Mark Zuckerberg

Yahoo! Will Marissa Mayer change Silicon Valley’s image?

July 17, 2012 1:52 pm by Vanessa Friedman

I, for one, was quite chuffed at the news that Marissa Mayer, latterly of Google, has just been appointed Yahoo’s new CEO – both because I’m looking forward to seeing what, if anything, she can do with the lagging search engine, and because Ms Mayer is a notably good dresser, and I’m looking forward to seeing what, if anything, she can do with the lacklustre image of an internet superstar. Put another way: she’s not a hoodie-and-Teva sort of exec. Read more

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Defenders of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook’s style

January 17, 2011 12:16 pm by Vanessa Friedman

Last Saturday I wrote a column about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and the way he dresses, looking at his decision to stick with the hoodie uniform even as he becomes part of the establishment, and ever since it was published letters have been pouring in, at least half of in his defense (even though, to be fair, I never criticized how he looks; I simply noted it).  Read more

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Who’s got the power?

September 2, 2010 2:10 pm by Vanessa Friedman

The Vanity Fair New Establishment 100 list has just been unveiled, and its criteria for picking “the 100 most influential” are increasingly impenetrable. Read more

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