Editor-in-chief of the American edition of Harper's Bazaar from 1934 to 1958; she also served as the chair of that magazine's editorial board. In 1921 she was offered the job of assistant fashion editor at Vogue by Condé Nast. In 1926 she was appointed as fashion editor at Vogue and married George Palen Snow; wearing a gown of cream white satin trimmed with seed pearls and old Burano lace that had been in her family for many years.
She later had three daughters. It was rumored that one of them suffered from schizophrenia, but this diagnosis has not been confirmed. In 1929 her brother Tom White became general manager of the Hearst publishing organization. Though Carmel had promised Condé Nast she would not take a job there, she did take a job at Harper's Bazaar. She famously described her goal at Harper's Bazaar as creating a magazine for "well-dressed women with well-dressed minds." She discovered Martin Munkacsi, and in 1933 persuaded him to photograph the Harper's Bazaar December edition's 'Palm Beach' bathing suit editorial.
For this editorial, he had the model Lucille Brokaw run toward the camera while he photographed, which was the first instance of a fashion model being photographed in motion. She became editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar in 1934. She hired her art director Alexey Brodovitch on the basis of a 1934 exhibition of his work in graphic design at the Art Directors Club of New York. She described his exhibit as a revelation, mentioning "pages that bled beautifully, cropped photographs, typography and design that were bold and interesting". She found her fashion editor, Diana Vreeland, after noticing her dancing across a crowded room. In 1947 she exclaimed, "It's such a new look!", thus coining that phrase in regard to Christian Dior's 1947 collection.
After retirement Snow spent three years living in Rossyvera House in Clew Bay, Co. Mayo, but the move was not a success. Her friends visited infrequently, and she found the isolation and climate too much to bear. She returned to New York and died in her sleep on 7 May 1961. Her funeral was so well attended that it had to be moved from the Lady Chapel to the main body of Saint Patrick's Cathedral. Carmel Snow was buried in a red brocade Balenciaga suit, at the Memorial Cemetery of Saint John in Cold Spring Harbour, Long Island, New York.
Editor-in-chief of the American edition of Harper's Bazaar from 1934 to 1958; she also served as the chair of that magazine's editorial board. In 1921 she was offered the job of assistant fashion editor at Vogue by Condé Nast. In 1926 she was appointed as fashion editor at Vogue and married George Palen Snow; wearing a gown of cream white satin trimmed with seed pearls and old Burano lace that had been in her family for many years.
She later had three daughters. It was rumored that one of them suffered from schizophrenia, but this diagnosis has not been confirmed. In 1929 her brother Tom White became general manager of the Hearst publishing organization. Though Carmel had promised Condé Nast she would not take a job there, she did take a job at Harper's Bazaar. She famously described her goal at Harper's Bazaar as creating a magazine for "well-dressed women with well-dressed minds." She discovered Martin Munkacsi, and in 1933 persuaded him to photograph the Harper's Bazaar December edition's 'Palm Beach' bathing suit editorial.
For this editorial, he had the model Lucille Brokaw run toward the camera while he photographed, which was the first instance of a fashion model being photographed in motion. She became editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar in 1934. She hired her art director Alexey Brodovitch on the basis of a 1934 exhibition of his work in graphic design at the Art Directors Club of New York. She described his exhibit as a revelation, mentioning "pages that bled beautifully, cropped photographs, typography and design that were bold and interesting". She found her fashion editor, Diana Vreeland, after noticing her dancing across a crowded room. In 1947 she exclaimed, "It's such a new look!", thus coining that phrase in regard to Christian Dior's 1947 collection.
After retirement Snow spent three years living in Rossyvera House in Clew Bay, Co. Mayo, but the move was not a success. Her friends visited infrequently, and she found the isolation and climate too much to bear. She returned to New York and died in her sleep on 7 May 1961. Her funeral was so well attended that it had to be moved from the Lady Chapel to the main body of Saint Patrick's Cathedral. Carmel Snow was buried in a red brocade Balenciaga suit, at the Memorial Cemetery of Saint John in Cold Spring Harbour, Long Island, New York.
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