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Awards and Honors
2021 — ASME Winner in Personal Service | “Invasion of Privacy: Marie Claire's Guide to Protecting Yourself Online”
2021 — Deadline Club Winner in Magazine Profile | “The First Year Out”
2019 — ASME Finalist in Personal Service | “Marie Claire's Guide to Having a Baby”
2018 — ASME Cover of the Year Winner in Fashion and Beauty | Emma Stone, September
2017 — Bustle Best Stories by Women Honoree | “These Women Are the Last Thing Standing Between You and Nuclear War”
Marie Claire has been rated GREEN for its credibility and trustworthiness by NewsGuard, a global service that rates news sources for their journalistic standards.
Our Team
Nikki Ogunnaike is the Editor in Chief of Marie Claire. She has previously held roles at Harper's Bazaar, GQ, ELLE, Glamour, InStyle, and Vanity Fair. You may also recognize Nikki from her time as the host of Snapchat’s Online, IRL and IGTV's The Run Through. Based in Brooklyn New York, in her free time Nikki enjoys running half marathons, learning about wine, and watching reality TV without an ounce of shame. You can follow her at @nikkiogun.
A former features director at Cosmopolitan, Andrea Stanley is the Executive Editor at Marie Claire, reporting on politics, people, culture, social trends, physical and mental health, and more.
Her work has been featured in numerous publications, including, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post Magazine, New York Magazine’s The Cut, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Cosmopolitan.
Jenny is the Digital Director at Marie Claire. A graduate of Leeds University, and a native of London, she moved to New York in 2012 to attend the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She was the first intern at Bustle when it launched in 2013 and spent five years building out its news and politics department. In 2018 she joined Marie Claire, where she held the roles of Deputy Digital Editor and Director of Content Strategy before becoming Digital Director. Working closely with Marie Claire's exceptional editorial, audience, commercial, and e-commerce teams, Jenny oversees the brand's digital arm, with an emphasis on driving readership. When she isn't editing or knee-deep in Google Analytics, you can find Jenny writing about television, celebrities, her lifelong hate of umbrellas, or (most likely) her dog, Captain. In her spare time, she also writes fiction: her first novel, the thriller EVERYONE WHO CAN FORGIVE ME IS DEAD, was published with Minotaur Books (UK) and Little, Brown (US) in February 2024 and became a USA Today bestseller. She has also written extensively about developmental coordination disorder, or dyspraxia, which she was diagnosed with when she was nine. She is currently working on her second novel.
Hannah Baxter is the Beauty Director at Marie Claire. She has previously held roles at The Zoe Report, Coveteur, and Bust Magazine, covering beauty, wellness, fashion, and lifestyle. Her writing has appeared in Harper's Bazaar, Allure, The Cut, Elle, InStyle, Glamour, Air Mail, Vogue, Architectural Digest, Byrdie, Nylon and more. She is also the founder of Anxiety Beer, a bi-monthly newsletter about the intersection of culture and mental health. In her spare time you can catch her reading too many overdue library books, thrifting, or hanging with her hairless cat, Norman. You can find her on Instagram and TikTok @hannahbaxward.
Montse Tanús is the Art Director at Marie Claire. She has previously worked for other fashion and lifestyle publications, including British Vogue, i-D, Refinery29, and Vice in the UK. She began her career at the newspaper El País and Vanity Fair in Spain. When she's not updating a mood board or obsessing over a new color combination, she’s planning a trip, vintage shopping, or looking at pictures of her dogs. You can find her on Instagram at @montse.tanus.
Neha Prakash is Marie Claire's Entertainment Director where she edits, writes, and ideates entertainment, politics, and current event features. She oversees the brand's editorial bookings for print and digital covers as well as video franchises and Marie Claire's flagship event, Power Trip. Since joining the team in early 2020, she's produced entertainment packages about buzzy television shows and films, helped steer culture SEO content, commissioned op-eds from notable writers, and penned widely-shared celebrity profiles and interviews. Prior to Marie Claire, she held editor roles at Brides, Glamour, Mashable, and Condé Nast, where she launched and helmed the Social News Desk. Her pop culture, celebrity, and fashion coverage has appeared on Vanity Fair, GQ, Allure, Teen Vogue, and Architectural Digest. She earned a masters degree from the Columbia School of Journalism in 2012 and a Bachelor of Arts degree from The Pennsylvania State University in 2010. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and fluffy dog, Ghost; she loves matcha lattes, Bollywood movies, and has many hot takes about TV reboots. Follow her @nehapk.
