Susan Alai, a longtime lifestyle editor who worked at Women’s Wear Daily in the late ‘70s and ‘80s, has died.
, Alai was a reporter, associate fashion editor and assistant city news editor, straddling both the fashion and news sides with equal finesse. Her stories included those on ILGWU contracts, Mohan Murjani, Irving Spitalnick, and discounting in status jeans, while she also profiled Mel Gibson in 1987 for WWD, and interviewed Diane von Furstenberg for a story entitled, “Fashion’s Shy Di: DVF Through the Ages,” for the October 1985 issue of W.
“She brought that combination of careful observation and a big-picture sense of humor to the restaurant reviews she did with Edward Nardoza, retired editor in chief of WWD, said Alai preceded him at WWD, so although he never worked with her directly, he knew her and her work. Bridget Foley, former executive editor of WWD, recalled Wednesday that when she first arrived at WWD, Alai was covering designer sportswear.
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