Michelle Lee (born 1975) is an American journalist and former editor in chief of Allure.
Michelle Lee is the VP of Global Editorial & Publishing at Netflix, former Editor in Chief of Allure, and a 2021 Adcolor Legend.
During her tenure at Allure, Lee was credited with the notable increase in diversity at the brand[1] and for being one of the first digitally-savvy chief editors at Conde Nast.
[2] In 2017, Lee made headlines around the world when she declared that Allure would ban the term "anti-aging" and featured Muslim model Halima Aden in July 2017, making Allure the first major women's magazine in the United States to feature a woman in a hijab on the cover.
[5] Lee speaks about the beauty industry, diversity, women's issues, and technology at various conferences, such as South by Southwest, CES, ColorComm, and Advertising Week, and appears regularly on TV for outlets including the NBC's TODAY Show, Good Morning America, VH1, MTV, CNN and MSNBC.