# Kate Lanphear

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'''Kate Lanphear''' is an American fashion editor. Previously editor in chief of [''Maxim''](/source/Maxim_(magazine)), she is women’s style director at ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'' style magazine, [''T''](/source/T_(magazine)). 

== Career ==
Previously Lanphear was style director at [''Elle''](/source/Elle_(magazine)),<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/fashion/at-maxim-the-editor-kate-lanphear-is-on-her-way-out.html|title=At Maxim, the Editor Kate Lanphear Is on Her Way Out|last=Schneier|first=Matthew|date=2015-10-23|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-03-04|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> then ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)''’s [''T'' magazine](/source/T_Magazine).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Somaiya|first1=Ravi|title=As Playboy and Penthouse Fade, Newer Magazines Tilt Artistic|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/19/business/media/as-playboy-and-penthouse-fade-newer-pornographic-magazines-tilt-artistic.html?_r=0|accessdate=4 March 2017|work=The New York Times|date=18 January 2015}}</ref> In September 2014, she became [editor-in-chief](/source/editor-in-chief) of [''Maxim''](/source/Maxim_(magazine)), hired in 2014 to lead a redesign of the faltering magazine (in 2007 ownership of the magazine sold for $250 million; in 2014 it sold again for only $2 million.)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ross|first1=Theodore|title=What Happened to Kate Lanphear's Maxim?|url=http://jezebel.com/what-happened-to-kate-lanphears-maxim-1782348606|accessdate=4 March 2017|work=Jezebel|date=June 23, 2016}}</ref> Her redesign hewed more closely to the style of men's magazines like [''Esquire''](/source/Esquire_(magazine)) and ''[GQ](/source/GQ)'' that attracted older, more affluent readers; under her tenure, the magazine moved away from "photo spreads of scantily clad women" and featured a man ([Idris Elba](/source/Idris_Elba)) on the cover for the first time.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/maxim-editor-kate-lanphear-stepping-down-1445555498?mg=id-wsj|title=Maxim Editor Kate Lanphear Stepping Down|last=Alpert|first=Lukas I.|date=2015-10-22|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2017-03-04|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> Advertising pages grew significantly, but newsstand sales of the magazine fell,<ref name=":0" /> and Lanphear left the magazine in November 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cision.com/us/2015/11/kate-lanphear-departs-maxim/|title=Kate Lanphear Departs Maxim|last=Cision staff|date=2015-11-10|work=Cision|access-date=2017-03-04|language=en-US}}</ref>

She next became head of [Google](/source/Google)'s [Fashion Week](/source/Fashion_Week) search project.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Landsbaum|first1=Claire|date=September 1, 2016|title=Kate Lanphear Tapped to Lead Google’s Fashion Week Search Project|language=en|work=The Cut|publisher=New York Magazine|url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/09/kate-lanphear-to-lead-googles-fashion-week-search-project.html|accessdate=4 March 2017}}</ref> ''[Women's Wear Daily](/source/Women's_Wear_Daily)'' described the project as focused on [New York Fashion Week](/source/New_York_Fashion_Week) and offering "searchable highlights provided by designers and shopping directly from the runway."<ref>{{cite news|last1=McDowell|first1=Maghan|date=1 September 2016|title=Google Taps Kate Lanphear for Fashion Week Google Search Product|work=Women's Wear Daily|url=http://wwd.com/business-news/media/google-taps-kate-lanphear-fashion-week-product-10517618/|accessdate=4 March 2017}}</ref> In October 2017, she became creative director at ''[Marie Claire](/source/Marie_Claire)'', following [Nina García](/source/Nina_Garc%C3%ADa)’s departure. Lanphear held the role until February 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-06|title=Kate Lanphear Is Out at Marie Claire - Changes to Marie Claire Masthead|url=https://fashionweekdaily.com/kate-lanphear-is-out-at-marie-claire/|access-date=2020-12-20|website=Daily Front Row|language=en-US}}</ref> In June, she rejoined ''T Magazine'' as women’s style director.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-12|title=Kate Lanphear Named Women’s Style Director for T Magazine|url=https://www.nytco.com/press/kate-lanphear-named-womens-style-director-for-t-magazine/|access-date=2020-12-20|website=The New York Times Company|language=en-US}}</ref> 

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