Hearst Casts Its Net Far and Wide in Search for Harper’s Bazaar Editor

As the search for Glenda Bailey’s successor as editor in chief of Harper’s Bazaar goes on, Hearst Corp. executives are casting their net far and wide — and a few new names have come into the picture. One of those said to be in the running is Fabien Baron. While his name is new to the race, Baron is certainly no stranger to Harper’s, having worked there in the Nineties as creative director when Liz Tilberis was in charge. Most recently, he’s been running his creative agency Baron & Baron, which counts Dior, Zara, Coach and Bottega Veneta among its clients. Other side gigs include a pricy coffee-table tome. Baron, who was on a retreat in Europe and could not be reached for comment, certainly has the right contact book for the job thanks to his decades of editorial work within fashion and celebrities and he brought in plenty of talent to Interview magazine when he was its editorial director and before it imploded. There are questions, though, over his digital chops. Samira Nasr, executive fashion director at Vanity Fair since 2018, is also understood to be someone Hearst executives are looking at and certainly has contacts on the creative side, although perhaps

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