Sara Holzman is the Style Director for Marie Claire where she covers daily fashion content, ranging from the pieces worth investing in to the latest in seasonal trends across the world’s fashion metropolises in New York, Milan, and Paris. Sara also oversees several of Mare Claire’s fashion franchises, including MC Muse, Worth It, What I Wear to Work, and The Essentials. Over her six years with the brand, Sara has reported on the ever-evolving world of fashion—covering both established and emerging designers within the industry. When she’s not penning about fashion, she uncovers the best new travel destinations, hotels, and restaurants to explore around the world. Prior to Marie Claire, Sara has held fashion positions at Lucky and SELF Magazine and was a regular contributor to Equinox’s Furthermore website, where she wrote across their style, wellness, and travel verticals. She holds a degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and currently resides in Manhattan. Follow her along at @sarajonewyork.
Lucia Tonelli is the Social Media Editor at Marie Claire, where she oversees and creates content across the magazine’s social platforms, including Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest. Prior to Marie Claire, Lucia held positions at Town & Country, where she ran the brand’s social channels and wrote for the website, and ELLE Decor, where she got her start as an Editorial Fellow, and later worked as the brand’s Editorial Assistant, writing for the site and managing the brand’s social channels. In her previous roles, she wrote about design, real estate, the royal family, and beauty. Lucia earned her degree in Communications from Boston University, with a concentration in Psychology. While at BU, she worked for the school’s fashion magazine, Off the Cuff. She is currently based in Brooklyn, where she can be found baking sourdough bread and placing bids on furniture she doesn’t need. You can find her on Instagram at @luciatonelli.
Halie LeSavage is the senior news editor at Marie Claire, where she assigns, edits, and writes fashion and beauty stories. Her reporting has ranged from in-depth designer profiles to fashion week reviews and research-backed shopping guides. (She justifies almost any purchase by saying it’s “for work.”) Halie has previously held fashion writer and editor roles at Harper’s Bazaar, Morning Brew, and Glamour. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English from Harvard College. You can follow Halie and her Bernedoodle, Dolly, on Instagram and TikTok.
Kristin Contino is Marie Claire's Senior Royal and Celebrity editor. She's been covering royalty since 2018—including major moments such as the Platinum Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth II’s death and King Charles III's coronation—and places a particular focus on the British Royal Family's style and what it means.
Prior to working at Marie Claire, she wrote about celebrity and royal fashion at Page Six Style and covered royalty from around the world as chief reporter at Royal Central. Kristin has provided expert commentary for outlets including the BBC, Sky News, US Weekly, the Today Show and many others.
Kristin is also the published author of two novels, “The Legacy of Us” and “A House Full of Windsor.” She's passionate about travel, history, horses, and learning everything she can about her favorite city in the world, London.
Sadie Bell is the Senior Culture Editor at Marie Claire, where she edits, writes, and helps to ideate stories across movies, TV, books, and music, from interviews with talent to pop culture features and trend stories. She has a passion for uplifting rising stars, and a special interest in cult-classic movies, emerging arts scenes, and music. She has over eight years of experience covering pop culture and her byline has appeared in Billboard, Interview Magazine, NYLON, PEOPLE, Rolling Stone, Thrillist and other outlets.
Samantha Holender is the Beauty Editor at Marie Claire, where she reports on the best new launches, dives into the science behind skincare, and shares the breakdown on the latest and greatest trends in the beauty space. Prior to joining the team, she worked as Us Weekly’s Beauty and Style Editor, where she stayed on the pulse of pop culture and broke down celebrity beauty routines, hair transformations, and red carpet looks. Her words have also appeared on Popsugar, Makeup.com, Skincare.com, Delish.com, and Philadelphia Wedding. Samantha also serves as a board member for the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME). She first joined the organization in 2018, when she worked as an editorial intern at Food Network Magazine and Pioneer Woman Magazine. Samantha has a degree in Journalism and Mass Communications from The George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs. While at GWU, she was a founding member of the school’s HerCampus chapter and served as its President for four years. When she’s not deep in the beauty closet or swatching eyeshadows, you can find her obsessing over Real Housewives and all things Bravo. Keep up with her on Instagram @samholender.
