Leslie Sun
{{Short description|Fashion editor}}
File:Leslie Sun.jpgLeslie Sun (born July 1, 1979) is APAC Editorial Director (Taiwan, India, Japan) for Vogue, and Editor-in-Chief for Vogue Taiwan.{{Cite web |title=Leslie Sun {{!}} BoF 500 {{!}} The People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry |url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/community/people/leslie-sun |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=The Business of Fashion |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |last=Robertson |first=Katie |date=2021-12-04 |title=Condé Nast Knows Faded Glory Is Not in Style |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/04/business/media/conde-nast-anna-wintour.html |access-date=2023-10-30 |issn=0362-4331}}
Early life
Born in Los Angeles and raised in Taiwan, Sun developed a passion for fashion at an early age. She studied at the University of Southern California, receiving her Bachelor’s in Business in 2001, and continued with a Master’s of Fine Art degree at California Institute of the Arts in 2006.{{Cite web |title=CalArts Graphic Design Almanac: Leslie Sun |url=https://calartsdesignalmanac.net/?Leslie+Sun |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=calartsdesignalmanac.net}}{{Cite web |title=Art Collectors in Taiwan to Watch Out For This Week |url=https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/features/art-collectors-in-taiwan-to-watch-out-for-this-week/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Larry's List |language=en-US}}
Career
Sun began her career as a graphic designer at studio Green Dragon Office, specialising in museum catalogues and artist monographs. Sun returned to Taipei in 2012, where she opened her own lifestyle gallery, Sunset.{{Cite web |date=2018-10-19 |title=Inside the wardrobe of an edgy Taipei-based art collector |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/2168729/taipei-based-art-collector-leslie-sun-opens-her-edgy |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2017-05-25 |title=Art Lovers: Leslie Sun |url=https://theartling.com/en/artzine/art-lovers-leslie-sun/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=The Artling |language=en}} In September 2019, Sun started working at Vogue Taiwan, where she became Editor-in-Chief in January 2020.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-12 |title=Vogue Taiwan Gets An Entire Makeover With the Help of the New Editor |url=https://thegarnettereport.com/fashion/vogue-taiwan-new-editor/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=The Garnette Report |language=en}}
Personal life
Sun collects contemporary art pieces from artists including Daniel Arsham, Wolfgang Tillmans, Mel Bochner, and Lin Yi-Hsuan, a hobby she began while studying at CalArts.{{Cite web |title=For Leslie Sun, Collecting is Collaborating |url=https://www.phillips.com/article/72194343/leslie-sun-intersect-lifestyle |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Phillips |language=en}} Sun serves on the advisory board of Taipei Dangdai, a major art fair in Taiwan that launched in 2019.{{Cite web |title=ADVISORY GROUP {{!}} Taipei Dangdai - Art & Ideas Taipei Dangdai – Art & Ideas |url=https://taipeidangdai.com/about/advisory-group/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=taipeidangdai.com}}