Marion Hume

Concurrently, Hume was the launch fashion editor of the UK edition of Esquire (1990). From 1993 to 1996, Hume was fashion editor of The Independent, during which time the fashion coverage expanded in both the daily and the Independent on Sunday. Her profiles included Patsy from Ab Fab, aka Joanna Lumley,[1] Lauren Hutton, Veruschka, Fabien Baron and the photographers Steven Meisel and Peter Lindbergh. She reviewed Alexander McQueen’s first show.[2] A review of a Chanel show entitled "No Way to treat a Lady" started a feud with Karl Lagerfeld, with Hume praised for "not being part of the 'conspiracy of silence'; for her professionalism, her integrity and her independence."[3] In 1996 Hume joined The Financial Times, filing weekly fashion updates. The same year, she was the writer and associate producer of The South Bank Show special on John Galliano (season 20, episode 12, 1997)[4] directed by Nigel Wattis, hosted by Melvyn Bragg.[5]

In 1989 Hume was tagged by independent filmmakers, Freelance Film Partners as the insider they needed for a BBC six-part series called The Look. For the next two years, she worked on the series and also appeared in 5 of the 6 episodes. Interview subjects included Gianni Versace, Donatella Versace, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan and Christian Lacroix. The episode entitled Runway was the first to chart the evolution of the Supermodel. Yves Saint Laurent refused to be interviewed for the hour-long documentary about him, although close associates including Pierre Berge, Catherine Deneuve, Paloma Picasso and Betty Catroux did speak on his behalf and Saint Laurent himself was filmed backstage at his haute couture shows and at his 30th Fashion Birthday at the Opera Bastille, Paris. The Look has been broadcast all over the world and was most recently repeated on BBC4.[6]

In 1997 Hume was Editor of Vogue Australia for just under two years, managing a team which included today's Editor, Edwina McCann and Creative Director, Jill Davison. After her tenure at Vogue came to an abrupt and well-documented end she was called back to Vogue USA. There, she served as acting features director.  Hume then left to join Harper’s Bazaar USA as contributing editor. She appeared in Vogue Australia’s 60th anniversary issue, December 2019.