Stefano Tonchi

Stefano Tonchi (born Florence, Italy) is an Italian journalist, curator, and consultant. In March 2022, he launched Palmer, a luxury media brand, with Michael J Berman, co-founder of George magazine. He served as consulting chief creative officer of L’Officiel from January 2020 until December 2021. He was the editor in chief of W magazine from March 2010 until June 2019. He was previously editor of T: The New York Times Style Magazine. He earlier worked at Esquire and L'Uomo Vogue, Tonchi's editorial roots are in what he calls "niche" publications, he revealed in a 2007 interview in 032c magazine. In the same interview he also told the magazine that "tradition and 'good taste' are [...] the enemy of change and evolution."