Robin Givhan Exits The Washington Post

Robin Givhan on Sunday announced that she took a buyout from The Washington Post, which has been offering packages to tenured staffers who have been at the newspaper for more than 10 years.

Givhan, who joined the Post in 1995, served as its premier fashion critic before transitioning to senior critic-at-large in 2020 — where she covered everything from European luxury fashion to the role of personal style in American politics. Givhan briefly decamped to Newsweek as style and culture correspondent from 2010 to 2012 before returning to the Post in 2014. In 2006, Givhan won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, remaining the only fashion writer to snag the award.

In her Instagram post, Givhan said she’ll be taking time to resume the tour for her book “Make It Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh,” that was released in June and chronicles the rise of the late designer. But she remained coy about her future career plans.

“There’s still a lot to be said, and I’m just self-centered enough to believe I’m someone who needs to be heard,” Givhan said in her post. “So I’m not done. Democracy definitely dies in darkness, but it is gravely wounded by silence.”

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