Marie Claire UK has announced the appointment of Natalie Hughes as fashion editor. Natalie has worked as a fashion journalist, copywriter and content consultant for 15 years, most recently in a freelance capacity for Harper's Bazaar and ELLE. Formerly, she was founding director at The Fashion Digital, features editor at Matches, and social media editor at Net-a-Porter. Natalie will be spending three days a week at Marie Claire, alongside her freelance brand consultancy.

Together with contributing fashion editor, Penny Goldstone, Natalie will manage fashion features, from trends and news to evergreen content and interviews. Natalie would like to hear about new launches, exclusives, interview opportunities and events across all areas of fashion.