Lisa Lovatt-Smith

A winner of the British Vogue talent competition at age eighteen, Lisa Lovatt-Smith spent fifteen years as an editor and fashion director at various editions of Vogue. She was also a freelance journalist for international magazines and newspapers, including Architectural Digest, The Times, The Independent, The Guardian, El Pais and others. Lisa has authored sixteen interior-design and photography books, in addition to her memoir, Who Knows Tomorrow (2014). Since 2002 she has dedicated most of her time to the children’s charity she founded in Ghana, OAfrica. For her work as an activist, she was recognized with the Face Africa Award in the U.S., the Prix Clarins in France and the LiberPress Award in Spain.