Linda Wells

Wells graduated in 1976 from Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School and graduated from Trinity College, located in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1980.^[1]

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.^[2] In 1991 Wells founded Allure magazine and served as the editor-in-chief until 2015.^[3] 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."^[4] 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.^[5] In 2017, Wells became Chief Creative Officer of Revlon.^[6] In 2018, Wells launched her own beauty brand named Flesh.^[7]