Rachel Syme is a writer who covers fashion, style, and other cultural subjects. She currently writes a regular column for The New Yorker. Her cultural criticism focuses primarily on the intersections of women’s lives, artistic production, history, and fame. Her work has appeared in the Times Magazine, Elle, GQ, Grantland, New York, Vogue, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, and The New Republic. Syme was raised in Albuquerque, NM.