Samira Nasr

Samira Nasr (born 1970), is a Canadian journalist and fashion editor of Lebanese and Trinidadian descent.^[1] Nasr was appointed editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar in 2020 and is the first person of colour to hold the position.

Early life

Nasr was born in 1970 to a Lebanese father and a Trinidadian mother, she grew up in the Montreal suburb of Pointe-Claire.^[2] Her brother Riad Nasr is a chef.^[2] Growing up "They [fashion magazines] provided me [Nasr] an escape route into another world, and a fantasy."^[2] Nasr grew up reading Elle and the French edition of Glamour.^[2]

Nasr attended Concordia University before going to New York City to study a masters in journalism at New York University.^[2]

Career

She began her career in the mid-1990s as an intern at Mirabella whilst studying her masters at New York University.^[2] She worked under editor Jade Hobson alongside Tracee Ellis Ross and Beth Buccini.^[2] After Hobson left Mirabella, Nasr continued working as an intern for her at New York.^[2] Nasr assisted Mary Alice Stevenson at Allure, before becoming market assistant at Vogue and then the assistant to Grace Coddington around 1996/97.^[2] In 1999, she became junior market editor at Allure.^[2] She first worked at Harper's Bazaar under Kate Betts as a fashion writer.^[2] She then became a freelance stylist, working with Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez, before joining InStyle as style director in 2012.^[3][4]

In 2013, Nasr became the fashion director of Elle USA.^[5] She then joined Vanity Fair in 2018, taking on the role of Executive Fashion Director.^[6]

Nasr was appointed editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar in June 2020, becoming the first person of color to be in the position.^[7][8]

Personal life

Nasr has one son, Lex, whom she adopted in 2013.^[5]