed List was founded by fashionista Eleanor Lambert in 1940 as an attempt to boost the reputation of American fashion at the time.People who have been on the list include from A to Z:-The International Hall of Fame: Women:...

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Background and Career

Alexandra Kotur grew up on the Upper East Side

Upper East Side

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 of Manhattan

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, graduating from The Chapin School. Kotur graduated from Middlebury College

Middlebury College

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 with a degree in art history

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Upon graduation, Kotur moved to London

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, working in the PR department of Ralph Lauren

Polo Ralph Lauren

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 and then at British GQ as an assistant to fashion director Jo Levin. In 1995, Kotur returned to New York

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 to work for Vogue, serving as an assistant to European editor Hamish Bowles

Hamish Bowles

Hamish Bowles is the European Editor at Large for Vogue and involved in the worlds of fashion and interior design.- Background :As the European Editor at Large for Vogue, Hamish Bowles is recognized as one of the most respected authorities on the worlds of fashion and interior design. After...

. She is the style director and a contributing editor at U.S. Vogue.

Kotur is the author of Carolina Herrera

Carolina Herrera (fashion designer)

Carolina Herrera Carolina Herrera Carolina Herrera (born María Carolina Josefina Pacanins y Niño (born January 8, 1939) is a Venezuelan and naturalized American fashion designer and entrepreneur who founded her eponymous company in 1980.-Early life:...

: Portrait of a Fashion Icon (2004) and co-author (with Hamish Bowles

Hamish Bowles

Hamish Bowles is the European Editor at Large for Vogue and involved in the worlds of fashion and interior design.- Background :As the European Editor at Large for Vogue, Hamish Bowles is recognized as one of the most respected authorities on the worlds of fashion and interior design. After...

) of The World in Vogue: People, Parties, Places (2009).

Kotur is a member of the International Best-Dressed List

International Best Dressed List

The International Best Dressed List was founded by fashionista Eleanor Lambert in 1940 as an attempt to boost the reputation of American fashion at the time.People who have been on the list include from A to Z:-The International Hall of Fame: Women:...

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List of works

• Caroline Herrera
  Carolina Herrera (fashion designer)
  Carolina Herrera Carolina Herrera Carolina Herrera (born María Carolina Josefina Pacanins y Niño (born January 8, 1939) is a Venezuelan and naturalized American fashion designer and entrepreneur who founded her eponymous company in 1980.-Early life:...
  
  : Portrait of a Fashion Icon (2004)
• The World in Vogue: People, Parties, Places (2009)

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