# Jennifer Hocking > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jennifer_Hocking > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jennifer_Hocking.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Hocking > Source revision: 1345591169 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Jennifer Hocking** (1929–2011) was an Australian-born British-based fashion model in the 1950s and early 1960s, who then became fashion editor of *[Harper's Bazaar](/source/Harper's_Bazaar)* and *[Queen](/source/Queen_(magazine))*. Whilst there, she gave [Anna Wintour](/source/Anna_Wintour) her first magazine job. Hocking then pursued fashion design, before rediscovering success as a mature model in the 1990s, when she was described as a "grande dame" after her appearance in [Mario Testino](/source/Mario_Testino)'s shoots for [Burberry](/source/Burberry). ## Early life Hocking was born in Sydney, where she went to art school. In 1952 she borrowed the fare from her brother and sailed to the United Kingdom to pursue a career as a fashion model.[1] Whilst there, she married a male model and actor called Nigel Howland. The marriage eventually ended in divorce.[1] ## Career ### Modelling, part 1 Hocking began her career as a model by doing fashion shows, but eventually became a leading photographic model, basing her style on that of a leading American model, [Anne St. Marie](/source/Anne_St._Marie).[2] In 1956 Hocking was named London Model of the Year by *[The Daily Express](/source/The_Daily_Express)*.[3] Although she could present as aloof and sophisticated, she also had an approachable quality,[2] which enabled her modelling career to be most successful during the transitional period between the 1950s and the mid-1960s, as she resembled a young career woman rather than one of the haughty ladies favoured for 1950s fashion photography.[1] Along with [Paulene Stone](/source/Paulene_Stone), she became a favoured model of [Terence Donovan](/source/Terence_Donovan_(photographer)) and [David Montgomery](/source/David_Montgomery_(photographer)).[1] [Brian Duffy](/source/Brian_Duffy_(photographer)) photographed her with the author [Frank Norman](/source/Frank_Norman).[1] However, Hocking became aware that her maturity was working against her, as teenage models began to be more popular, and she ceased modelling.[1] ### Journalism Hocking's first job after quitting modelling was as a stylist for *Fashion*, before being transferred to *[Harper's Bazaar](/source/Harper's_Bazaar)* and succeeding [Molly Parkin](/source/Molly_Parkin) as fashion editor.[1] She stayed on in 1970 when Harper's Bazaar merged with *[Queen](/source/Queen_(magazine))* to become *Harper's & Queen*.[1] Whilst at Harper's & Queen, Hocking was challenged by the small budgets and tiny fashion department, but hired a young 21-year old [Anna Wintour](/source/Anna_Wintour) as her editorial assistant as she was impressed by Wintour's precocious professionalism.[1] In 1974, Hocking was asked by the [Fashion Museum, Bath](/source/Fashion_Museum,_Bath) to choose that year's defining looks for their [Dress of the Year](/source/Dress_of_the_Year) collection, for which she selected male and female knitted ensembles by [Missoni](/source/Missoni).[4] A couple of years later, Hocking helped style [Joanna Lumley](/source/Joanna_Lumley) for some episodes of *[The New Avengers](/source/The_New_Avengers_(TV_series))*.[1] Following the decision of Harpers & Queen to try and challenge [British *Vogue*](/source/Vogue_(British_magazine))'s place at the top of the British fashion magazine hierarchy, Hocking decided to leave, and was succeeded by [Min Hogg](/source/Min_Hogg) despite Wintour trying for the job.[1] ### Fashion design After leaving *Harper's & Queen*, Hocking became a fashion designer for Christopher Carr Jones's mail-order company, and then started up her own equivalent business.[1] ### Modelling, part 2 In the 1990s, Hocking resumed modelling as a professional mature model, and came to the attention of [Mario Testino](/source/Mario_Testino), who had been seeking out other models that had retired in the mid-1960s in order to develop the narrative of his photographs for [Burberry](/source/Burberry).[1] Along with [Tania Mallet](/source/Tania_Mallet), Hocking became one of Testino's favourite models as a representation of the "early-60s Englishness" that enhanced the Burberry brand.[1] In 2002, *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)* described Hocking and Mallet as "grande dames" who looked as good in Burberry fashion as their co-star, the young and glamorous [Elizabeth Jagger](/source/Elizabeth_Jagger).[1][5] ## Later life and death Hocking died in 2011 of cancer at the age of 81. She was survived by her daughter Wendy, also a model, and her son Julian.[1] ## References 1. Horwell, Veronica (16 June 2011). ["Jennifer Hocking obituary"](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jun/16/jennifer-hocking-obituary). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 14 August 2017. 1. Castle, Charles (1977). [*Model girl*](https://archive.org/details/modelgirl0000cast/page/44). Chartwell Books. p. [44](https://archive.org/details/modelgirl0000cast/page/44). ISBN 9780890091296. 1. Entwistle, Joanne & Wissinger, Elizabeth (2013). [*Fashioning Models: Image, Text and Industry*](https://books.google.com/books?id=crmMhdqcS5wC&pg=PA195). A&C Black. p. 195. ISBN 9780857853103. 1. Lester, Richard (2013). *Dress of the year*. Antique Collectors' Club. pp. 62–63. ISBN 9781851497256. 1. Sherwood, James (9 October 2002). ["For the makers of cool, a hip vs. heritage dilemma"](https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/09/news/for-the-makers-of-cool-a-hip-vs-heritage-dilemma.html). *The New York Times*. International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 14 August 2017. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jennifer Hocking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Hocking) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Hocking?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.