Lindsay Peoples
Editor-in-Chief, The Cut & Former Editor-in-Chief, Teen Vogue
Lindsay Peoples shares an invaluable view of women’s empowerment.
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One of the nation’s rare Black female editors-in-chief and a 2020 Forbes 30 under 30 honoree, The Cut’s Lindsay Peoples shares an invaluable view of women’s empowerment, marketing to GenZ, elevating your brand in the era of Black Lives Matter, hiring for diversity, and running multi-million-dollar brands with an editorial mission to view everything through the lens of inclusivity.
Peoples returned to The Cut, New York Magazine’s style and culture site in 2021, after two years as editor-in-chief at Teen Vogue. At Teen Vogue, she was the youngest editor-in-chief of a Condé Nast publication and one of the rare Black journalists in leadership roles at the company’s magazines. While there, she co-founded the Black in Fashion Council, which has enlisted the support of the Human Rights Campaign to provide benchmarking around corporate policies and practices that are pertinent to the inclusivity of Black employees. Under Peoples Wagner’s leadership, the Council established an Equality Index Score for companies across fashion and beauty brands and the media that covers them.
Before Teen Vogue, Peoples spent five years as an editor at both The Cut and New York Magazine, roles she assumed following her time as the fashion market reporter at Style.com. During this first tenure at The Cut, she won the 2017 ASME Next award, which honors outstanding achievement by magazine journalists under the age of 30. She also wrote the critically-acclaimed “Everywhere and Nowhere: What it’s really like to be Black and work in fashion.” The piece featured more than 100 people of color’s insights and perspectives on diversity in fashion. In 2019, she was celebrated among Business of Fashion’s BoF 500. She was also included on the 2020 “Root 100” list of the most influential African Americans.
Earlier in her career, Peoples spent two years as a fashion market assistant at Teen Vogue, where she returned after a stint at O, The Oprah Magazine. She began her career in fashion at Teen Vogue as an assistant working in the fashion closet under the founding editor-in-chief, Amy Astley. Peoples Wagner, who hails from Wisconsin, graduated from Buena Vista University with a bachelor’s degree in art and journalism.
Sharing her own personal and professional experiences, branding savvy and leadership expertise, Peoples provides honest, authentic advice that not only inspires, but gives audiences the insights and tools to take action.
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FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY
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Topics
The Pandemic & Black Lives Matter: How Young People Are Building A New Normal
The Time Is Now for Brands to Change
Dangers to Diversity: Referral Hiring & Other Practices that Derail D&I
Inclusivity at the Forefront
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Lindsay Peoples On Her Artistic Inspirations And Fight For Inclusivity
Lindsay Peoples Wagner Says Jeremy Scott’s NYFW Show Is “Lit” | E!’s NYFW Front Five | E!
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