LONDON — Man About City is ushering in change with the appointment of Luke Day as its new editor in chief. He will likely be overseeing the biannual’s journal’s print and digital platforms, in addition to dwell occasions.
Day’s first situation will likely be printed in October and he’s already been entrenched within the publication by taking up a vogue director function for the final couple of points.
“It hasn’t been totally my imaginative and prescient, however it has been a pleasant introduction to attending to know the workforce,” he stated in an interview.
A difficulty of Man About City from 2019.
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“Man About City has been one of many magazines that I’ve at all times admired, and I’ve beloved its many iterations underneath Ben Reardon, Peter Howarth and David Bradshaw. The journal has such a fantastic legacy and it’s one of many OG males’s vogue biannuals within the U.Okay.,” he added.
In the previous couple of years, Day has paused his journal profession and has been styling on a contract foundation with different publications.
He began his profession at Angle Journal in 1999, the place he labored his means up from intern to vogue director earlier than leaving for Area Homme+ as its vogue editor.
In 2011, he joined GQ Model and went onto turning into the journal’s editor, in addition to holding the place of vogue director at GQ U.Okay.
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Considered one of Day’s longest collaborations has been with Robbie Williams from the pop group Take That, who’s presently on tour.
“I’m actually completely happy to be again at magazines and on the helm. I actually really feel like print is in my DNA and I’ve pored over magazines on the information agent from the age of 13,” he stated.
Man About City is printed by Visible Expertise, which additionally prints Wonderland and Rollacoaster Journal.
One of many first adjustments that Day is placing into place on the publication is relaunching the digital web site in July with a complete new look and contemporary content material.
“Secondly, I wish to take Man About City into the occasions enviornment. I really like internet hosting and I really like events. I simply wish to carry the journal to life and share that with the neighborhood, whether or not it’s dinners, events or retailer occasions,” he stated.
