Karla Martínez de Salas

Karla Martínez de Salas is the editor-in-chief of Vogue Mexico and Latin America. She began her career as an assistant at American Vogue and became an associate fashion editor in 2002, collaborating with renowned Vogue staffers including Grace Coddington, Tonne Goodman, Camilla Nickerson, and Phyllis Posnick. From 2005 to 2010, Martínez de Salas was the fashion director for T The New York Times Style Magazine, where she covered fashion, interior design, art, and travel. At Interview magazine, she took on fashion direction, specializing in photography and design, and then became the fashion and accessories director of W magazine. In 2016, she became the editor-in-chief of Vogue Mexico and Latin America and, since then, she has spearheaded new alliances in the market. She has been interviewed by major publications such as El Heraldo Mexico and The Business of Fashion New York and Spain, where she has explored her expertise as an opinion leader in the direction of the fashion and luxury industry. She has also appeared on television and radio, where she has shared her achievements and projects.

Martínez de Salas' work for Vogue Mexico and Latin America was honored by Mexico's Fashion Digital Awards for best editorial content, and she was recently included in the BoF U.S. list of the top 500 international fashion leaders. Martínez de Salas has worked with celebrated personalities such as Patrick Demarchelier, Kim Kardashian, Alex White, Annie Christensen, Edward Enninful, Fabien Baron, Jacob K, Karl Templer, Marie-Amelie Sauvé, Melanie Ward, Olivier Rizzo, Stefano Tonchi, Steven Pan, Tim Walker, and Virginia Smith, among others. She continues to reflect her extensive knowledge in the publication of each issue of Vogue Mexico and Latin America and enriches the presence of the "Fashion Bible" in this growing region. Martínez de Salas is also part of Project Paz, a nonprofit organization headquartered in New York, whose goal is to create extracurricular activities for low-income children in Ciudad Juarez to promote peace.