Tim Blanks

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OccupationTemplate:Pluralize from textBroadcaster, writer
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Notable workThe World of Anna Sui
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Tim Blanks (born Script error: No such module "Birth based on age as of dates".[1]) is a Canadian-New Zealander fashion journalist, broadcaster and writer.

Career

Blanks is the former host of the television show Fashion File, which he hosted from 1989 until 2006.[2] He worked as editor-at-large for Style.com, where he hosted Throwback Thursdays, a fashion retrospective.[3] In 2015, he became Editor-at-Large of fashion website The Business of Fashion.[4][2]

Blanks has written for a number of international magazines and newspapers, including Another, LOVE, Interview, The New York Times, Fantastic Man and System. He is the author of The World of Anna Sui and Versace Catwalk and has also contributed to monographs on, among others, Alexander McQueen, Dolce & Gabbana, Walter Van Beirendonck, Bottega Veneta and Dries Van Noten. In 2013, he was honoured by the Council of Fashion Designers of America with its Media Award, the industry's top award for fashion journalism.[5]

In 2017, Blanks became Mentor of the Master in Fashion Critique and Curation at Polimoda fashion school in Florence, Italy.[6]

Personal life

Blanks was born in Auckland, New Zealand.[7] He left the country in 1974. Blanks has lived with his partner Jeff Lounds, a perfume specialist, in London, England since 1990.[8][1]

Awards

Blanks received the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Media Award in 2013.[9][10]

Bibliography

  • Blanks, Tim (2017). The World of Anna Sui. New York: Abrams. ISBN 978-1-4197-2418-3.[11]

See also

References

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  1. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Macalister-Smith, Tilly (2016-03-10). "JW Anderson takes a tour of Tim Blanks' stylish West London home". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Schneier, Matthew (2015-08-05). "Tim Blanks Joins the Industry Website The Business of Fashion". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Throwback Thursdays with Tim Blanks". Archived from the original on 2014-09-11. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tim Blanks is part of the BoF 500". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."CFDA". cfda.com. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Polimoda (20 December 2022). "Tim Blanks joins Polimoda to shape the next generation of storytellers". Polimoda.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Woo, Kin (2015-07-22). "Insiders #100: Tim Blanks". AnOther Magazine. Retrieved 2022-07-31. Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Blanks [... won] the Eugenia Sheppard Media Award at the 2013 CFDA Awards, the prestigious industry award for fashion journalism.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kiwi fashion critics following their noses". NZ Herald. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Vogue (2013-06-03). "And the Winners Are: Announcing the 2013 CFDA Fashion Awards". Vogue. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Inc. (CFDA), Council of Fashion Designers of America. "2013 CFDA Fashion Awards Presented in New York". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The World of Anna Sui". Abrams Books. Retrieved 2025-09-16.

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