Claudia Wu is a founder and former creative director of Cherry Bombe,[1] a twice-yearly magazine about women and food.[2]

Early life

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Wu grew up in Briarcliff Manor, New York with Taiwanese immigrant parents.[3]

She has a degree from the Rhode Island School of Design.[4]

Career

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Wu began her career for the magazines Visionaire and V, then worked at Harper's Bazaar where she met her future Cherry Bombe partner, Kerry Diamond. Wu founded her own design firm called Orphan where she worked with Hugo Boss, NARS, Clinique, Harry Winston, and Intermix, among others. She founded Me magazine, a publication dedicated to and guest-edited by a different star for every issue.[4]

In 2013, Wu and Kerry Diamond founded the food-fashion magazine Cherry Bombe. The initial issue was funded through Kickstarter.[5] In 2014, they started the Cherry Bombe Jubilee conference which celebrates women in the culinary world.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "claudia wu (@claudia_wu) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  2. ^ "Cherry Bombe". Cherry Bombe. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  3. ^ Ligaya, Mishan (6 July 2015). "Cherry Bombe's Claudia Wu and Her Trusty Ice-Cream Maker". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  4. ^ a b Bell, Gabriel. "Publishing's Most Fashionable Foodie". Refinery 29. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  5. ^ Wu, Claudia. "Circling the Globe with Cherry Bombe's Claudia Wu". Away Travel. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  6. ^ Terenzio, Olivia. "Cherry Bombe's Kerry Diamond & Claudia Wu Talk Women, Food & the 2016 Jubilee". Open Table. Retrieved 19 June 2018.