The column, she said, would not compete with his work at Vanity Fair, where he is the European editor.

He worked for the Financial Times between 1978 and 1995, including in France and Germany, becoming European editor.

He joined Look magazine in 1951, holding several editorial positions as European editor, national affairs editor and foreign editor.

The curator, Hamish Bowles, who is Vogue's European editor at large, has been spending his recent days there.

He left as European editor in 1970 to devote his time to freelance writing and editing.

"This is the first time we've talked about bringing European editors to see the men's collections," she added.

He was first named as the program's European editor based in London.

"Our people don't want information," more than one European editor said.

An equal number of European editors argued that progress could come only by challenging such assertions.

Many partnerships with European editors, such as Cambridge University Press and Springer, have been developed.