Caroline Kellett | |
Birth Date: | 1960 |
Birth Place: | Buckinghamshire |
Death Date: | 26 August 2014 |
Alma Mater: | Wadham College, Oxford |
Occupation: | journalist |
Spouse: | Jean-Marc Fraysse (2002-2014) |
Caroline Kellett (1960 - 26 August 2014), usually known just as Kellett, was a British journalist who was fashion editor of Tatler and held a number of other positions in British fashion journalism.[1]
Kellett was born in Buckinghamshire and attended Wadham College, Oxford, graduating with a BA degree in History in 1981. Known for her distinctive personal style, she once arrived at an Oxford party in a punk outfit of tartan minidress with a cannon ball chained to her ankle. She spent two years in India studying yoga.[1]
After graduating, Kellet worked for Vogue as fashion features editor for five years.[1] She commented on the latest trends, describing the Dreadshock look adopted by Posers as "the most inspired expression of teenage individualism yet".[2] She was supportive of Karl Lagerfeld's updating of the Chanel look in the early 1980s, saying "All the stuff pre-Karl was so-o-o square."[3]
She was fashion editor for the London Evening Standard in 1988 and later of Tatler.[1] In 1989, she represented Tatler in an article in The Observer looking at the personal style of four fashion professionals.[4] In 1997 she was the society editor of OK! magazine and she also worked for British W magazine. She was an active freelance writer.[1]
Kellet married the French banker Jean-Marc Fraysse in 2002.[1]