Fabien Baron
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Baron in 2014
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| Born | July 5, 1959 Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
| Nationality | French, American |
| Education | École des Arts Appliqués |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 1982-present |
| Website | www |
Fabien Baron (born July 5, 1959) is a French director, art director and magazine editor. Best known for his iconic ad campaigns and work as editorial director of Andy Warhol's Interview magazine.
Baron was born on July 5, 1959 in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, France, the son of a Parisian newspaper designer. Baron went to the École des Arts Appliqués where he studied design, sculpture and painting.
In 1982 Baron moved to New York and became an art director for Barneys.
Six years later, Baron went on to reinvent Italian Vogue under editor Franca Sozzani.
Baron joined Harper's Bazaar in 1992 as creative director working with editor-in-chief Liz Tilberis. He was brought on to revamp the magazine. According to UK's The Independent, Baron's work "took Bazaar's competitors by storm" and "created a truly distinctive look, clean, clear, elegant, modern." It was quickly dubbed "the world's most beautiful fashion magazine". That same year Baron began working with Calvin Klein for what would be the next 20 years as creative director for the brand.
Also that same year in 1992, Baron designed Madonna's Sex book photographed by Steven Meisel. Baron shot and directed the documentary, Sex featuring Madonna. The documentary was released alongside her album Erotica, Baron directed the music video for the title track that was banned by MTV.
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