Robin Givhan
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Robin Givhan (born 1965) is the fashion editor for The Washington Post. She won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. The Prize gave the rationale for her award as follows:
"Awarded to Robin Givhan of The Washington Post for her witty, closely observed essays that transform fashion criticism into cultural criticism."
Givhan is a native of Detroit, Michigan, where she earned her diploma as a valedictorian at Renaissance High School in 1982, a graduate of Princeton University in 1986, and holds a Master's Degree in journalism from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She first worked for the Detroit Free Press for about seven years. She also held positions at the San Francisco Chronicle and Vogue magazine, and has now been with the Post off and on for over ten years. Givhan lives in New York City.
Givhan appeared as a guest on The Colbert Report in January 2006.
