Kelly Killoren Bensimon

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2008)

This article may not meet the general notability guideline or one of the following specific guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand or rewrite the article to establish its notability. The best way to address this concern is to reference published, third-party sources about the subject. If notability cannot be established, the article is more likely to be considered for redirection, merge or ultimately deletion, per Wikipedia:Guide to deletion. This article has been tagged since January 2008.

Kelly Killoren Bensimon is a mother, author, model and the founding Editor of Elle Accessories.

[edit] Biography

Kelly Jean Killoren was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois. Kelly attended Trinity College in Hartford, Ct and graduated from Columbia University with a BA in English Literature. While attending both Trinity and Columbia, Kelly modeled for magazines such as ELLE, Mademoiselle, Cosmopolitan, and Harpers Bazaar. She was also the face for Clarins.

[edit] Career

After graduating from Columbia, Kelly began writing for Hamptons magazine. There she created the column "In the Spirit of the Hamptons" and "Most Wanted." Her column initiated the "In the spirit of..." a series for influential French publisher Assouline. She then helped Niche Media create and launch Gotham magazine in 2001. She remains the editor for both Hamptons and Gotham magazines. She was then named Editor of Elle Accessories in 2005 when she created and launched the magazines first two issues. Author of In The Spirit of the Hamptons (2002) and American Style (year 2004), Kelly also wrote The Bikini Book, (2006), which explores the history of the bikini, and commemorates the swimsuit's 60th anniversary. The author's portion of the proceeds of her book, American Style and The Bikini book, are donated to the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

As a style expert, Kelly regularly appears on television and has been interviewed on numerous television shows such as The Today Show, CBS, Style, and Oprah. In the spring of 2007, Kelly launched a vintage inspired jewelry line, and is collaborating with IISLI designer Sisi Lee a line of sweaters for Fall 2007. Kelly has two daughters Sea Louise Bensimon (1998) and Thadeus Ann Bensimon (2000). She was married to French photographer, Gilles Bensimon.