From Midwestern roots to Manhattan’s magnificence to building her own sustainable strawbale solar home in a rural mountain town out west, writing is the one constant in Jenn Weede’s life. A professional journalist and magazine editor for 17 years, Jenn has been an editor at Fairchild Publications in New York City, an outdoor journalist completing an adventure race, combat rolling a kayak, scaling the highest mountain in Spain and descending untracked snowy peaks on a snowboard, and an essayist musing about the lost art of dying, sense of place, the meaning of life (a work in progress), and a closet song writer and poet. Dubbed “Jenn the Durable” on a surreal tour of Iceland, her relentless pursuit of truth and understanding this human thing has taken her to remote islands in Indonesia, into a turban-clad cult, a rural American town that rivals Deadwood, and a West African country where she survived a death threat—and later laughed in her assailant’s face. Writing is the only way she knows how to make sense of it all.
An acute trend spotter and social commentator, Jenn holds degrees in social science, fashion, and magazine journalism. The professional result has been publication in a variety of magazines including National Geographic Adventure, Outside, Women’s Health, Shape, Women’s Running, Her Sports + Fitness, Skiing, Women’s Skiing, Ski Press, Mountain Gazette, Backcountry, Elevation Outdoors, Good Housekeeping, Natural Foods Merchandiser and Sculpture Review. She’s written website, marketing and advertising copy for clients as diverse as Ball Aerospace, Professional Ski Instructors of America and Dharma Medicines.
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Talent is helpful in writing,
~Jessamyn West
Jenn Weede has been a fashion editor, professional wardrobe stylist and photo shoot producer for 17 years in New York City and Colorado, specializing in active lifestyles, wellness, outdoors, snow sports, health and fitness.
She produces and styles brand campaigns for clients as diverse as the Four Seasons’ Jackson Hole, W.L. Gore, and Ball Aerospace. She spent six years at Fairchild Publications as the fashion editor of Sportstyle magazine. Later, as the style editor for Women Outside, Her Sports + Fitness, Women’s Running, Energy for Women, Ski Press and Snow Press magazines, she regularly produced and styled editorial fashion and gear features.
She has produced and styled live events from Gore-Tex’s ‘Gore in the City’ fashion show for New York City fashion media to the annual Running Event fashion show in Texas. She’s been the primary stylist on commercial branding campaigns for clients including Disney Family Travel Channel, Merrell footwear, The Sports Authority, Neve Designs, Snowsports Industries America, Sperry Footwear, Planet Outdoors, Sunrise cell phones, and Getty stock photography. She has styled features for publications including Forbes Life Mountain Time, Ladies Home Journal, Delicious Living, American Cowboy, Women’s Health, Hooked on the Outdoors and Freeskier. In her early career,
she merchandised retail displays and store-front windows for Liz Claiborne, Leggett’s, The Limited, The State Street Store, and the Valley Mall.
A keen eye for social trends, and in-depth understanding of visual communication that uniquely spans current fashion and technical apparel and gear, mark her distinction as a stylist. More than a decade as a fashion editor honed an insider knowledge of what needs to happen to produce effective, efficient photo shoots, on time, on budget and on the mark. She has a reputation as a reliable professional who knows how to get the job done well, and be a pleasure to work with.
Prior to working as a fashion editor and stylist, Weede received an undergraduate degree in social science and fashion merchandising from James Madison University, and a post-graduate degree in magazine journalism from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. In total, she has more than 20 years of experience in fashion, styling and merchandising.