Michael Roy Roberts (2 October 1947 – 3 April 2023) was a British fashion journalist. He was the fashion and style director of '' Vanity Fair'' magazine. He worked as fashion director for ''

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'', style director and art director for ''

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'', design director of British ''

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'', Paris editor of ''Vanity Fair'', and editor of ''Boulevard'' magazine. Roberts also worked as a fashion photographer and illustrator, contributing images to publications including ''Vanity Fair''; ''L'Uomo Vogue''; British, Italian, French, American, Chinese, Brazilian, and Japanese ''Vogue''; ''The Sunday Times''; and ''

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''. He published four books of his illustrations. Roberts was appointed

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for services to fashion. He died on 3 April 2023, at the age of 75.

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