Alison Edmond

Alison Edmond is the Fashion Director of "Harper's Bazaar UK".

She grew up in the North East of England, and went to art college in Hull. She began her career in magazines in September 1986, hired by Anna Wintour as Art Coordinator of British "Vogue", assisting then Art Director, John Hind. She moved in to the fashion department two years later under the editorship of Elizabeth Tilberis, and went from assisting Fashion Director Anna Harvey and Mens Editor Marcus von Ackermann, to being a Fashion Editor in her own right.

When Liz Tilberis moved to the US to edit "Harper's Bazaar" in 1992, Edmond followed her to the States, where Tilberis made her West Coast Editor of the magazine, based in Los Angeles. She lived there for five years, mainly styling celebrities for the magazine, including Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz and Val Kilmer.

Upon her return to London, she was appointed Fashion Director of "Harper's & Queen" in September 1997. When editor Lucy Yeomans joined the magazine in 2000, Edmond was promoted to Creative / Fashion Director, and she holds this position today. Edmond worked closely with Yeomans on the transition of "Harper's & Queen" to "Harper's Bazaar" as the revered fashion magazine it is today, and styled both the significant first covers with the name change - actress Cate Blanchett on March 2006, and model Georgia Frost in September 2007. She has styled almost one hundred covers for the magazine in her tenure, worked with most of the top photographers in the industry, and her style has become synonymous with the visual of the magazine. In May 2007, "Harper's Bazaar" received the top award at the PPA Awards and was named Consumer Magazine of the Year, beating "Vogue", "Grazia", "Heat", "Psychologies", and the "Radio Times". Edmond also serves on the British Fashion Council Press Committee.

Edmond is also one of the best known celebrity stylists working out of London, doing personal styling for Gwyneth Paltrow and Thandie Newton amongst others, and has shot covers including Sienna Miller, Rachel Weisz, Liv Tyler, Naomi Watts, Kate Bosworth, Jennifer Connolly, and Keira Knightley. She is also responsible for the image and style of singer Leona Lewis, with whom she has worked on all shoots and videos since her launch in September 2007.

Edmond is married to John Pearson, and has three children.