Linda Wells

{{Short description|American journalist and editor}} {{For|the softball coach by the same name|Linda Wells (softball)}} [[File:Linda Wells 2012 Shankbone.JPG|thumb|Wells at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival]]'''Linda Wells''' is an American journalist and founder of ''Allure'' magazine and the makeup brand Flesh.

== Early life == Wells graduated in 1976 from [[Mary Institute and graduated from Trinity College, located in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1980.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/14/style/weddings-linda-wells-c-k-thompson.html|title=WEDDINGS; Linda Wells, C. K. Thompson|date=1993-11-14|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-17|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

== Career == Wells began her journalism career at ''Vogue'', where she wrote and edited stories about beauty, health, nutrition, and fitness. In 1985, she joined ''The New York Times'' as a reporter, ultimately becoming the beauty editor and the food editor of ''The New York Times Magazine''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trinity College Distinguished Alumni|url=http://www.trincoll.edu/pub/trinity_people/distinguished_alumni.html|publisher=Trinity College|accessdate=11 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828024119/http://www.trincoll.edu/pub/trinity_people/distinguished_alumni.html|archive-date=28 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1991 Wells founded ''Allure'' magazine and served as the editor-in-chief until 2015.<ref>{{Cite web| last = Steigrad| first = Alexandra| title = Linda Wells' 24-Year Run at Allure Comes to an End| work = WWD| accessdate = 2016-01-30| date = 2015-11-12| url = http://wwd.com/media-news/fashion-memopad/linda-wells-allure-michelle-lee-depart-nylon-editor-in-chief-10277608/}}</ref> Wells's editor's letter has been praised for tackling a variety of topics with honesty. Women's Wear Daily gave her an "A" rating in its Editors' Report Card column acknowledging her "backbone."<ref name="WWD2">"Editors' Report Cards", ''Women's Wear Daily'', July 26, 2002.</ref> In 2006, Wells, with her editors at Allure, wrote her first book, ''Confessions of a Beauty Editor'' (Bulfinch). In 2009, Forbes named her the number 5 most powerful fashion magazine editor.<ref>{{cite news|title=The most powerful fashion editors|url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/09/04/powerful-fashion-editors-lifestyle-style-anna-wintour_slide_7.html|work=Forbes|accessdate=11 June 2011|first=Lauren|last=Sherman}}</ref> In 2017, Wells became Chief Creative Officer of Revlon.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/fashion/allure-editor-linda-wells-revlon.html|title=Linda Wells, Former Allure Editor, Lands at Revlon|last=Bernstein|first=Jacob|date=2017-02-08|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-17|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 2018, Wells launched her own beauty brand named Flesh.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Allure Magazine Editor Linda Wells Launches Makeup Line|date=12 July 2018 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/allure-magazine-editor-linda-wells-launches-makeup-line-1126326|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=20 October 2018}}</ref>

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