Kim France
Kim France, who hails from Houston, Texas, is the founding editor-in-chief of Lucky, the award-winning magazine about shopping and style. She is also co-author of the new book, The Lucky Guide To Mastering Any Style: How to Wear Iconic Looks and Make Them Your Own (Gotham Books; October 2008), as well as the bestselling The Lucky Shopping Manual: Building and Improving Your Wardrobe Piece by Piece (Gotham Books 2003).
Since launching Lucky, Kim has led the magazine to a slew of industry awards, including Adweek's "Start up of the Year" in 2002 and Advertising Age's "Magazine of the Year" in 2003. In addition, Kim was named one of New York's "Most Powerful Women" by the New York Post in 2004, was selected for Crain's "40 under 40," and in 2006 was named one of the city's most influential people by New York magazine. Since Lucky's launch in December 2000, circulation has gone from 500,000 to over 1 million, proving to be one of the most successful launches in Condé Nast history.
Ms. France began her magazine career in 1988 at the iconoclastic 7 Days, the defunct NYC weekly. In 1990, she joined Sassy as a staff writer. In 1993, she worked at Elle, where she was in charge of the magazine's entertainment coverage. In 1994, she joined New York as a senior editor and was promoted to deputy editor in 1995. Prior to her appointment as editor-in-chief, Ms. France was editor-at-large for Spin.
Over the course of her career, Ms. France has written about popular culture, music, and women's issues for numerous publications. She has contributed profiles, features, and reviews to Vibe, Rolling Stone and Spin as well as The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine and The Village Voice.
Ms. France is a graduate of Oberlin College (1987).
