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Biography
Eva Chen (born 1980) is director of fashion partnerships at Instagram. Previously she was editor-in-chief of Lucky and beauty and health director at Teen Vogue.
Early life
Chen grew up in New York. Her parents, who are from Taipei and Shanghai, own a consulting textile import-export business, and Chen attributes her early love of fashion to her mother's influence. Chen attended the Brearley School, then went to college at Johns Hopkins University where she was pre-med.
Career
In college, Chen interned for Harper's Bazaar. After graduating from Hopkins in 2001, she worked briefly for a law firm, then joined the then-recently-launched shopping magazine Lucky, where she worked in the credits department logging the prices and sellers for the magazine's array of products. She next moved to Elle where she worked in the beauty department for three years, then became beauty editor of Teen Vogue.
At Lucky, Chen was the youngest editor-in-chief in the magazine's history. She also became the first head of a commercial arm for the publication, Lucky Shops, serving as both editor-in-chief for the magazine and chief creative officer.
In July 2015, Chen joined Instagram, owned by Facebook, to develop partnerships with fashion brands.