Super-stylist Clare Byrne is new fashion director of i-D

Karlie Kloss’s Bedford Media said Wednesday that its i-D Magazine has named stylist Clare Byrne its global fashion director, effective immediately. 

Reporting to editor-in-chief and chief brand officer Thom Bettridge, she takes on a role previously held by Carlos Nazario, Alastair McKimm, Julia Sarr-Jamois and Edward Enninful (who was global fashion director for 20 years until 2011).

Byrne works between New York and Europe and we’re told she “brings an instinctive approach to visual storytelling that is often defined by colour, humour and a refined sense of composition”. 

She was most recently fashion director at The Travel Almanac, “where she introduced a fashion perspective and elevated the roster of contributors and subjects to feature talents such as Grimes, A$AP Rocky, Arca and Anohni”. 

Her styling work has appeared in a variety of publications including Pop, M Le Monde, Vogue, W Magazine, Fantastic Man, Double, and i-D itself. She actually worked on the ‘Unknown’ cover story with Ezra Khoury for the relaunch issue earlier this year. 

She also styles and consults for brands including Heaven, Marc Jacobs, Chanel, Dior, Hermès, Calvin Klein, Tiffany & Co and MAC and has worked closely with major-name photographers and directors including Inez & Vinoodh, Roe Ethridge, Craig McDean, Aidan Zamiri, Willy Vanderperre, Charlotte Wales, Collier Schorr, Theo De Gueltzl and Ethan James Green.