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Joe Zee
Born (1968-11-23) November 23, 1968 (age 56)
Hong Kong
Occupation
  • Stylist, journalist, producer
SpouseRob Younkers

Joe Zee (born November 23, 1968) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian fashion stylist, journalist, and producer, known for Entertainment Tonight (1981), FABLife (2015) and Celebrity Style Story (2012). Zee served as creative director of Elle for seven years. He became editor-in-chief and executive creative officer of Yahoo! Style in April 2014. He resigned from Yahoo in June 2017.

Career

In the mid-1990s, Zee met stylist Lori Goldstein at an Allure party, and soon became her assistant.

He was described in a New York Times profile as a leader in the mass market and digital transformation of fashion: "a chatty and approachable ambassador of fashion who has aggressively thrust himself in front of hoi polloi using Twitter, blogs, v-logs and—most visibly—television."

Zee hosts All on the Line, a fashion series on the Sundance Channel. In each episode, Zee acts as a business consultant to a designer who is struggling.

Zee was a recurring character as boss of the reality series The City. He has also appeared on episodes of Ugly Betty, Mistresses, and General Hospital as himself. He was one of the co-hosts of the ABC daytime talk show The Fab Life.

Zee has worked with notable photographers including Annie Leibovitz, Juergen Teller and Patrick Demarchelier.

In 2010, he made an appearance on Gossip Girl as himself. In 2015, he released his book That's What Fashion Is: Lessons and Stories from My Nonstop, Mostly Glamorous Life in Style.

In 2016, he was one of the guest judges in the final of Miss USA 2016 in T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.In 2015, he released his book That's What Fashion Is: Lessons and Stories from My Nonstop, Mostly Glamorous Life in Style.

Personal life

Zee is married to Rob Younkers, host of Logo TV's Secret Guide to Fabulous.

See also

References

  1. "The Daily Celebrates Joe Zee's Birthday". Archived from the original on 2012-03-17.
  2. Clehane, Diane. "So What Do You Do, Joe Zee, Creative Director, Elle?". MediaBistro. MediaBistro Inc. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  3. Duggan, Leeann. "Joe Zee Leaves Elle For Yahoo". Refinery 29. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  4. Steigrad, Alexandra (April 14, 2014). "Joe Zee Exiting Hearst to Join Yahoo". Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  5. Bobila, Maria (27 June 2017). "Joe Zee Is Out at Yahoo Style". Fashionista. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  6. "Career Timeline: Lori Goldstein". School of Style Blog.
  7. Williams, Alex (March 16, 2011). "Fashion's Ambassador: Joe Zee". The New York Times.
  8. Feiereisen, Sharon (2011-03-29). "Joe Zee is Back with New Reality TV Show". The Fashion Spot. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  9. "Joe Zee BoF 500 the People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry". business of fashion.
  10. Zee, Joe (2015). That's What Fashion Is: Lessons and Stories From My Nonstop, Mostly Glamorous Life in Style (First ed.). New York: Thomas Dunne Books. ISBN 9781250042941. OCLC 910073110.
  11. Zee, Joe (2015). That's What Fashion Is: Lessons and Stories From My Nonstop, Mostly Glamorous Life in Style (First ed.). New York: Thomas Dunne Books. ISBN 9781250042941. OCLC 910073110.
  12. "Joe Zee and Rob Younkers Are Engaged!". People. December 4, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2016.

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