Zandile Blay is a Style Columnist for the Huffington Post and founder of Africa Style Daily.
She was formerly Digital Fashion Editor for ESSENCE Magazine, Women’s Fashion Editor for Paper Magazine and Readers Editor at SEVENTEEN Magazine. Her work has appeared in New York Magazine online, InStyle, Teen People, The New York Sun, The Daily News and America Online, amongst others. As a leading fashion blogger, she founded the British Vogue recognized fashion news blog, The Blay Report, and the newly created Africa Style Daily. Blay earned her Bachelor of Science in Journalism at Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University. She earned her Masters in Fashion from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. She was named to EBONY Magazine’s Power List in 2010.
Blay was born in Ghana, West Africa and is based in New York City.
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