''New York Woman'' was a magazine that blended features on fashion and the arts, literary and humorous essays, and consumer-oriented services pieces such as reviews of restaurants, shops or films. Its target audience was intelligent women living in the

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. It was launched as a bimonthly by the Esquire Magazine Group Inc. in 1986. The first issue was published in September–October of that year. The mergers-and-acquisitions specialist

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of Wasserstein Perella reportedly brokered the magazine's sale to American Express Publishing, publisher of '' Travel + Leisure'' and '' Food & Wine''. ''New York Womans founding publisher was Julie Lewit-Nirenberg, who was later the founding publisher of ''

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'', often referred to as a smart woman's fashion magazine. Later she was a director of special projects at Conde-Nast. The magazine's founding editor was Betsy Carter (who went on to work for ''

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'', Oprah Winfrey's magazine). The French graphic designer

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used his creative director position at the magazine as an opportunity to further develop relationships with important clients in the fashion business such as

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and Calvin Klein. After leaving ''New York Woman'', Baron continued to earn accolades for his fashion-oriented work in advertising and for magazines such as '' Harper's Bazaar''. Writers included the playwright

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, the Andy Warhol superstar Viva, the sociologist

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, the comedy writer

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, the actress

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and

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, who later wrote for '' Vanity Fair'' magazine. ''New York Woman'' ceased publication in 1992.

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