Drew Elliott (born April 27, 1981) is the Global Creative Director of
MAC Cosmetics
MAC Cosmetics, stylized as M·A·C, is a Canadian cosmetics manufacturer founded in Toronto, Canada in 1984 by Frank Toskan and Frank Angelo. The company is headquartered in New York City after becoming a subsidiary of Estée Lauder Companies i ...
and a
Creative Consultant on the
reality television show
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''
America's Next Top Model
''America's Next Top Model'' (abbreviated ''ANTM'' and ''Top Model'') is an American reality television series and interactive competition in which a number of aspiring models compete for the title of "America's Next Top Model" and a chance to ...
''. Elliott was the
Chief Creative Officer
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at ''
Paper
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''. He studied pop culture and English at
New York University
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In 1832, ...
prior to his job at ''Paper''.
At ''Paper'', Elliott was renowned for projects such as
Kim Kardashian's #BreakTheInternet cover in November 2014
This fashion spread garnered over 50 million views on ''Paper''s website.
For his work at ''Paper'' and agencies like
Ketchum Inc
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., Elliott was named the keynote speaker at
Cannes Lions
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for "The Role of Technology and Marketing."
In 2016, Elliott spoke at Tedx on behalf of
Estée Lauder and joined ''America's Next Top Model'' for
Cycle 23. ''America's Next Top Model'' hired Elliott in 2016 to transform the show and make it appear more
high fashion. In addition to serving as Creative Consultant, Elliott was a judge alongside
supermodel
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Ashley Graham, celebrity stylist, Law Roach, and
British
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** Britishness, the British identity and common culture
* British English ...
singer,
Rita Ora
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.
In 2017, it was announced that ''America's Next Top Model'' franchise creator
Tyra Banks
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would return for
Cycle 24, and that Elliott would remain as a judge. In (episode 3) of Cycle 24 on ''America's Next Top Model'', Elliott revealed that he has
vitiligo
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Signs and symptoms
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, an incurable disease that causes a loss of
skin pigmentation
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.
In 2019, Drew Elliott was named Global Creative Director of
MAC Cosmetics
MAC Cosmetics, stylized as M·A·C, is a Canadian cosmetics manufacturer founded in Toronto, Canada in 1984 by Frank Toskan and Frank Angelo. The company is headquartered in New York City after becoming a subsidiary of Estée Lauder Companies i ...
, leaving his post at ''Paper''.
Drew Elliot named MAC Cosmetics global creative director
by Alexa Tietjen, WWD/Women's Wear Daily, October 11, 2019.
See also
* LGBT culture in New York City
New York City is home to one of the largest LGBTQ populations in the world and the most prominent. Brian Silverman, the author of ''Frommer's New York City from $90 a Day,'' wrote the city has "one of the world's largest, loudest, and most power ...
* List of LGBT people from New York City
New York City is home to one of the largest LGBT populations in the world and the most prominent. Brian Silverman, the author of ''Frommer's New York City from $90 a Day,'' writes that the city has "one of the world's largest, loudest, and most ...
References
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1981 births
Living people
American fashion businesspeople
New York University alumni
People with vitiligo
LGBT people from Indiana