Dana Thomas
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Dana Thomas is a fashion and culture journalist based in Paris. Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Wayne, Pa., Thomas earned a B.A. in Print Journalism at American University in Washington D.C.
Thomas is currently a contributing editor for WSJ., the Wall Street Journal's monthly magazine. She served as the European editor of Conde Nast Portfolio from 2008 to 2009, was European cultural and fashion correspondent for Newsweek in Paris from 1995 to 2008, and has contributed to various publications including the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times in London and Australian Harper's Bazaar. She also writes regularly for Architectural Digest and Elle Decor.
She is the author of the New York Times bestseller
Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster
, published by The Penguin Press
in 2007. The book addresses the disparity between the rarefied world that luxury once represented- populated by private, family-owned businesses that catered to the aristocracy and the billion-dollar, mass-producing and mass-marketing industry it is today. The New York Times called the Deluxe, "a crisp, witty social history that’s as entertaining as it is informative."
Thomas lives in Paris and is a member of the Anglo-American Press Association in Paris and the Overseas Press Club. She taught journalism at The American University of Paris from 1996 to 1999. In 1987, she received the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation Scholarship and the Ellis Haller Award for Outstanding Achievement in Journalism.
Career
She began her career covering the style beat for The Washington Post in 1987.Thomas is currently a contributing editor for WSJ., the Wall Street Journal's monthly magazine. She served as the European editor of Conde Nast Portfolio from 2008 to 2009, was European cultural and fashion correspondent for Newsweek in Paris from 1995 to 2008, and has contributed to various publications including the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times in London and Australian Harper's Bazaar. She also writes regularly for Architectural Digest and Elle Decor.
She is the author of the New York Times bestseller
New York Times Best Seller list
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Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster
Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster
Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster is a New York Times bestseller.-Overview:Published in 2007 by Penguin Press, the book is written by Paris-based American journalist Dana Thomas....
, published by The Penguin Press
Penguin Group
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in 2007. The book addresses the disparity between the rarefied world that luxury once represented- populated by private, family-owned businesses that catered to the aristocracy and the billion-dollar, mass-producing and mass-marketing industry it is today. The New York Times called the Deluxe, "a crisp, witty social history that’s as entertaining as it is informative."
Thomas lives in Paris and is a member of the Anglo-American Press Association in Paris and the Overseas Press Club. She taught journalism at The American University of Paris from 1996 to 1999. In 1987, she received the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation Scholarship and the Ellis Haller Award for Outstanding Achievement in Journalism.