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Imran Amed

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]

Imran Amed
MBE

(1975-04-20) April 20, 1975

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

McGill University
Harvard University

Businessman

Founding The Business of Fashion website

Background[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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

Phaidon

The Business of Fashion