Derek Blasberg

Derek Blasberg
Blasberg in December 2012
Born	Derek Charles Blasberg St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation	fashion editor, fashion writer, author
Website
derekblasberg.com

Derek Charles Blasberg (born April 22, 1982) is an American writer, editor and New York Times bestselling author. He is currently Vanity Fair's Our Man on the Street and a senior staffer of the Gagosian Gallery. He is also the host of CNN Style on CNN International.

Blasberg was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1982. After graduating as salutatorian of Affton High School’s class of 2000, he moved to New York City to attended New York University. He graduated with honors and two degrees, dramatic literature and journalism, in 2004. His first job was as an assistant at Vogue.

Blasberg is the Editor at Large of Vmagazine and VMAN, as well as the founding U.S. Editor of the London-based arts publication Garage Magazine where he developed a popular column called 'Emails from the Edge'. Before joining Vanity Fair, Blasberg was the Editor at Large of Harper’s Bazaar. In his career, Blasberg has contributed articles to serveal leading fashion magazines. From 2006 to 2010, Blasberg was the Editor at Large of Style.com, where he wrote a column called The Blasblog. From 2009 to 2012, he kept a column called Fast + Louche in Interview magazine.

Blasberg joined the Gagosian Gallery in 2014. One of Blasberg's roles at the gallery is contributing texts to its publications, including the 'In Conversation' series.

In April 2010, Blasberg's first book, Classy: Exceptional Advice for the Extremely Modern Lady, a collection of humorous essays about etiquette, was released by Penguin Books. The book was on the New York Times best sellers list for several weeks, has since been translated into several languages and published in countries in Asia, South America, and Europe. In October 2011, Blasberg released Very Classy: Even More Exceptional Advice for the Extremely Modern Lady, which is an expanded and updated version of the original bestseller.