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Imran Amed

Imran Amed

Canadian-British entrepreneur and fashion expert

Imran Amed MBE (born April 20, 1975)[1] is a Canadian-British fashion businessman, founder, and editor-in-chief of The Business of Fashion.[2][3][4]

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Background

Amed was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta. He is of Indian descent.

Amed attended McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.[3] After graduation, he worked as a management consultant.[5] In 2000, he enrolled at Harvard Business School to complete an MBA.[3] Upon graduation in 2002, he moved to London to work for McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm.[5] He left McKinsey in 2006 to explore his interest in the fashion industry.[3]

Editorial work

As of 2013, Amed has become the main contributor of "The Business of Fashion" (BoF). BoF employs nearly 80 people in offices in London, New York, and Shanghai.[4][6]

Awards and honors

In 2016, at the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards, Amed was awarded the Media Award in Honor of Eugenia Sheppard.[7]

He was an appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honors for services to fashion.[8][9]

Products

In 2011, Amed launched a bag design collaboration with British leather goods designer Bill Amberg.[10]

Books

  • Pattern, Phaidon, 2013 (ISBN 0714849723; ISBN 978-0714849720)

References

  1. [1]
    "Imran Amed". The Talks. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Imran Amed Bio". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
  3. [3]
    "BoF founder Imran Amed on his Indian identity, his role in the fashion industry and what lies ahead". GQ India. 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  4. [4]
    Lewis, Tim (2018-09-09). "Imran Amed: meet fashion's most influential man". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
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    "Imran Amed: "I'm grateful to have work that I care about, to do work that touches people" | Exclusive". Lifestyle Asia India. 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
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    Mohammed, Sagal (2018-11-04). "Is Imran Amed the most powerful man in fashion?". YOU Magazine. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  7. [7]
    "How Imran Amed became Canada's stealth player in global fashion". The Star. June 8, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  8. [8]
    "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). December 31, 2016. p. N15.
  9. [9]
    "New Years Honours List 2017" (PDF). www.gov.uk. HM Government of the United Kingdom. December 31, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
  10. [10]
    Menkes, Suzy (February 17, 2011). "Cast your vote for Lam". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
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