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Natalie Massenet MBE (born 13 May 1965) is a fashion entrepreneur and former journalist, who founded the designer fashion portal Net-a-Porter. Since 2013, she has been chairman of the British Fashion Council. Credited by many as changing the way designer fashion is retailed, she has been described by ''The Observer'' as: "fashion's favourite self-made success story".〔 == Background and early career == Massenet was born in Los Angeles on 13 May 1965, the daughter of American journalist turned film publicist Bob L. Rooney and Barbara Jones, a British model with Chanel and movie stand-in for Sophia Loren. She spent her early childhood in Paris, moving back to LA in 1976 with her father after her parents divorced. Her first job after graduating from high school was in a menswear shop in Los Angeles and Massenet then attended UCLA, studying English Literature.〔 After graduating, she spent a year in Tokyo working as a fashion model and stylist. Other early jobs included working as a receptionist at Universal Studios and assisting at Italian magazine ''Moda'', where she worked with the then emerging photographer Mario Testino.〔 Massenet began her career as a fashion journalist at ''Women's Wear Daily'' ''(WWD)'' in 1993. She then moved on to ''Tatler'' in the UK, where she worked as assistant to Isabella Blow and her colleagues included Lucy Yeomans. She left to go freelance in 1998.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Natalie Massenet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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