Australian-born “Chinese multi-hyphenate” Margaret Zhang was named as the new editor in chief of Vogue China yesterday.
“I am so delighted that Margaret is our new editor in chief of Vogue China. Her international experience, exceptional multiplatform digital expertise, and wide-ranging interests are the perfect combination to lead Vogue China into the future.”
Anna Wintour, Vogue editor in chief and global editorial director and Condé Nast global chief content officer
Zhang is an artist, director, photographer, stylist, model and writer.
Margaret Zhang self-portrait for Elle Magazine 
Margaret Zhang via Vogue
She’s the youngest Editor in Chief ever at Vogue
At age 27, Zhang makes history in her new role.
She has played piano since a young age and is a classically trained pianist
The new China EIC told Elle that she has played piano since about age 3 or 4. At the Embrace Ambition Summit 2018, she said all of her creative processes are “informed by her dance and music education as a kid.”
As part of an journal for Prada in 2017, Zhang revealed, “I re-connect with my own Inner Self anywhere I can lose track of time – music and ballet are my first great loves and consistent sources of balance and recalibration.”
Zhang’s directorial debut was a short film called There’s No Space Left in C# Minor. The film “explores her visceral experiences with playing Chopin’s Fantasie Impromptu in C# Minor, Opus 66.”
She went to business and law school
Zhang attended University of Sydney Law School and also studied Commerce.
She enjoys doing consulting outside of her creative job: “the business strategy, e-commerce structure, market research, report and analysis involved with particular clients is so satisfying and fascinating for me.”
Margaret Zhang covered Elle Singapore February 2018 
Margaret Zhang covered Elle Australia June 2017
She launched her blog Shine by Three at age 16 in 2009
Vogue says Zhang’s blog was started as a “repository for personal musings and as what Zhang lovingly calls ‘an image dump of visual stimuli.'”
She told Teen Vogue in 2015 that she wasn’t just a fashion blogger. “I don’t see myself as that,” she noted. “Yes, I blog. But it’s what you make it—you can use it as a vehicle to get where you want to be.”
Zhang resides in Sydney
She grew up in Sydney and lives there now, but spent the past decade based in New York. She traveled to China regularly (Vogue says “every six weeks or so”).
She told Vogue that her international experience positions her well: “There’s a lot of context about China that is lost; often it’s looked at as this one monolithic entity, as opposed to a country of individuals and innovations,” she says. “I think Vogue China has an immense platform to communicate about those individuals not only to the world but to its own citizens. There’s a huge opportunity to champion local talent—in film, music, and the fine arts, in addition to fashion—and bring it to a global stage because it’s such a recognizable brand and so trusted.”
‘In The Youth Of Fury’ is her Photo Book
Her 2016 volume of photographic essays showcased some of Australia’s most exciting fashion brands, according to HuffPost Australia.
“Make no mistake,” Zhang told W magazine. “This is no ‘fashion journal’ or pseudo magazine. The imagery captured pegs garments in a supporting role to provoke thought on a specific issue.”
