Jan McGill

Short Biography

Jan McGill is a costume designer and stylist who has worked for many years in advertising and entertainment. She has dressed hundreds of actors for countless commercials along with Olympic athletes, celebrities, supermodels, film stars, rock and pop stars and- most gratefully- servicemen and women from every branch of the military. Jan started her career in advertising at a young age, working as a successful model in Europe and New York. Her first magazine cover was for Italian Vogue, followed by many more cover/beauty/fashion pages in American and European magazines. She was the face of several cosmetic lines: Revlon, Clairol, and Max Factor. She has had the privilege of working with some great commercial and film directors and many of the most respected photographers in the world, including Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, David Bailey, David Hamilton, Terence Donovan, Arthur Elgort, and Albert Watson, amongst others. The legendary editors Anna Wintour and Helen Gurley Brown both allowed her to be part of their editing process. These people each had a hand in forming her aesthetic viewpoint.