Lizzette Kattan
| Lizzette Kattan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 18, 1951 San Pedro Sula, Honduras |
| Notable credit(s) | Fashion Director, Italian Cosmopolitan; Fashion Director, Harper’s Bazaar Uomo; Fashion Director, Harper’s Bazaar Italia; Editor-in-Chief , Harper’s Bazaar France |
Lizzette Kattan, is a Honduran-born fashion editor that worked between Milan and New York from 1976 until 1986 for Harper's Bazaar Italy, Harper's Bazaar France, Uomo Harper's Bazaar and Italian Cosmopolitan. She collaborated with virtually every major photographer of that period and discovered many of today's most recognizable photographic talent. Once retired from the fashion world Lizzette started her diplomatic career as the Commercial Attache of the Honduran Embassy in Rome, in 1990, and eventually becoming the Consulate General of Milan in 2002 until 2007. She currently works as a freelance Stylist for international publications.
Lizzette is fluent in English, French, Italian, and Spanish.
Lizzette was born in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Her family relocated to New York City while in her teens. Her passion throughout her childhood was not fashion but oddly enough archeology. And thus she pursued a degree in Anthropology at Hunter College. Eileen Ford discovered Lizzette on the streets of New York and proposed to her to become a model. The decision to start a modeling career was met with some hesitation, as Lizzette never considered working in the fashion industry.
Lizzette signed with Ford Models and started working in New York City. She traveled throughout Europe and worked for the likes of GQ, ELLE France, Italian Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar Italia.
Her interest of being in front of camera waned during her short modeling career and she gradually pursued a job at Edizioni Syds, which owned Harper’s Bazaar Italia. She began her career organizing photo shoots for Italian Cosmopolitan. Her big break came in 1976 when she took over as the Fashion Director of Italian Cosmopolitan, a position she held until 1986.
Her powerful creative work gained momentum and she took over as the Fashion Director of Harper’s Bazaar Italia in 1978. Her greatest accomplishment was launching Men’s Harper’s Bazaar in 1979. The magazine was later renamed Harper’s Bazaar Uomo. She fostered many close ties with the greatest talents of that period such as Valentino, Gianni Versace, Ottavio Missoni and Calvin Klein.
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