EXCLUSIVE: Luke Day Named Editor in Chief of Man About Town

LONDON — Man About Town is ushering in change with the appointment of Luke Day as its new editor in chief. He will be overseeing the biannual’s magazine’s print and digital platforms, as well as live events.

Day’s first issue will be published in October and he’s already been entrenched in the publication by taking on a fashion director role for the last couple of issues.

“It hasn’t been fully my vision, but it has been a nice introduction to getting to know the team,” he said in an interview.

“Man About Town has been one of the magazines that I’ve always admired, and I’ve loved its many iterations under Ben Reardon, Peter Howarth and David Bradshaw. The magazine has such a great legacy and it’s one of the OG men’s fashion biannuals in the U.K.,” he added.

In the last few years, Day has paused his magazine career and has been styling on a freelance basis with other publications.

He started his career at Attitude Magazine in 1999, where he worked his way up from intern to fashion director before leaving for Arena Homme+ as its fashion editor.

In 2011, he joined GQ Style and went onto becoming the magazine’s editor, as well as holding the position of fashion director at GQ U.K.

One of Day’s longest collaborations has been with Robbie Williams from the pop group Take That, who is currently on tour.

“I’m really happy to be back at magazines and at the helm. I really feel like print is in my DNA and I’ve pored over magazines at the news agent from the age of 13,” he said.

Man About Town is published by Visual Talent, which also prints Wonderland and Rollacoaster Magazine.

One of the first changes that Day is putting into place at the publication is relaunching the digital website in July with a whole new look and fresh content.

“Secondly, I want to take Man About Town into the events arena. I love hosting and I love parties. I just want to bring the magazine to life and share that with the community, whether it’s dinners, parties or store events,” he said.