Bios

Margaret Russell

VICE PRESIDENT/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

For 19 years, Margaret Russell has infused ELLE DECOR with a distinctive sense of sophistication while preserving its mission to inspire designers, architects, and homeowners with the best in interior and product design. Eight years ago, Margaret was promoted to editor in chief of the magazine she helped found, which is the largest of 23 ELLE DECO editions published around the world.
In addition to overseeing ELLE DECOR, Margaret is committed to promoting the design community through charitable work both locally and nationally. She co-chaired the opening gala of the Winter Antiques Show for several years, which benefits East Side House Settlement; she was an honorary chair of the International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show in support of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; she served as a trustee of DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS) for nearly a decade; and she recently joined the board of God’s Love We Deliver.
Margaret is a frequent guest on numerous television programs and was a featured judge on Bravo’s hit reality-TV series Top Design; she will return for the show’s second season, which airs later this year.
Stewart, Tabori & Chang published Margaret’s first book, Designing Women: Interiors by Leading Style Makers, and So Chic: Glamorous Lives, Stylish Spaces was recently released by Filipacchi Publishing. A graduate of Brown University, Margaret began her career at Glamour magazine, and was named a vice president of Hachette Filipacchi Media five years ago.