Kate Lanphear is an American fashion editor. Previously editor in chief of ''Maxim'', she is women’s style director at ''

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'' style magazine, ''T''.

Career

Previously Lanphear was style director at ''Elle'', then ''

''’s ''T'' magazine. In September 2014, she became

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of ''Maxim'', hired in 2014 to lead a redesign of the faltering magazine (in 2007 ownership of the magazine sold for $250 million; in 2014 it sold again for only $2 million.) Her redesign hewed more closely to the style of men's magazines like ''Esquire'' and '' GQ'' that attracted older, more affluent readers; under her tenure, the magazine moved away from "photo spreads of scantily clad women" and featured a man (

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) on the cover for the first time. Advertising pages grew significantly, but newsstand sales of the magazine fell, and Lanphear left the magazine in November 2015. She next became head of

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search project. ''

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'' described the project as focused on

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and offering "searchable highlights provided by designers and shopping directly from the runway." In October 2017, she became creative director at ''

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'', following Nina García’s departure. Lanphear held the role until February 2020. In June, she rejoined ''T Magazine'' as women’s style director.

References

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