Plum Sykes

Quick Facts

Full Name	Plum Sykes
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Dec 4, 1969(1969-12-04)
Age	55
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Plum Sykes Biography

Plum Sykes is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on December 4, 1969 in London, England, United Kingdom. Sykes’ mother Valerie Goad was a dress designer and separated from Sykes’ father Mark. Plum was at Oxford. After the effects of this made her poor for a time and Worcester offered assistance to help her stay at the college. Sykes’ grandfather Christopher Sykes (1907-1986), whom Sykes knew as “Fat Grandpa”, or “F.G.” was a friend of Evelyn Waugh (1975). He was also the son of Sir Mark Sykes (6th baronet) who was associated with the Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916), which provided Britain and France with the provision for the division of the Ottoman Empire following the First World War. Sir Christopher Sykes (1749-1801), a second baronet from the 18th century, was a key figure in the enclosure movement which seized common land ownership for private use.

Sykes was appointed fashion assistant to British Vogue in 1993. In 1993, Sykes was featured in British Vogue’s fashion assistant role. She was photographed with Bella Freud, a designer, and Stella Tennant, a model in Babes in London. The shoot was done by Steven Meisel, an American photographer who was responsible in 1992 for Madonna’s controversial Sex collection. This was produced by Isabella Blow (1958-1907).

In 1997, Sykes became a contributing editor on fashion for American Vogue, of which Anna Wintour, also British, had been editor-in-chief since 1988. (It was this period at Vogue that inspired Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel The Devil Wears Prada.) Sykes soon became a familiar figure on the New York social scene, being frequently described as an “It girl”.

Some have seen Sykes’ books as lying in natural succession to Sex and the City, Candace Bushnell’s column in the New York Observer, which was the inspiration for a highly successful television series (HBO 1998–2004). Others remarked that the story was no less than the kind of offensive vapid claptrap you would expect from a dead-eyed rich girl. However, despite their satire, others have regarded them as too rooted in Sykes’ own Park Avenue “set” to be reflective more generally of women’s lives in post-9/11 Manhattan. Anita Loos’ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1925) is perhaps a closer, if incomparable, antecedent.

Sykes, 38, reflected a decade later that “when your age is 30 you lose your edge”. She was invited by the Times for comment on the late-1990s fashion for high-heeled shoes. While she noted that “these strange space-age shoes are cool and trendy and can be a way to get back to some degree”, this type of trend “is not a classic form of beauty.” Women want men to be sexy. They would be content if they were all like Gisele Bundchen. But that’s not fashion.

Plum Sykes Net Worth

Plum Sykes is one of the richest Journalist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Plum Sykes 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Victoria Roland, born 4/12/1969, London, England; nee Sykes), is an English- born fashion journalist and novelist. She is also a socialite.

Victoria Sykes was one of six children born in London. She grew up in Sevenoaks in Kent. As a child, she was called “Plum” (the Victoria plum is a type of that fruit). Sykes described herself as a shy child who had mousey brown hair and wacky teeth. Rowan Pelling was one of her classmates at Ide Hill Church of England Primary school. She later became the editor, or “editrice” of the Erotic Review. She went on to Walthamstow Hall private secondary school where she was unhappy. Then she moved to Sevenoaks School which was an independent boys’ school that allowed girls to sixth form. She graduated in modern history at Worcester College, Oxford in 1988. A short memoir about her first year at university has been published by Oxford Girl (2011).

Sykes’ twin sister Lucy, who moved to New York in 1996, became fashion director of Marie Claire, and later a designer of children’s clothes. In the late 1990s the Sykes sisters were sometimes described as the “twin set”. Sykes later joked, with reference to the heiresses Paris and Nicky Hilton, that “Lucy and I were Paris and Nicky without the sextape” (an allusion to the sex tape featuring Paris Hilton and a former boyfriend that had been posted on the internet in 2003). Lucy Sykes married Euan Rellie, a New York-based investment banker, in 2002.

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Who is Plum Sykes Dating?

According to our records, Plum Sykes married to Toby Rowland. As of December 1, 2023, Plum Sykes’s is not dating anyone.

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In the April 2012 issue of Vogue, Sykes writes of her three-year struggle with anxiety disorder and agoraphobia after the birth of her children, a condition which rendered her unable to work or to maintain her social life or passion for horse riding. Sykes admitted “I had visited doctors and consultants and had tests, procedures and scans, but no one could tell me what was wrong… I felt terrified, mentally and physically I was jelly. I was afraid to do anything. “Take some Xanax”, said one doctor, ‘it’s anxiety”. Sykes attended an anxiety recovery programme developed by anxiety expert, Charles Linden, which she cites as the solution that returned her to working for American Vogue and a full and active social life. In the article, Sykes says ‘I started The Linden Method… and felt better almost immediately… I took the girls to the park and pushed them on the swings, something I hadn’t been able to do for two years… now more than a year later, the anxiety has not returned.”

Facts & Trivia

Plum Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Plum Sykes celebrates birthday on December 4 of every year.

Top Facts about Plum Sykes

1. Plum Sykes is a British fashion writer and novelist.
2. She was born on December 4, 1969 in London, England.
3. Sykes graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Modern History.
4. She started her career as an assistant at Vogue magazine.
5. Sykes wrote the bestselling novel “Bergdorf Blondes” in 2004.
6. She has also written for Vanity Fair and Harper’s Bazaar.
7. In 2010, she became a contributing editor at American Vogue.
8. Sykes is married to Toby Rowland, son of billionaire David Rowland.
9. Her net worth is estimated to be around $10 million USD.
10. Sykes currently resides in New York City with her family.