Robin Givhan, Detroit native and fashion editor of The Washington Post who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for her fashion columns, will discuss the convergence of fashion, power and politics in her lecture “The Washington Catwalk” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 in the Helmut Stern Auditorium, U-M Museum of Art.
Givhan received her Bachelor of Arts in English from Princeton University and a master’s degree in journalism from U-M. Since 1995 she has been the fashion editor of the Washington Post, where she covers the news, trends and business of the international fashion industry.
Photo by Helayne Seidman.
Givhan, who also writes a weekly culture column, in 2009 began covering Michelle Obama and the cultural and social shifts stirred by the first African-American family in the White House. She is the author of “Michelle: Her First Year as First Lady,” a joint project with the Washington Post.
The Vivian R. Shaw Lecture is co-hosted by the Department of Women’s Studies and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, with support from the UMMA, the Department of Communication Studies, the Howard R. Marsh Center for the Study of Journalist Performance, and the Center for the Education of Women Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund.
Following the lecture, Givhan will sign copies of her book.
