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Biography
Dana Thomas is a contributing editor to Condé Nast Portfolio. Based in Paris, she covers the fashion industry and culture. Previously, she was the cultural and fashion writer for Newsweek in Paris for twelve years. She has written about style for The New York Times Magazine since 1994, and has contr …
Read moreDana Thomas is a contributing editor to Condé Nast Portfolio. Based in Paris, she covers the fashion industry and culture. Previously, she was the cultural and fashion writer for Newsweek in Paris for twelve years. She has written about style for The New York Times Magazine since 1994, and has contributed to various publications including The New Yorker, Vogue, The Los Angeles Times and The Financial Times in London. She serves as the Paris correspondent for the Australian Harper’s Bazaar.
Thomas is a member of the Anglo-American Press Association in Paris and of the Overseas Press Club. She taught journalism at the American University of Paris from 1996 to 1999. In 1987, Thomas received the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation Scholarship and the Ellis Haller Award for Outstanding Achievement in Journalism. She lives in Paris with her husband Hervé and their young daughter Lucie Lee.
Visit Thomas’ website at www.danathomas.info.
Speaking Topics
- Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster
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Deluxe
“Deluxe is delicious if you know about fashion; fascinating even if you don’t. Dana Thomas is a fearless reporter who shows how so many designer goods have gone to hell in a handbag." —Joel Achenbach, Washington Post columnist and author of The Grand Idea 
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