Lucy Felton Explained

Birth Name:Lucy Victoria Wood
Birth Date:25 December 1985[1] [2]
Alma Mater:London College of Fashion
Years Active:2005–present
Children:2

Lucy Felton (née Wood; born 25 December 1985) is a British fashion editor, journalist, and blogger specialising in women's consumer publishing. She worked for the magazine Look from 2007 to 2016 as a senior editor and then head of fashion content. She has since been content coordinator at BBC Gardeners' World and runs the blog The Lucy Edit.

Early life

Felton is from Essex.[3] She graduated from the London College of Fashion with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Fashion Promotion – Journalism.[4]

Career

Under the name Lucy Wood, she began her career at Grazia magazine in 2005 as Fashion News and Features Assistant, covering the global fashion and shopping trends. In June 2007, she left her position at Grazia after two years[5] to become Fashion News Editor at LOOK magazine.[6] Interviewing designers, celebrities and writing fashion, style and lifestyle articles aimed at female readers led to being nominated for the PPA Association of UK Magazine and Periodical Publishers New Section Editor of the Year Award in 2008. She contributed to The Sun, The Daily Mail, Visa Europe,[7] Drapers Record[8] and London Metro.[9]

From May 2008 to June 2009, she edited bi-annual and online style magazine Random,[10] a style publication which sold out in London following the launch of its first issue. Her fashion blog Fashion Editor[11] resulted in Asos listing her Twitter[12] as 'one to watch' at Asos Follows Fashion[13] along with supermodel Jessica Stam, stylist to the stars Rachel Zoe and Hilary Alexander. Felton appeared on Leon Bailey-Green's 2010/11 Online Fashion 100 list.[14]

On screen and radio, she has appeared as a fashion expert on BBC television series Mary Queen of Shops, contributed fortnightly fashion slots for a BBC Radio Friday afternoon show, as well as various fashion segments for Asos, LOOK, Next and Miss Selfridge TV outlets.

In 2015, she was promoted to Head of Fashion Content at LOOK.[15] With her name change to Lucy Felton, she rebranded her blog to The Lucy Edit and became a freelancer in 2016.[16] [17]

Felton was appointed content coordinator at BBC Gardeners' World in 2022.[18]

Personal life

She married Christopher Felton in November 2015.[19] They have two children.[20] [21]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Last nights oyster-athon @pierharwich on my bday eve celebrating turning the big 3⃣0⃣ feeling the ❤️. Lucy Felton. Twitter. 25 December 2025. 9 October 2024.
  2. Web site: The Big Day Wish List. The Lucy Edit. Lucy. Felton. 11 December 2017. 9 October 2024.
  3. Web site: Iceland: Blue Lagoon, Golden Circle and Twisted Doughnuts. The Lucy Edit. Lucy. Felton. 17 March 2016. 9 October 2024.
  4. Web site: Working at Look Magazine - An Interview with Lucy Wood. Stylist Stuff. Rebekah. Roy. 12 January 2009. 3 October 2024.
  5. Web site: Lucy Wood, Fashion News Editor. Dorothy Perkins Style Council. https://web.archive.org/web/20120408151555/http://www.dorothyperkins.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?storeId=12552&catalogId=33053. 8 April 2012. dead.
  6. Web site: My Life, My Style: Look magazine's fashion news editor Lucy Wood on her signature dress down look. La Redoute Issue 6. 22 June 2010. 8 October 2024. 28.
  7. Web site: Visa UK . Consumer.visaeurope.com . 2011-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100513031235/http://consumer.visaeurope.com/shopping/malegifts.html . 2010-05-13 . dead .
  8. Web site: Fashion Summit 2009 - Programme - Day 2. www.emapconferences.co.uk . https://web.archive.org/web/20100317113710/http://www.emapconferences.co.uk/fashionsummit/programme/day-2 . 17 March 2010.
  9. Web site: James . By . University fashion that won't break the budget . Metro. 2009-09-01 . 2011-12-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000246/http://metro.co.uk/2009/09/01/university-fashion-that-wont-break-the-budget-377371/. 4 March 2016. dead.
  10. Web site: www.random-magazine.com . 2010-05-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100511062736/http://www.random-magazine.com/introduction.html . 2010-05-11 .
  11. Web site: London Fashion Editor Lucy Wood Opens Up Her Notebook . Fashion-editor.com . 2011-12-10.
  12. Web site: Twitter . Twitter . 2011-01-02 . 2011-12-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20140805190044/https://twitter.com/FashionNewsEd. 5 August 2014. dead.
  13. Web site: fashionable thoughts from our favourite tweeters . ASOS Follows Fashion . 2011-12-10.
  14. Web site: Online Fashion 100 2010/11 edition. The Online Fashion Agency. Leon. Bailey-Green. https://web.archive.org/web/20110713201009/http://www.leonbaileygreen.com/userfiles/LEONBAILEYGREEN-ONLINE-FASHION-100-2010-11.pdf. 13 July 2011. dead.
  15. Web site: Changes at LOOK Magazine. Response Source. 13 July 2015. 8 October 2024.
  16. Web site: Lucy Felton (nee Wood) reveals freelance details. Fashion Monitor. 18 March 2016. 8 October 2024.
  17. Web site: Burberry: How Christopher Bailey reinvented the brand with the chequered past. BBC News. Annabel. Rackhan. 24 November 2017. 8 October 2024.
  18. Web site: BBC Gardeners' World Magazine appoints content coordinator. Diary Directory. 28 February 2022. 8 October 2024.
  19. Web site: Lucy/Christopher Wood/Felton. Harwich and Manningtree Standard. 5 November 2015. 8 October 2024.
  20. Web site: Mantra Q&A Lucy Felton the Lucy Edit Blog. Mantra Jewellery. 24 March 2017. 8 October 2024.
  21. Web site: How to get back to school in style: Four mum bloggers share their fashion and beauty advice. The Daily Telegraph. Caroline. Leaper. 4 September 2017. 8 October 2024.

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