Lisa Love

About Lisa Love

Lisa Love (born January 10, 1955 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is the Senior West Coast Editor of Vogue, Teen Vogue, Men's Vogue and Vogue Living magazines. Although Love was born in the Midwestern United States, she was raised in Geneva, Rome and London. She has been a resident of California since 1982. She has two children, Nathalie Love and Laura Love.

She attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, where her fellow-students were Nan Goldin, David Armstrong, and Philip-Lorca diCorcia. She studied painting and attended the Skowhegan residency program. Love was discovered as a model in New York by the photographer Arthur Elgort. She moved to Paris to work as a model from 1982-7.

At age 27, Love moved from Paris to Los Angeles to take the West coast helm at Interview magazine and to get married. After a few years at "Interview," she began her long tenure as the West Coast Editor for Vogue, Teen Vogue, Men's Vogue and Vogue Living under editor Anna Wintour. Love is most recently known for the accurate characterization of herself on the MTV reality series The Hills. The show's stars, Lauren Conrad and Whitney Port, worked as interns at Teen Vogue before both left their positions. Love was featured in many scenes as the boss of the magazine, to whom the interns reported.