How the Editor in Chief of Marie Claire Gets Styled for a Trip to Italy

"Since landing her first internship with Glamour magazine in college, Ms. Ogunnaike, 40, has held editorial roles there and at Elle magazine and GQ. She has been in the top post at Marie Claire since 2023. She recently spent a Saturday with The New York Times as she prepared for Milan Fashion Week."

"My mom and dad are both very stylish people. They got dressed up to go to church every week in her hometown Springfield, Va. Her mother managed a Staples; her father, a CVS. Presentation is important to them, she said."

"Ms. Ogunnaike moved to Bed-Stuy from Manhattan in 2020. There's so much more space, she said. It feels like a neighborhood. My best girlfriend and my sister both live down the block. She commutes to Marie Claire's office near Bryant Park two or three times per week on the subway."

"We went from Paris Hilton to Ashley Graham, and now we're back to super skinny again, she said. Ms. Ogunnaike is a morning workout person. She sees a personal trainer at Iconoclast Fitness, a gym near Madison Square Park. She has been alarmed by the body-type reset in the fashion industry in recent years."

Nikki Ogunnaike, 40, serves as editor-in-chief of Marie Claire magazine, a position she has held since 2023. She grew up in Springfield, Virginia, where her parents—a Staples manager and CVS manager—emphasized the importance of presentation and dressing well. After beginning her career with an internship at Glamour during college, she progressed through editorial roles at Elle and GQ before reaching her current position. She recently spent a Saturday with The New York Times while preparing for Milan Fashion Week. Living in Brooklyn's Bed-Stuy neighborhood since 2020, she commutes to the office near Bryant Park two to three times weekly via subway. She maintains a morning workout routine and has observed significant shifts in fashion industry body standards over her career.

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