Ali Wolfe

Ali Wolfe is a freelance writer and Democratic fundraiser who lives in Manhatten, NY with her husband Brian and maltese Sunshine. "My very first job out of university was in the accesories closet at Women's Wear Daily. The most unglamorous trenches of fashion. But, my bosses (Anne Slowey, now accesories editor at Elle and Joe Zee, now Elle's Creative Director) became my first fashion mentors. I continue to find myself referencing what they taught me whenever I consider fashion." Ali counts Marc Jacobs, Stella McCartney and Nicholas Ghesquiere for Balenciaga as her current favorite designers. "They just get it," she says. Her advice to those interested in fashion, "Get a copy of Diana Vreeland's autobiography D.V. immediatley."