Alexandra Pauly

(Beauty Editor / New York)

Alexandra Pauly is a writer and editor with over four years of experience telling stories about beauty, style, and youth culture. She was appointed Beauty Editor after launching Highsnobiety's beauty vertical, its very first foray into the category, in 2022.

Digging into beauty and its intersection with culture, identity, and politics, her reporting challenges readers to think critically about the industry and their own relationship to it. A longtime fragrance enthusiast, she is also passionate about writing about scent. In 2023, she spearheaded Highsnobiety's State of Fragrance, a whitepaper on consumers' relationship to perfume and their buying habits.

Outside of work, you can find her scouring Chinatown for the best egg tart, contemplating the next addition to her collection of 50-plus perfumes, and taking way too many photos of her dog.

Articles

  • Even Adam Sandler Can't Escape Short Shorts Summer

  • Kendall Jenner Is a Walking Ad For a Stealth Wealth Sleeper Hit

  • D.S. & Durga x Soft Services: Two Cult Beauty Faves Collide

  • Charli XCX Co-Signs Summer's 'Brat'-iest Shoe

  • Even At Church, Justin Bieber Is the King of Casual Dressing

  • Snoop Dogg Is the Best-Smelling Celebrity at the Olympics

  • Face Value: The 5 Best Beauty Drops of July

  • Long Hair, Don’t Care: Welcome to the Great Pubic Hair Grow-Back

  • What's Better Than Perfume Shopping? Perfume Swapping

  • Data Confirms: Fashion's Hottest Sneaker Is No Longer adidas' Samba

  • Finally, a Way to Wear Your Rarest Sonny Angels