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Prudence Glynn

Prudence Loveday Glynn, Baroness Windlesham (22 January 1935 – 24 September 1986), was a British fashion journalist and author, best known for her long-running role as the first fashion editor of ''The Times''.

During her 15 years presiding over the fashion pages of one of the UK's leading national newspapers, she charted huge changes in the fashion scene as it moved from couture formality to young Swinging London designers and the rise of high-street brands. She championed new designers and was an influential commentator about the way the industry operated, also holding a number of advisory roles outside journalism.

Glynn – known as Lady Windlesham in private life – was a formidable character. Her obituary in ''The Times'' described her as a figure who was "feared and respected rather than loved". A response a few days later in ''The Times'', from her former secretary and assistant Sandra Barwick presented a different perspective. Barwick described Glynn as unfailingly kind and generous and added: "She was profoundly bored by the pompous and splendidly contemptuous of received opinion – an unusual characteristic in a fashion editor." Provided by Wikipedia