Garance Doré née Mariline Fiori is a French photographer, illustrator and author, best known for her fashion blog.
Career
Doré, born Mariline Fiori, was working as a freelance illustrator in France before beginning her blog, garancedore.com in 2006. Her original illustrations have been featured by Louis Vuitton, Dior, Kate Spade, and Gap. Shortly after beginning her blog, Doré began incorporating writing into her posts. In 2007, Doré began to feature photography of people around Paris on her blog, a format now known as "streetstyle". Since this time, she has worked with Chloé, Chopard, David Yurman, Tiffany & Co., and J. Crew on photography collaborations. She was named in a New York Timesarticle as the "guardian of all style". In 2009, Doré began creating video content for her blog. Within a few months she was collaborating on video content with major brands, such as Dior, Chopard, Tiffany & Co., Petit Bateau, J. Crew, Max Mara and Kering, and, in 2012, had developed her own YouTube series "Pardon My French". Previous "Pardon My French" episodes have focused on Fashion Week and interviews with Stella McCartney, Jenna Lyons, Dries van Noten and Anna Dello Russo. In 2012, Doré and then-boyfriend Scott Schuman won the Council of Fashion Designers of America Media Award. In 2014 Doré and long time boyfriend Scott Schuman, of The Sartorialist, announced the end of their relationship. Garance’s first book Love Style Life Spiegel & Grau was published October 27th, 2015. Poised as a visual memoir, the book layered personal stories about subjects from style to love along with original photos and illustrations. In 2016, Doré became engaged tojazz musician, Chris Norton. They separated in 2018. She currently resides in Venice, Los Angeles.
Press
Doré's work has been featured in Harper’s Bazaar, GQ, Vogue, Self Service and French Elle . Her work as a photographer, illustrator and author has appeared in a variety of publications, including The New York Times, , New York Magazine, Vogue, British Vogue, The Guardian, and Elle .
Awards
She was graced the cover of Domino Magazine’s Spring 2019 issue. In 2012, Doré and Schuman won the CFDA’s Eugenia Sheppard Media Award, and were the first bloggers to receive this award.
2012 Council of Fashion Designers of America Eugenia Sheppard Media Award
2011 Turkish Elle Style Award for Fashion Blogger of the Year
2010 Forbes Magazine 20 Best Fashion Blogs for Professional Women