User:Annsolange/Joe Zee

In February 2007 at New York fashion week, Joe Zee’s appointment to creative director at Elle was heralded in The Daily. His first assignment in this exciting new role was to see the shows. He has since brought his exceptional creativity, style and editorial expertise to the magazine. The move to Elle followed Joe’s many successful years as fashion director at W, and contributing fashion editor at Details and House & Garden. He was also editor-in-chief of both the men’s and women’s editions of Vitals.

Among the most prominent fashion stylists in the industry today Joe Zee’s talent was utilized by Vanity Fair throughout its famed March 2006 “Hollywood” issue on which he collaborated with fashion designer Tom Ford and photographer Annie Leibovitz. Indeed Joe continually works with many of the world’s leading fashion photographers including Michael Thompson, Tom Munro, Carter Smith, Philip Lorca di Corcia, Bruce Weber, Juergen Teller, Patrick Demarchelier, Peter Lindbergh, Patric Shaw, Terry Richardson, Mario Sorrenti, Matt Jones, Regan Cameron, Katy Grannan, Martien Mulder, Keiron O’Connor and Mikael Jansson.

Joe is the talent behind the TV and print advertising campaigns for a variety of prominent clients such as Banana Republic, Theory, Celine, Oscar de la Renta, DKNY, Perry Ellis, Kenneth Cole, Sean John, Escada, Byblos, Anne Klein, H&M, Jones New York, Estée Lauder, M.A.C. Cosmetics, Chanel, Coty, RMK, Kose Cosme Decorte, Rosiblu and Tiffany & Co. He has also styled the most memorable celebrity advertising campaigns for the Gap including the “(PRODUCT) RED” campaign featuring Penelope Cruz, Jennifer Garner, Chris Rock, Don Cheadle and Dakota Fanning; The unforgettable pairing of Madonna and Missy Elliot in cord jeans, the 35th anniversary campaign with Sarah Jessica Parker, and the “Favorite Fit” jeans campaign with Alanis Morissette, Liz Phair, Keith Urban, John Legend, Joss Stone, Brandon Boyd of Incubus and Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child.

Styling TV commercials has allowed Joe the opportunity to collaborate with well known directors such as Jean-Paul Goude (Covet by Sarah Jessica Parker), Michael Thompson (Lovely by Sarah Jessica Parker, a winner of the 2006 FiFi Award for Best National Advertising Campaign-Television), Paul Hunter (Gap) and Francis Lawrence (Gap).

Joe is regularly sought after by celebrity clients resulting in an impressive list of actresses, actors and musicians among them Gwyneth Paltrow, Chloë Sevigny, Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Biel, Kiera Knightley, Reese Witherspoon, Cameron Diaz, Uma Thurman, Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Hillary Swank, Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, Selma Blair, Brooke Shields, Jennifer Garner, Claire Danes, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Aniston, Christina Ricci, Julianne Moore, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Cruise, Diddy, Lenny Kravitz, Jude Law and Ethan Hawke

Joe Zee is based in New York.