FT Launches Fashion and Luxury Blog

FT Fashion Editor Vanessa Friedman

The UK business publication, Financial Times, has launched a blog that deals with the fashion and luxury industries from a corporate and consumer point of view, as well as the subject of dress among those in public eye.

The blog, “Material World,” is edited by FT fashion editor Vanessa Friedman, a position she’s held since 2003. Other FT reporters and editors also will contribute posts.

The blog started on September 1 and so far has included the style of President Barack Obama and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, insider perspectives of New York Fashion Week and a scoop about Tom Ford that Friedman learned about while in the doctor’s office.