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Carmel Snow was influenced by her mothers career; working at the T.M & J.M Fox store, where Carmel stated, that it was there that her “apprenticeship as an editor had begun”. Carmel traveled abroad to places like Paris, alongside her mother, to view collections which would essentially inspire her.

Another inspiration to Carmel Snow, was one of the greatest designers of the 20th century, Cristóbal Balenciaga. She saw great talent in his work, and often wore his collections of clothing. She urged the people of the fashion world to also notice his talent, and she did just that by turning over the Paris issue of Harper’s Bazaar to Balenciaga’s collection.

As well as being influenced throughout her career, she was a major influence to others within the fashion world. In 1933, she influenced a Hungarian photojournalist Martin Munkácsi, by helping him create the perfect image, which ended up making fashion-magazine history. This specific photo was taken at a beach, during a swim wear collection shoot, where he photographed a model running towards the camera. The photograph gained its popularity due to the uniqueness of the pose by the model, which contrasted with the usual mannequin-like pose.

Carmel Snow attended an Art Directors Club of New York exhibition in 1934, where she discovered Alexey Brodovitch - she referred to his exhibition as a revelation, describing “pages that bled beautifully, cropped photographs, typography and design that were bold and interesting”. Snow later offered Brodovitch a job as Harper's Bazaar's Art Director.

Among those influenced by Snow, is Diana Vreeland who went on to become one of the greatest editors-in-chief at Vogue. The pair met in St. Regis Hotel in New York, where Vreeland was seen dancing in a white, lace Chanel dress, accessorizing with flowers in her hair. Snow immediately offered Vreeland a job as she saw potential. Snow commonly influenced photographer's, most specifically Snow successfully encouraged a world-famous photographer, Edward Steichen, to use his talent specifically in fashion photography. Carmel also aided an American fashion photographer, Gleb Derujinsky, to travel the world and capture his imaginative ideas, which lead his career to success and fame.