Emma is the fashion features editor at Marie Claire, where she writes deep-dive trend reports, zeitgeisty fashion featurettes on what style tastemakers are wearing, long-form profiles on emerging designers and the names to know, and human interest vignette-style round-ups. Previously, she was Marie Claire's style editor, where she wrote shopping e-commerce guides and seasonal trend reports, assisted with the market for fashion photo shoots, and assigned and edited fashion celebrity news.
Emma also wrote for The Zoe Report, Editorialist, Elite Daily, Bustle, and Mission Magazine. She studied Fashion Studies and New Media at Fordham University Lincoln Center and launched her own magazine, Childs Play Magazine, in 2015 as a creative pastime. When she's not waxing poetic about niche fashion topics, you'll find her stalking eBay for designer vintage, reading literary fiction on her Kindle, and baking banana bread in her tiny NYC kitchen.
Julia Marzovilla is the E-Commerce Editor at Marie Claire, where she covers everything from the latest beauty and fashion launches to celebrity outfits and news. She also creates tons of shopping guides that span every vertical on the site. Prior to joining the team at Marie Claire, Julia was the Trending Fashion and News Writer at StyleCaster, where she wrote about current trends and covered breaking fashion and beauty news. She also contributed stories to sites like NYLON, Fashionista, The Zoe Report, Bustle, InStyle, and Who What Wear on a freelance basis during this time. Her work for those publications sat at the intersection between internet culture and fashion. She has also held previous positions on the social media team Calvin Klein and Hearst Magazines as a fashion closet assistant. Julia has a degree in English with a minor in Journalism from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, where she spent her time holding several positions on the Opinion desk at The Paw, LMU’s award-winning student-run newspaper. She currently lives in New York City. You can find her across the internet at @JuliaMarzovilla.
Lauren K. Tappan is the Fashion Editor at Marie Claire, where she writes trend reports, shopping pieces, and celebrity news stories. Through reading Lauren’s work, you’ll discover that she has a penchant for exploring the latest runway-inspired styles and highlighting both emerging and legacy brands.
Prior to Marie Claire, Lauren worked for Harper’s Bazaar and ELLE as a freelance editor with a specific focus on e-commerce. There, she covered seasonal styles and tracked the best products on the market. Looking back even further, Lauren worked for Town & Country, developing a robust portfolio of fashion roundups and designer profiles, while also assisting the editor-in-chief.
Lauren graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in communications and a minor in journalism. While attending Penn, Lauren contributed to the university's fashion magazine, The Walk, where she worked her way up from beauty editor to editor-in-chief. Lauren also interned for Philadelphia Style Magazine and EveryStylishGirl during her time in college.
When she’s not exploring the world of fashion, you can find Lauren sharpening her skills as DJ, discovering new restaurants in New York City (she’s a foodie), and spending quality time with friends and family. Follow her along at @laurenktappan.
Brooke Knappenberger is the Associate Commerce Editor at Marie Claire, where she writes across the board from books and celebrities to fashion and beauty. As a pop culture junkie, Brooke obsessively consumes and writes about the latest movie releases, streaming TV shows, and celebrity scandals. Prior to joining the team, Brooke worked as a Lifestyle Reporter for The Sun US where she covered topics ranging from interior design and cleaning tips to fashion hacks and TikTok trends. She also wrote and edited for the movie and TV news site, Looper.com, and covered the latest celebrity happenings for NickiSwift.com. Brooke has a degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism. While attending Mizzou, she got her first taste of entertainment media when she began working as an entertainment reporter for Columbia, Missouri's MUTV, and eventually became head of the entertainment department. During that time, she worked at Vox Magazine as a digital editor and later as a print editor where she covered the town’s city life and food scene.
Brooke is a proud St. Louis native and is currently living in New York City. Outside of work, you can find her either jamming out to Drake, reading a Sarah J. Maas novel, or shamelessly online shopping.
Quinci LeGardye is a Staff Writer at Marie Claire. She currently lives in her hometown of Los Angeles after periods living in New York City and Albuquerque, where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in English and Psychology from The University of New Mexico. She began her journalism career covering local and state politics, with an emphasis on mental health in Black communities, in California before pivoting to covering culture and entertainment full-time. In 2021, she joined Marie Claire as a contributing editor, becoming a Staff Editor for the brand in 2024. She contributes day-to-day-content covering television, with a specialty in Korean entertainment, movies, books, and pop culture in general. She has also written features, profiles, recaps, personal essays, and cultural criticism for outlets including Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Teen Vogue, Vulture, Polygon, Catapult, and others. When she isn't writing or checking Twitter way too often, you can find her watching the latest K-drama, recommending her favorite shows and films to family and friends, or giving a concert performance in her car.
