Sandra Brant

Sandra J. Brant (née Simms; born June 17, 1947) is an American former business executive. Brant was the chief executive, president and publisher of Brant Publications. Brant and her husband Peter Brant purchased Andy Warhol's Interview magazine in 1989. She resigned in 2008, and alongside her partner Ingrid Sischy, she was an editor of the international editions of Vanity Fair and Vogue.

Biography Sandra "Sandy" Simms was born in Arcadia, California on June 17, 1947. She met her husband Peter Brant while attending the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado, but neither of them graduated. Peter Brant was a producer of Andy Warhol's films L’Amour (1972) and Bad (1977).

Sandy Brant was a close friend of Warhol's partner Jed Johnson who directed Bad. In the late 1970s, the Brants purchased a house with Johnson in Vail, Colorado.

As a guest curator with Elissa Cullman, she organized the exhibitions Andy Warhol's Folk and Funk (1977) and Small Folk: A Celebration of Childhood In America (1980) at the American Folk Art Museum.

Peter and Sandy Brant acquired Antiques magazine in 1983 and Art in America in 1984 through their privately held venture, Brant Publications. In 1989, Brant Publications Inc. acquired Interview magazine from the estate of Andy Warhol for $10 million. She resigned from her role of chief executive, president and publisher of Brant Publications in February 2008. Shortly after Brant and Sischy became international editors of Italian Vanity Fair, German Vanity Fair, and Spanish Vanity Fair. They were both godparents to Elton John's son, Zachary.