Margaret Zhang

Margaret Zhang (章凝) (Born 1993) is an Australian filmmaker, writer, model, and creative director. She was the editor-in-chief of Vogue China until 2024.

Early life Zhang was born in Australia to Chinese parents. Zhang’s parents moved to Sydney, Australia from Huangyan, a town in China’s Zhejiang province. Her mother is from a farming family and her father was from a city. Her father Liangchi Zhang, worked at the University of Sydney as a professor of mechanical engineering. In 2014, she collaborated with Matchesfashion as a guest buyer during New York Fashion Week.

In 2014, Zhang was part of series one of Australian reality documentary television series, Fashion Bloggers. The reality show chronicled both the professional and personal lives of independent lifestyle and fashion bloggers.

Established in 2016, Zhang is the co-founder of 'Background', which is a global consultancy that helps bridge western and Chinese cultures and has worked with companies such as YouTube, Airbnb, Swarovski, Louis Vuitton and Mulberry on their campaigns. She credits her drive to create relationships with brands, instead of a transactional approach, to providing her with bigger opportunities to support and grow creative ideas together.

At a solo show in Sydney in 2017, Zhang exhibited a series of 39 unseen photographic works and premiered her first short film which was a 15-minute exploration of her relationship with classical music.

Zhang resides between New York and Shanghai and is currently working on her first feature film.

In February 2024, Zhang was announced that she would leave Vogue China when her contract ends in March and the June issue is her final one.

Personal life Zhang has one child (born 2024) with American recording artist Miguel.