Will Welch is editor-in-chief of GQ Style, GQ’s quarterly fashion magazine and website.
Welch joined GQ in May 2007 as an associate editor covering fashion, design, art, and music. He was promoted to senior editor in 2012 and style editor in 2014, before becoming GQ Style’s first E.I.C. in December 2015. In nearly nine years on the fashion beat for GQ, Welch spearheaded the publication’s annual April Style Bible issue, its list of The 20 Most Stylish Men Alive, as well its new franchise The GQ 100 — a ranking of the 100 best men’s stores in America. Welch has covered the collections in Milan, Paris, and New York. He has interviewed fashion-world luminaries including Ralph Lauren, Christopher Bailey, Kim Jones, Tom Ford, Michael Kors, Thom Browne, Neil Barrett, Kanye West, and many more. He has captained the magazine’s cover shoots with Jay Z, Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Drake, and Beyoncé, and also serves as the producer and host of GQ.com’s weekly fashion video series. Prior to joining GQ, Welch spent four years at the music, fashion, and lifestyle magazine The Fader, where he was deputy editor.
Welch graduated from Columbia University.