Elsa Klensch

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Elsa Klensch was the producer and host of Style with Elsa Klensch, CNN's fashion and design television program, which ran from 1980 to 2000 and is an internationally renowned fashion journalist.[1]

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[edit] Career

Born in Western Australia, Australia,[1] Klensch moved to Sydney and then overseas to London and Hong Kong before moving to America. She worked as an editor at Women's Wear Daily, Vogue, W and Harper's Bazaar before joining CNN in New York City on its 1980 launch.

Klensch ran a fashion show on CNN called "Style with Elsa Klensch", from her 1980 to 2001.[2] She received awards for her coverage from the Council of Fashion Designers of America,[3] the Fashion Group International and the Anti-Defamation League.

[edit] Order of Merit

The Italian government presented her with the Italian Order of Merit, the Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana for her reporting on Italian fashion and design.

[edit] Movies

She appeared as herself in several television shows and films, including Robert Altman's Prêt-à-Porter (1994).[4]

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Fiction

Klensch has written a series of a fashion industry-oriented murder mystery novels, featuring the main character, Sonya Iverson:[5]

  • Live at 10:00, Dead at 10:15 (Forge, 2004)
  • Shooting Script: A Sonya Iverson Novel (2006)
  • Take Two (2007)

[edit] Non-fiction

She has also written an advice book on how to work with fashion for find a style. Her advice is very practical, and includes tips on how to make fashion decisions:

  • Style (Perigee Trade, 1995)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Internationally renowned fashion journalist. Greater Talent Network, America's Leading Celebrity Speakers Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
  2. ^ Gay, Jason ( June 17, 2001), “Madison Avenue Shopkeepers Weep for CNN Style Diva Elsa Klensch”, The New York Observer, <http://www.observer.com/node/44596> 
  3. ^ CFDA Fashion Awards Past Winners. CDFA. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
  4. ^ Elsa Klensch at the Internet Movie Database
  5. ^ Elsa Klensch. Elsa Klensch, 2004 - 2006. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.

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