Penny Martin is an editor, writer, and curator. As of 2009 she is the editor-in-chief of the women’s magazine ''

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''.

Early life and education

Penny Martin grew up in

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and was educated at

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. Her interest in art was cultivated by her mother and stepfather who worked as an art teacher and a history teacher and theatre critic respectively. Martin graduated from

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with a degree in art history in addition to completing a course in museum studies at

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. She pursued doctoral studies at the

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.Dan Ahwa
"How The Gentlewoman's Editor-In-Chief Penny Martin Is Redefining 'Women's' Magazines"
''Viva'' (July 25, 2018).

Career

Prior to her work in fashion, Martin worked part-time at the Fawcett Library. She also worked as a curator of photographs in the collections of The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television. Her media career started in 2001 after Nick Knight invited her to work as editor of SHOWstudio.com. Over seven years there, she commissioned and executed interactive, motion and live fashion projects for the Internet. Martin collaborated with many figures in fashion and design, including

Alexander McQueen Lee Alexander McQueen (17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010) was a British fashion designer and couturier. He founded his own Alexander McQueen (brand), Alexander McQueen label in 1992 and was chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001. His ac ...

, Peter Saville,

Kate Moss Katherine Ann Moss (born 16 January 1974) is an English model. Arriving towards the end of the "supermodel era", Moss rose to fame in the early 1990s as part of the heroin chic fashion trend. Her collaborations with Calvin Klein brought her t ...

Hussein Chalayan Hussein Chalayan, (; ; born 12 August 1970) is a British-Cypriot fashion designer. He has won the British Designer of the Year twice (in 1999 and 2000), and he was awarded the MBE in 2006. Chalayan is currently teaching at HTW Berlin. Ea ...

and the estate of

Erwin Blumenfeld Erwin Blumenfeld (26 January 1897 – 4 July 1969) was an American photographer of German origin. He was born in Berlin, and in 1941 emigrated to the United States, where he soon became a successful and well-paid fashion photographer, working a ...

. In 2008, Martin returned to academia as the Chair of Fashion Media at

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. She curated two exhibitions there during 2009, at The Photographers’ Gallery and at Somerset House. She is a member of the development committee of Studio Voltaire and a trustee of the National Trust for Scotland.

''The Gentlewoman''

When Jop van Bennekom and Gert Jonkers, the Dutch founder-owners of men’s magazines ''BUTT'' and ''Fantastic Man'', wanted to establish a women's magazine, they invited Martin to join them. ''The Gentlewoman'' launched in 2010. "With a publication that's produced by as few people as ours," she explained about ''The Gentlewoman'', "you can take a lot of risks, so of course it's going to be about your personal tastes." Martin is also a regular contributor to ''Fantastic Man'' and ''The Happy Reader''."Profile: Penny Martin"
''Semi-Permanent''.

Awards

In 2016, Martin received the

British Society of Magazine Editors The British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME.market) is a professional association of print and onlinBSME.MARKETeditors in the United Kingdom. Established in 1981, the BSME.market has 148 members. Its annual awards—the BSME.market Awards and t ...

Editor of the Year award in the Women’s Brand – Monthly or Less Frequent category.

References

External links

* Matthew Schneier
"Independent Women: Penny Martin"
''Harper's Bazaar'' (September 5, 2011).
''Violet Sessions Episode 3 – Penny Martin''
(November 2016), a podcast interview with Martin, by Claire Ptak.
''Good Morning Scotland''
(23 November 2016). {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Penny 1972 births Living people People educated at Madras College Alumni of the University of Glasgow Alumni of the University of Manchester Alumni of the Royal College of Art Scottish women journalists Scottish magazine editors Scottish women magazine editors Scottish businesspeople in fashion British women curators