Caroline Kellett

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Caroline Kellett
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Caroline Kellett, pictured in The Observer, December 1989
Born1960
Died26 August 2014
Alma mater Wadham College, Oxford
Occupationjournalist
Spouse(s)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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Accomplished style journalist Caroline Kellett dies aged 54. Geordie Greig, London Evening Standard, 29 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  2. Quoted in "Striking a pose with the Dreadshock kid", Rick Witcombe, The Guardian , 30 December 1983, p. 7.
  3. Steele, Valerie. (1997). Fifty Years of Fashion: New Look to Now. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 119. ISBN   978-0-300-08738-3.
  4. "More chains than Chanel", Nicola Jeal, The Observer, 3 December 1989, p. 37.