Grand grew up in Birmingham. She discovered fashion at 12, saying "I was really nerdy. And then, kind of overnight, I can clearly remember thinking, 'I just want to be cool.' Around that time, my dad's girlfriend moved up from London and I thought she was terribly chic. She always used to wear Warehouse, which had just opened and was really good, because Jeff Banks was still in charge. So there are photos of me aged twelve wearing waist-high tight red jeans with a puffed-sleeved blue sweater and awful hair, and then aged thirteen in an ankle-length black gathered skirt, white shirt tucked in, braces (suspenders), a black tie, black lace tights, navy blue stilettos and a black beret with a veil. So it was quite quick! And I really got into going to London and going to the Great Gear Market and all that kind of thing."
At secondary school she stated her strongest subjects were Maths, History and English. On deciding her career, she said, "around fifteen I decided that I wanted to do something in art or fashion", so she began taking night classes at the local college in sculpture, life drawing, jewelry making and pottery to improve her design skills. After completing sixth form, Katie began a foundation course at Birmingham's Bournville College of Art, where she was named Student of the Year, achieving 96%.
Katie then moved on to Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design where she found it hard to settle on a single subject - "I tried design, marketing, journalism, knitwear… and ended up doing print, which I still find weird."
Named by British newspaper The Daily Telegraph as "one of the most powerful stylists in the world", Katie Grand is a stylist and magazine editor based in London. Whilst studying Fashion Design at Central St Martins, Grand launched Dazed & Confused in 1992, with fellow students Rankin Waddell and Jefferson Hack. She worked as Fashion Director at Dazed & Confused and She was later bought by style magazineThe Face as Fashion Director until October 2001. During this time Grand went on to launch the bi-annual fashion and art magazine POP in 2000 and she was made Editor-in-Chief of POP. This position brought Katie many famous friendships, including celebrities Madonna and Agyness Deyn, and designers Stella McCartney, Luella Bartley, Miuccia Prada and Giles Deacon. She infamously convinced actress Elizabeth Hurley to pose nude on the cover of POP. She left POP in 2008 to launch a new title, LOVE, with Conde Nast, with its first issue published in Spring 2009. Grand also contributes to numerous publications including Japanese and Italian Vogue, Arena Homme Plus, Visionaire, Numéro, Big, and Harper’s Bazaar, where Grand is Senior Contributing Editor. She has also worked as an advertising consultant for brands including Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, Giorgio Armani, Hugo Boss, Fendi, Lancôme, Bottega Veneta, Loewe, Gucci and Nike, as well as styling shows for design houses such as Louis Vuitton, Prada, Miu Miu, Giles, Calvin Klein, Cacharel, Loewe and The Gap. Grand has also styled high-profile celebrities including Madonna, Uma Thurman, Scarlet Johansson, Drew Barrymore, Christina Ricci and Chloë Sevigny.
Katie styles many fashion photo shoots and shows including Giles and Unique at Topshop.
Katie's Agency: CLM
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CLM news about Katie Grand
The LOVE Magazine
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http://showstudio.com/contributors/1549
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Grand
