Melanie Rickey has been Fashion News & Features Editor for Grazia for two and a half years, and a consultant since its launch in February 2005. Her particular skill is spotting the trend the second before its break onto the fashion scene and giving it a name. One example includes treggings”, for the trouser-and-leggings hybrid that has hit the shops. She began her journalistic career in 1996 as fashion writer for The Independent, and went on to write for The Telegraph before becoming Fashion Features Editor at Sunday Times Style and then the short-lived but brilliant relaunch of Nova. Melanie has also written extensively for The London Evening Standard, The Times Newspaper, and both the Saturday and Sunday Times Magazine, as well as British Vogue, Pop Magazine, and The International Herald Tribune. Melanie co-authored The Fashion Book (Phaidon), and her high profile role at Grazia means she regularly appears on TV and radio. Recent spots include Project Catwalk, Mary Queen of Shops and Oscars Night on Sky.