DEREK C. BLASBERG IS A FASHION EDITOR, CURATOR AND NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR. HE IS A REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR TO VANITY FAIR, VOGUE, ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST, W MAGAZINE, AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND WRITES A COLUMN FOR HARPER’S BAZAAR CALLED “THE DISPATCH”. HIS FIRST JOB WAS AS AN ASSISTANT AT VOGUE. IN HIS CAREER, HE WAS THE FIRST EVER HEAD OF FASHION & BEAUTY AT YOUTUBE AND THE YOUNGEST EVER EDITOR-AT-LARGE OF HARPER’S BAZAAR. HE HAS BEEN A SENIOR DIRECTOR OF THE GAGOSIAN GALLERY SINCE 2014. BORN AND RAISED IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, BLASBERG HOLDS DEGREES IN DRAMATIC LITERATURE AND JOURNALISM FROM NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. HE LIVES IN MANHATTAN WITH HIS FAMILY.