Joe Zee (born November 23, 1968) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian fashion stylist, journalist, and producer, known for ''

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'' (1981), '' FABLife'' (2015) and ''Celebrity Style Story'' (2012). Zee served as

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of '' Elle'' for seven years. He became

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and executive creative officer of '' Yahoo! Style'' in April 2014. He resigned from Yahoo in June 2017.

Career

In the mid-1990s, Zee met stylist Lori Goldstein at an '' Allure'' party, and soon became her assistant. He was described in a ''

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'' profile as a leader in the mass market and digital transformation of fashion: "a chatty and approachable ambassador of fashion who has aggressively thrust himself in front of '' hoi polloi'' using Twitter, blogs, v-logs and—most visibly—television." Zee hosts ''All on the Line'', a fashion series on the Sundance Channel. In each episode, Zee acts as a business consultant to a designer who is struggling. Zee was a recurring character as boss of the reality series '' The City''. He has also appeared on episodes of ''

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,'' '' Mistresses, and

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'' as himself. He was one of the co-hosts of the ABC daytime talk show ''The Fab Life''. Zee has worked with notable photographers including

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, Juergen Teller and Patrick Demarchelier. In 2010, he made an appearance on '' Gossip Girl'' as himself. In 2015, he released his book ''That's What Fashion Is: Lessons and Stories from My Nonstop, Mostly Glamorous Life in Style.'' In 2016, he was one of the guest judges in the final of Miss USA 2016 in

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, United States.In 2015, he released his book ''That's What Fashion Is: Lessons and Stories from My Nonstop, Mostly Glamorous Life in Style.''

Personal life

Zee is married to Rob Younkers, host of Logo TV's ''Secret Guide to Fabulous''.

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