Robyn Mowatt is a writer and editor. Her work covers the intricacies of Black culture, designers of color, music, and entertainment. Mowatt has written for Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Rolling Stone, Vogue, NPR, The Cut, Nylon, Byrdie, Essence, and various other web publications. She is the former associate editor at Hypebae where she developed the site's culture content and focused on emerging designers, music, and Black Hollywood. Mowatt also was previously a staff writer and contributing editor at Okayplayer where she carved out a lane for herself by writing sharp editorial packages, profiles, and features. At the music-centric platform, she breathed life into their coverage of R&B, fashion, entertainment, and women in hip-hop.
If you’re curious about her fashion background she’s held roles at Racked, The Cut, and Elle. She’s also been featured in the CFDA, Who What Wear, InStyle, AfroTech and has appeared on two episodes of the hip-hop podcast Breaking Atoms dissecting Jay-Z’s Reasonable Doubt.
Robyn is currently a contributing fashion editor at Essence.