Charlie Porter (journalist)

{{short description|Fashion journalist}}

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| birth_date = 1973{{cite news|last1=Porter|first1=Charlie|title=At the age of 37, you needn't start dressing like J*r*my Cl*rks*n|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/aug/17/men-fashion-lost-interest-37|accessdate=11 April 2016|work=The Guardian|date=17 August 2012|language=en-GB|quote="I am 38."}}

| birth_place = United Kingdom

| occupation = Fashion journalist, editor, blogger.

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| years_active = 1996–present

| website = [http://charlieporter.net charlieporter.net]

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Charlie Porter is a British fashion journalist.

As he could not afford to study fashion journalism at Central Saint Martins, Porter became a researcher for The Daily Express in the mid-1990s.{{cite book |last1=Bradford |first1=Julie |title=Fashion Journalism |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781136475368 |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H2xeBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA25|language=en}}{{cite journal|last1=Dembinska|first1=Natalie|title=Charlie Porter - The Men|journal=10 Magazine|date=3 August 2011|url=http://www.10magazine.com/news/charlie-porter-the-men|accessdate=11 April 2016|language=en-GB}} He eventually became an arts reporter, as commissioning editor for The Times and arts editor for Esquire. His first fashion-related post was as deputy fashion editor for The Guardian in 2000.{{cite journal|last1=Sandran|first1=Aravin|title=Conversations with a Critic: Charlie Porter|journal=1 Granary|date=13 September 2015|url=http://1granary.com/interviews/charlie-porter/|accessdate=11 April 2016|language=en-US}} Following this, Porter became an associate editor for GQ and deputy editor for the Amsterdam-based magazine Fantastic Man. By 2012, Porter had become a freelance journalist and also dedicated himself to fashion blogging.{{cite book |last1=Bradford |first1=Julie |title=Fashion Journalism |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781136475368 |page=121 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H2xeBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA121 |language=en}} As of 2014, Porter writes for The Financial Times as their menswear critic. He has also contributed to i-D.{{cite web|title=Style Mixtape: Charlie Porter|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/fashion/style-mixtape-charlie-porter|website=Clash Magazine|accessdate=11 April 2016}} He has been described as one of the most influential fashion journalists of his time.{{cite web |last1=Siddall |first1=Liv |title=Bookshelf: Fashion's favourite blogger Charlie Porter on Snoopy, Ulysses, and the science of the suit... |url=http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/bookshelf-charlie-porter |website=It's Nice That|accessdate=11 April 2016|date=11 August 2012}}

As a representative of The Guardian and GQ, Porter was the journalist invited to choose the most representative looks for 2005 for the Fashion Museum, Bath's Dress of the Year collection. He chose a man's suit by Thom Browne and a green faille dress by Alber Elbaz for Lanvin.{{cite news |last1=Porter |first1=Charlie |title=Top of the frocks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2005/dec/03/fashion.shopping1 |accessdate=25 March 2015 |work=The Guardian|agency=Guardian News and Media Limited |date=3 December 2005}} He is openly gay.{{Cite web |last=AnOther |date=2023-08-17 |title=Charlie Porter on the Joys of Writing in His East London Home |url=https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/15056/charlie-porter-bring-no-clothes-east-london-home |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=AnOther |language=en}}

In recent years, Porter has published two nonfiction books about fashion. His book Wear No Clothes explores the clothing choices of the Bloomsbury Group from a philosophical perspective, while What Artists Wear examines the clothes of various artists, including Agnes Martin, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Georgia O’Keeffe, Cindy Sherman, and David Hammonds.{{Cite news |author=Charlie Porter |title=Bring No Clothes: Bloomsbury and the Philosophy of Fashion by Charlie Porter – review: style revolution |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/06/bring-no-clothes-bloomsbury-and-the-philosophy-of-fashion-by-charlie-porter-review-style-revolution |work=The Guardian |date=2023-09-06 |access-date=2024-11-12}} {{Cite news |last=Porter |first=Charlie |date=May 12, 2022 |title=What artists wear: A celebration of fashion and identity |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/12/books/review/what-artists-wear-charlie-porter.html}} His debut novel, Nova Scotia House, will be published in 2025.