Hanna Lustig is a staff writer at Marie Claire, where she gets to gab every day about the topics she holds most dear: fashion, beauty, and celebrity. Hanna’s editorial journey began with formative internships at Elle and InStyle, where she was lucky enough to work for some of the smartest women in media while she was still in college. Hanna then accepted a digital culture reporting fellowship at Insider, where she helped carve out a new beat dedicated to covering influencers. Those experiences later served her well as a staff writer at Glamour, where she developed a knack for spinning quick turnaround celebrity news and trend reporting into juicy long-form feature stories.
Diane Keaton once hung up on Hanna during an interview, but thankfully that mishap did not derail what has otherwise been a deeply fulfilling career writing for and about women. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of Tennessee, where she was mainly taught to love and revere Dolly Parton. When she’s not at work, Hanna can likely be found listening to pop music, talking to her dog, and gossiping with her best friends. For more of Hanna’s perfect opinions on pop culture, you can follow her on Instagram and X.
Jonelle Afurong is the Junior Visual Designer at Marie Claire, where she creates visual designs for stories covering fashion, beauty, politics, news, and pop culture. She is passionate about all stages of the design process, from initial concept to final execution, focused on creating engaging and impactful visuals. Before working at Marie Claire, she was a visual design intern for Code and Theory, a digital-first agency. At her time there she developed her skills in working across disciplines in a digital landscape. On a freelance basis, she creates graphics used across platforms, including Instagram, Facebook, X(formerly Twitter), and Amazon for Knopf Double Day Publishing Group. Jonelle graduated with a BFA in Design from the School of Visual Arts. When she isn't creating designs, she spends her time at concerts, knitting garments, or being a cat mom.
Amy Mackelden is a contributing editor at Marie Claire, where she covers celebrity and royal family news. She was the weekend editor at Harper’s BAZAAR for three years, where she covered breaking celebrity and entertainment news, royal stories, fashion, beauty, and politics. Prior to that, she spent a year as the joint weekend editor for Marie Claire, ELLE, and Harper's BAZAAR, and two years as an entertainment writer at Bustle. Her additional bylines include Cosmopolitan, People, HelloGiggles, Biography, Shondaland, Best Products, New Statesman, Heat, xoJane, and The Guardian. Her work has been syndicated by publications including Town & Country, Good Housekeeping, Esquire, Delish, Oprah Daily, Country Living, and Women's Health. Her celebrity interviews include Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Chastain, the cast of Selling Sunset, Emma Thompson, Jessica Alba, and Penn Badgley.
As a woman living with multiple sclerosis, ADHD, anxiety, and PCOS, Amy has written extensively about health and wellness. Her health bylines include Forbes, SingleCare, Healthline, MS Society, MS Trust, ZocDoc, Pillpack, HelloFlo, Greatist, Bezzy, and Byrdie, and she co-edited poetry collection The Emma Press Anthology of Illness.
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History
Founded by Jean Prouvost (who also launched Paris Soir and Paris Match), Marie Claire was born twice. It was first published as a weekly in October 1937, where it sold 500,000 copies of its first issue and, in 1939, nearly one million copies on the eve of World War II. With Marcelle Auclair at its head, Marie Claire became the first modern women’s fashion magazine.
Marie Claire was born a second time in October 1954, with the same founder, Jean Prouvost; the same editor, Marcelle Auclair; and the same mission: “to open up the future for women, help them make their own way through changing times...inform them about subjects that are rocking their world, give them a voice to share the challenges they face and those of the changing society they live in."
When Jean Prouvost left Marie Claire’s helm in 1976, Evelyne Prouvost, one of his granddaughters, created Groupe Marie Claire. Evelyne became Chairman of the company, grouping the women-led titles of the Prouvost empire. In 1994, the first American edition of Marie Claire hit newsstands. In 2004, Arnaud de Contades became CEO of Groupe Marie Claire.
Today, Marie Claire is present in 29 markets around the world, including Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific, South Africa, and the Middle East, making Marie Claire one of the most widely recognized women’s fashion media brands in the world.
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