Imran Amed

Imran Amed
MBE
Born Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Occupation entrepreneur, editor, lecturer, consultant, professional speaker
Known for Founding The Business of Fashion website
Awards MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire), CFDA Media Award in Honor of Eugenia Sheppard

Imran Amed MBE is a Canadian-British fashion expert and founder and editor-in-chief of The Business of Fashion.[1] He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to fashion.[2][3]

Background

Amed was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta and is of Indian descent. Although not especially interested in fashion growing up, he did watch a fashion show on television hosted by Tim Blanks.[4] Amed attended McGill University in Montreal, Quebec and after graduation worked as a management consultant. In 2000, he enrolled at Harvard Business School[5] to complete an MBA. Upon graduation in 2002, he moved to London to work for McKinsey & Company, the global management consulting firm. He left McKinsey in 2006 to explore his interest in the fashion industry.[6]

Editorial work

An industry outsider, Amed started writing a blog, "The Business of Fashion"[7] about the fashion business in January 2007 from his sofa at home in London in the evenings, while consulting for fashion brands and emerging designers during the day. Prior to that, Amed had set up a company providing capital to designers, which lasted for a year.[4] Soon, the blog attracted a global following of readers from around the world, and has since become a must-read for the global fashion industry.[8] By 2013, The Business of Fashion blog had in his words "taken over my life".[4] That year, Amed raised a seed round of funding[9] and hired a team.

Amed has built a name for himself as an incisive interviewer. He has conducted interviews with some of the fashion world's biggest names including Karl Lagerfeld, Kate Moss, Giorgio Armani, Yohji Yamamoto, Raf Simons, Tom Ford, Tommy Hilfiger, Stella McCartney, Franca Sozzani, Natalie Massenet, Nick Knight, Dolce & Gabbana, and Jefferson Hack.[10] He has also interviewed the CEOs of global fashion businesses including Kering, Chanel, Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Versace, Fendi, Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, Calvin Klein, Nike, Benetton, Lacoste, and Marc Jacobs.[11]

Awards and Honors

In 2011, Amed was named one of the 100 most influential men in Britain by British GQ[12] and one of the 50 most influential Global Indians by Indian GQ.[13]

In 2012, he was featured on the Wired 100 list of the most influential figures in Britain's digital economy[14] and was ranked number one on Indian GQ's list of the 10 best-dressed Global Indians.[15]

In 2015, he was named Honorary Professor of Fashion Business at the Glasgow Caledonian University.[16]

In 2016, at the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards, Amed was awarded the Media Award in Honor of Eugenia Sheppard.[17]

Products

In 2011, Amed launched a bag design collaboration with Bill Amberg,[18] a renowned British leather goods designer.[19] The bag, called The Calgary, received international media attention and promptly sold out.[20]

Books

References

  1. ↑ "Imran Amed Bio". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N15.
  3. ↑ "New Years Honours List 2017" (PDF). www.gov.uk. HM Government of the United Kingdom. December 31, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Business of Fashion boss: ‘People on the inside don’t see how exciting it is’". The Guardian. February 21, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  5. ↑ Hanna, Julia. "Fashion Forward". Harvard Business School Alumni Magazine. Harvard Business School. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  6. ↑ Phillips, Carli (June 1, 2012). "Unique Viewpoint". The Australian. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  7. ↑ Verner, Amy (May 19, 2012). "Minding the Business of Fashion". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  8. ↑ Davies, Rodrigo. "The Accidental Style Guru" (PDF). GQ India. Conde Nast. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  9. ↑ Lunden, Ingrid. "Business Of Fashion Gets $2.1M Seed Funding From Index, LVMH And More For Its No-Nonsense B2B Fashion Blog". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  10. ↑ Milligan, Lauren. "Fashion Pioneer". Vogue.co.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  11. ↑ "CEO Talk Interviews". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  12. ↑ "100 Most Influential Men 2011" (PDF). British GQ. Conde Nast. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  13. ↑ "50 Most Influential Global Indians" (PDF). GQ India. Conde Nast. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  14. ↑ "The Wired 100 2012". Wired UK. Conde Nast. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  15. ↑ "The Best Dressed Global Indians" (PDF). GQ India. Conde Nast. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  16. ↑ webteam@gcu.ac.uk. "Business News | Glasgow Caledonian University | Scotland, UK". www.gcu.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  17. ↑ "How Imran Amed became Canada’s stealth player in global fashion". The Star. June 8, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  18. ↑ "All in the Bag". Financial Times. September 16, 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  19. ↑ Menkes, Suzy (February 17, 2011). "Cast your vote for Lam". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  20. ↑ Tayler, Theresa (February 15, 2011). "Calgary hits the global runway". The Calgary Herald. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
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