Biographical note

An award-winning journalist, Constance C. R. White has served as editor-in-chief of Essence magazine, and was previously a style reporter for the New York Times, the founding fashion editor of Talk magazine and the first and only black executive fashion editor at a major fashion magazine, Elle. Before that she was an associate editor at Women's Wear Daily and W. As a style director, brand consultant, and spokesperson for eBay, she conceived the organization's first fashion webzine and developed content and strategies aimed at women. White was a consultant, and a regular contributor to the Chicago Tribune and Ozy.com, where she has written about Michelle Obama and Nicolas Ghesquiere, among other fashion icons. She is currently fashion features editor for TheImpression.com. She has been a frequent guest on news and entertainment programs including The Today Show, MSNBC, and New York Live, and she helped develop the first daily fashion news show, which she co-wrote and hosted for Cablevision's Full Frontal Fashion. She conceived and edited the book, Essence: A Salute to Michelle Obama (2013), and she is the author of Stylenoir (1998), published by Perigee/Putnam.