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United States Derek Blasberg is a writer, editor, and fashion industry personality recognized for his contributions to fashion media and digital content.
Derek Blasberg served as the Head of Fashion & Beauty Partnerships at YouTube from 2018 to 2022, leading the division responsible for developing relationships and strategies related to fashion and beauty content on the platform.
Derek Blasberg is a contributor at Vanity Fair, where he hosted a web video series called "Conversations In The Backseat" from 2015 to 2016, interviewing various celebrities.
Derek Blasberg has been with Gagosian Gallery since 2014, working as a senior staffer and currently serving as the executive editor of Gagosian Quarterly, the gallery's publication.
Derek Blasberg co-wrote several New York City editions of the Louis Vuitton Travel Guides. He has also been mentioned in connection with partners like Louis Vuitton in his role at YouTube to make fashion fashionable on the platform.
As part of his efforts to engage fashion brands with YouTube, Derek Blasberg's partners included Dior.
In his work with YouTube, Derek Blasberg collaborated with brands such as Marc Jacobs to bring high fashion to the platform.
Derek Blasberg's partnerships with fashion brands for YouTube included Victoria Beckham, working to integrate her brand into the platform's content.
As part of his initiatives at YouTube focused on fashion, Derek Blasberg partnered with figures like Alexa Chung.
Derek Blasberg included Love magazine among his partners to expand fashion content on YouTube.
Derek Blasberg teamed up with Collect Interior to support CityMeals on Wheels, an organization dedicated to providing meals to homebound elderly New Yorkers.
Derek Blasberg has worked as a consultant for creative projects with fashion brands, including Tiffany's.
Derek Blasberg had his own Opening Ceremony stationery line called the "Handwritten Letter Helper," which included etiquette tips for correspondence.
Derek Charles Blasberg was born on April 22, 1982, in St. Louis, Missouri. His father, Bill Blasberg, worked as a certified public accountant, and his mother, Carol Blasberg, was the managing editor of a medical journal. After graduating as salutatorian from Affton High School in 2000, Blasberg moved to New York City to attend New York University. During his college years, he began his career in fashion by writing biographies for models at Elite Model Management and Models 1, and held part-time positions at “W” magazine and “Vogue,” transitioning to a full-time role at “Vogue” after his 2004 graduation.
Blasberg further developed his writing career from 2006 to 2010 as the editor-at-large of Style.com, where he authored “The Blasblog.” In 2008, he edited “Influence,” a fashion and art book conceived by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. His debut book, “Classy: Exceptional Advice for the Extremely Modern Lady,” published in April 2010, became a New York Times bestseller. This was followed by a sequel, “Very Classy: Even More Exceptional Advice for the Extremely Modern Lady,” in October 2011. He served as a senior staffer at Gagosian Gallery starting in 2014, contributing to the “Gagosian Quarterly.” From 2015 to 2016, he hosted “Conversations In The Backseat,” a web series for Vanity Fair, interviewing various celebrities.
In April 2016, Blasberg became the inaugural host of CNN International’s “CNN Style,” a television program covering fashion, art, architecture, and design. He also took on editor-at-large roles for “Harper’s BAZAAR,” “V” and “VMan” magazines, and “Garage Magazine.” In September 2015, he released the coffee table book “Harper’s BAZAAR: Models.” A significant career move occurred in 2018 when he joined YouTube as the Head of Fashion and Beauty Partnerships, a role he held until 2022. Currently, Blasberg is a contributing editor at “Harper’s Bazaar” and the executive editor of “Gagosian Quarterly.” He is also a media and culture consultant for HBO’s “Succession” and curated “Avedon 100” in 2023 for the Richard Avedon Foundation.
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