Jessica Gibbs previously covered the nexus of government and business, from the steps of the state Capitol to the chambers at city hall, for the Denver Business Journal. Gibbs also covered transportation and tourism issues.
Gibbs’ past experience further includes beat reporter roles for The Denver Gazette, Colorado Community Media newspapers and news publications in Nebraska. She also spent time as an independent journalist writing for Colorado-based news organizations, such as The Colorado Sun and Denverite. Her work spanned from local government coverage to education beat reporting to breaking news and features.
Jessica Gibbs is a Brooklyn-based freelance fashion writer from Colorado with 6+ years of experience in different parts of the fashion industry.
Previously she worked on the fashion team at WSJ Magazine where she enjoyed parsing through runway trends, writing up short hits for fashion editorials, and doing market research for the Off Duty fashion team.
She has worked in various parts of the industry from visual merchandising to editorial styling and enjoys covering shopping and styling trends.
Experience
Jessica’s first foray into styling started as a visual merchandiser dressing mannequins and creating in-store shopping displays. She worked as an assistant stylist before finding herself in the fashion closet at WSJ Magazine. Here she continued assisting stylists on photoshoots and contributing to the fashion team at the newspaper The Wall Street Journal. Writing styling stories came naturally as a way to share her joy in creating fun and fashionable outfits. She recently launched her newsletter, I very much like this , in 2023 covering shopping and styling stories.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Apparel Merchandising with a minor in Media Studies.
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