Since graduating from Central Saint Martins with a degree in fashion journalism, she has written widely about fashion.
Her former staff roles include deputy fashion editor of The Daily Telegraph and fashion editor of The Sunday Mirror.

Casting her eye on style across the globe, Robson was previously a columnist on international fashion for The National, the English national newspaper of the United Arab Emirates, and is an Associate Lecturer at the University of the Arts.

From The Financial Times to The Sunday Telegraph’s Stella magazine, Robson has written fashion features for many national and international newspapers and their style supplements, as well as creating digital and print content for branded editorial, such as Matches, Urban Junkies and British Airways First life magazine. She has contributed to global fashion publications, including Grazia, Elle and Instyle.

In addition to her freelance and consultancy work, Robson is currently senior reporter on London Fashion Week’s The LFW Daily.

Professional/Industrial Experience
2005-present day
Freelance fashion writer, broadcaster and stylist. Contributing to publications including all Telegraph titles, The Financial Times, The Daily Mail, The Daily Express, Grazia, Instyle, You magazine, ES magazine, Stella, British Airways First Life, Country & Town House. And several websites including Handbag.com British Airways and Urban Junkies
Regular broadcasting guest talking about fashion trends on BBC Radio 4 Women’s Hour.
Contributor on fashion news items on Sky News, ITN News at Ten, CNN, NBC, Al Jazeera.
Languages spoken (working): French, Italian, Spanish, knowledge of Japanese.
Editor and digital content strategist (clients on request)

2008-2012
Correspondent covering haute couture shows for The National and The Daily Telegraph online and newspaper.

2005-present
Copy writer and brand consultant: clients include Next, Grattan, George Asda, F+F Tesco, Thomas Pink, Boden, River Island, Gap.
Guest columnist, Boden blog, one of largest UK and US fashion websites.

2008-2012
Weekly columnist on international fashion for The National, the national daily newspaper of Abu Dhabi, distributed throughout UAE and Arab nations.

2006-present
Senior reporter for LFW The Daily, published in-house magazine of London Fashion Week.

2008-2012, covered haute couture shows for The National and The Daily Telegraph online and newspaper.

2005-present
Copy writer and brand consultant: clients include Next, Grattan, George Asda, F+F Tesco, Thomas Pink, Gap, Boden, River Island, Principles, Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
Guest columnist, Boden blog, one of largest UK and US fashion websites.

1996-2005
Deputy Fashion Editor, The Daily Telegraph, British national newspaper

1994-1996
Fashion Editor, The Sunday Mirror newspaper and magazine.
Fashion correspondent, LIVE! TV

1988-1994 Fashion stylist and assistant, The Daily Telegraph

1980-85 Fashion model, based in London and Tokyo

1982, 1981 –Actor in Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Other professional/Industrial Experience
Fashion intern at British Vogue (6 months), Elle UK (one month) during ‘sandwich year’ at Central St Martins.

EDUCATION:
Central Saint Martins, BA Hons in Fashion Communication and Promotion
Leeds University, Textiles BA Hons

Northwood School, Middlesex.
11 O Levels
3 A Levels
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WORKING SUMMARY
JULIA ROBSON – British-based freelance fashion journalist, broadcaster and copy writer, Julia Robson works across global publications including The National (UAE), Grazia, Instyle, Elle and national newspapers including Daily Telegraph titles, The Daily Mail and e-magazine, Handbag.com. A former weekly columnist on international fashion for The National, the English national newspaper of the United Arab Emirates, and Associate Lecturer at the University of the Arts and The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) overseas programme in London, the former deputy fashion editor of The Daily Telegraph, and fashion editor of The Sunday Mirror, graduated from Central St Martins with a first class honours degree in fashion
She is also a regular ‘frockwatching’ guest on Sky News (during Oscars) and BBC Radio 4 (Woman’s Hour). Recent commissions include covering the French haute couture season (July 2011) for Telegraph.com site and haute couture shows for The National (since 2008); and editorship of a magazine (August 2012) written by detainees at a women’s prison in a collaborative project for University of the Arts (funded by Sir John Cass’s foundation).
 Julia currently contributes to London Fashion Week’s The Daily, the newspaper of LFW.
Julia worked on the concept and launch of the Next online site (2005/6) and does copywriting/guest blogging for several high street/designer websites including Boden and Matches. Special project clients include George at Asda (working on corporate events with Colleen Rooney) and Tesco F&F (Eastern Europe); styling/coordinating ‘reader’ events (Woman & Home; MaxMara) and developing Press product look books/Press shows (Boden, Grattan, Breast Cancer Care). Recent published fashion features include The Sunday Telegraph’s Stella magazine, Telegraph Saturday magazine, The Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph (Luxury Supplement); The Daily Mail; Matches, Country and Town House magazine (interview with Sophie Dahl); British Airways First Life (interview with Tom Ford).