The Styles Desk Adds Fashion Reporter

After nearly a decade of covering men's fashion at The Wall Street Journal, Jacob Gallagher will bring his expertise to the New York Times Styles section.

Jacob excels in finding trend pieces that make fashion accessible to a general readership - while deftly contextualizing the overlap of fashion, politics, business and status. And he gets to a story quickly! Paying close attention to online chatter that former President Donald Trump was speaking at SneakerCon, Jacob caught a train to Philadelphia that same morning. He captured the scene as: "The former president spoke toward the back of the Philadelphia Convention Center, with sneaker collectors haggling, jawing and swapping wads of cash for Dunks and Jordans a few yards away." His nose for the story nobody else was chasing yielded a compelling encounter at the intersection of hypebeast culture and campaigning, while shedding light on the money-making opportunities for both.

Whether explaining Mark Zuckerberg's new look or amplifying the debate around so-called quiet luxury, Jacob likes to have fun with his subjects. He searches for stories outside mainstream channels, he grabs great scoops and his pieces are conversation starters. Jacob worked his sources for months to find out who would succeed Virgil Abloh in the coveted role of menswear designer at LVMH, eventually breaking the Pharrell Williams news, which forced Louis Vuitton to announce earlier than it had intended to.

Jacob's an avid tennis player and fan and the author of "The Men's Fashion Book: A comprehensive guide to 500 notable figures throughout men's fashion history, ranging from Virgil Abloh to Yohji Yamamoto." His articles have appeared in GQ, Esquire, Vice Media, The Awl and Complex Media. You can often hear him discussing trends on podcasts like Puck's "Fashion People," and he makes regular appearances on outlets like NPR, MSNBC and ESPN.

It's exactly that kind of energy we're thrilled to welcome on Styles.