Teri Agins is an award-winning journalist, lecturer, consultant and former senior special writer and “Ask Teri” columnist at The Wall Street Journal where she developed the paper’s fashion industry beat which she covered for 30 years. She is the author of Hijacking the Runway, How Celebrities are Stealing the Spotlight From Fashion Designers (2014 Avery/ Penguin Random House) and The End of Fashion, How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever (1999 William Morrow/HarperCollins ). Teri has written for The New York Times, Business of Fashion, Vogue, Essence, O Magazine, Town & Country, Allure, Elle, Fortune and Harper’s Bazaar. She appeared on “Oprah”, “Project Runway”, “The View,” “Full Frontal Fashion,” “The Today Show,” “Inside Edition,” CNN, CNBC, National Public Radio and “The Cutting Room Floor,” and documentary films: “Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons” (Hulu, 2022) and “The United States of Elie Tahari” (Vimeo on Demand, 2021) and “Kingdom of Dreams,”
the 2022 U.K. docuseries. Her journalism awards come from the Council of Fashion Designers of America, the Accessories Council, Columbia University, University of Missouri School of Journalism, University of Georgia, LIM College and the Newswomen’s Club of New York. She graduated from Wellesley College and has a master’s degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. She lives in New York City.