Jailynn Taylor

Jailynn Taylor is a Beauty News & Deals Commerce Writer for InStyle and Shape. She covers fashion, beauty, and wellness beats via reviews, celebrity sightings, trends, new launches, and interviews. She leverages her industry experience as a former fashion designer and freelance writer to offer authority to her pieces along with quality recommendations for readers.

Highlights:

During her tenure as a fashion designer spanning four years, she dedicated her creative talents to crafting tops, sweaters, and outerwear for esteemed brands such as LC Lauren Conrad at Kohl's and Aerie at American Eagle.
In her free time when she’s not covering the hottest fashion and beauty trends, she’s designing her own clothes, learning tennis, hosting tons of themed parties, and writing her first novel.

Jailynn Taylor is a New York and D.C.-based fashion and beauty writer. She worked as a freelance writer for a year and accumulated bylines at ESSENCE, Elite Daily, NYLON, Byrdie, Beyond The Pines. Allure, Insider, Hair.com, and Hello Beautiful. She was a fashion designer for nearly four years designing for Kohl's and Aerie. She has leveraged her critical eye for design to scope out up-and-coming fashion brands and give POC designers a platform. You can learn more about her on her site.

Favorite Review:

One of her most cherished reviews on InStyle is a piece on the ingenious accessory hack involving magnetic closures. This article holds a great deal of sentimental value to her as it pays homage to her late grandmother. Through this platform, she shared her fashion secret, which facilitated the effortless donning and removal of jewelry despite her long nails and unsteady hands. Moreover, this discovery has significantly transformed her own jewelry maintenance routine, as she is now more vigilant about removing it before bedtime or showering, thanks to the convenience afforded by these easy add-on magnetic closures.

She graduated from Kent State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design with a focus in contemporary women's wear and leather handbag making.

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