Amy Fine Collins is an American journalist, muse, and author who has been a special correspondent for ''Vanity Fair'' since 1993, covering culture, style, and fashion. Starting in 2019 Amy began collaborating as an editor-at-large of Airmail magazine with

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Early life and education

Amy was born in Fairfield, Connecticut, as the daughter of Dr. Harold J. Fine. She grew up between

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and

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with regular trips to family in New York. She graduated from Swarthmore College and

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

with three degrees in Art History.

Career

Amy taught at

for two years and at

Parsons The New School for Design Parsons School of Design, known colloquially as Parsons, is a private art and design college located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Founded in 1896 after a group of progressive artists broke away from established Manhat ...

for one. Thereafter she became a Style Editor under Nancy Novogrod at ''House & Garden'' and Style Editor at

Harper’s Bazaar ''Harper's Bazaar'' is an American monthly women's fashion magazine. It was first published in New York City on November 2, 1867, as the weekly ''Harper's Bazar''. ''Harper's Bazaar'' is published by Hearst and considers itself to be the st ...

under

Liz Tilberis Elizabeth Jane Tilberis (née Kelly; 7 September 1947 – 21 April 1999) was a British fashion magazine editor of Manx and English ancestry. Tilberis was born in Shirehampton, Bristol in 1947''Vanity Fair'', under

, as contributing editor. In 1993 she became Special Correspondent for the magazine. In 2003 she became one of the partners of the International Best Dressed List.

Honors

In 1994 Amy was inducted into the International Best Dressed List, and in 1997 into its

International Best Dressed Hall of Fame List The International Best-Dressed Hall of Fame List was founded by fashionista Eleanor Lambert in 1940 as an attempt to boost the reputation of American fashion at the time. The American magazine ''Vanity Fair'' is currently in charge of the List af ...

. She was awarded the

Front Page Award The Front Page Award is an award given by the Newswomen's Club of New York The Newswomen's Club of New York is a nonprofit organization that focuses on women working in the media in the New York City metropolitan area. Founded in 1922 as the New Yor ...

by the

Newswomen's Club of New York The Newswomen's Club of New York is a nonprofit organization that focuses on women working in the media in the New York City metropolitan area. Founded in 1922 as the New York Newspaper Woman's Club, it included Eleanor Roosevelt, Helen Rogers Reid ...

for her cultural criticism piece 'Toujours Couture' written for ''Vanity Fair''. In 2011 she won the award again, for in-depth reporting, for her article 'Sex Trafficking in America: The Girls Next Door' written for ''Vanity Fair''.

Books

*''American Impressionism'', published in 1990 by Smithmark Publishers *''Hair Style'', published in 1995 *''The God of Driving'', published in 2004

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Amy Fine American women journalists Swarthmore College alumni Columbia University alumni American magazine editors Women magazine editors Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American women