A writer and editor with over 15 years of experience in the entertainment and lifestyle fields, Jasmin served as Style and Events Editor for Variety, where she managed global events and style coverage, helmed Variety/WWD’s debut StyleMakers issue, hosted videos, and more.
In addition to compiling weekly party and style pages for each issue, she contributed her own writing. Now a regular contributor, she pens lifestyle, style, film, TV, and celebrity features.
Print Clips:
Variety Issue, September 29, 2021:
Variety’s 2021 Women’s Impact Report
Variety Issue, June 16, 2021:
Variety’s 2021 Inclusion Impact Report: Casting a Wider Showbiz Net
Variety Pre-Emmy Issue, May 26, 2021:
Reinventing Awards Attire: From casual glamour to gender-fluid formalwear, stylists showcase creativity during this anything-goes red-carpet season.
Variety Oscar’s Big Week Issue, April 21, 2021:
Brighter Days Ahead: Stylists deliver hope and inspiration through awards-show style (page 76 and page 77)
Golden Lobes: Earrings take center stage at pandemic-era awards shows
Skin in the Game: Get that Hollywood glow with at-home treatments and products
Letting Their Hair Down: Stars embrace natural texture, loose waves and playful looks
Variety Oscar Issue, April 16, 2021:
Variety, March 24, 2021:
Trigger Alert: “Promising Young Woman” stirs fear about sexual assault — and that’s not a bad thing.
Variety Oscar’s Big Week Issue, February 4, 2020:
Breaking Red-Carpet Convention: This season, celebs are bucking tired old trends (page 64 and page 65)
Atypical Accessories: The season is all about unique, meaningful and eccentric adornments
About Face: Close-up shots call for buzzy beauty treatments
Variety Oscar Contenders Issue, February 3, 2020:
The Town’s Insiders Dispense Top Tips: VIP services advise on how to better enjoy awards week
At Your Beck and Call: Here’s how hotels serve guests during awards season
Variety 2020 Awards Season Style Approach Series:
Spoke with celebrity stylists for full-page series in ten Oscar Contenders issues featuring stylists of: Taron Egerton – November 15, 2019; Lupita Nyong’o – December 12, 2019; Renee Zellweger – January 3, 2020; Michael B. Jordan – January 4, 2020; Sam Rockwell – January 23, 2020; Saoirse Ronan – January 27, 2020; Cynthia Erivo – January 31, 2020; Awkwafina – January 31, 2020; Charlize Theron – February 1, 2020; Billy Porter – February 5, 2020; Olivia Wilde – February 5, 2020.
Variety Oscar Contenders Issue, January 3, 2020
Healing Power of “Honey”: What Shia LaBeouf taught me, a fellow trauma victim, about empathy and forgiveness
Exit Strategies: Our guide to jetting around the industry hotspots this awards season
Variety Golden Globe Contenders Issue, January 2, 2020
Globes Get Even Glitzier: This year’s battalion of nominated stars will bring their top game to the red carpet
Variety 2019 Golden Globes Contenders Issue:
Bringing Down the House: “Pose” star MJ Rodriguez dresses to be seen. “It’s the confidence I’ve found that has evolved,” November 18, 2019
Variety Contenders Issue, November 14, 2019
High-Tech Flourishes Help Hotels Thrive in Silicon Valley
Variety Weekly, October 22, 2019
SCAD Savannah Fest Gives Female Filmmakers an Awards Push
Variety Weekly, October 8, 2019
Screenwriters to Watch of 2019
Wrote profiles of honorees Shia LaBeouf (“Honey Boy”), Amanda Idoko (“Breaking News in Yuba County”) and Cat Vasko (“Queen of the Air”)
Variety 7.30.19
50 Most Impactful Charities: These entertainment philanthropies serve humanity, the environment and animals on a global scale, July 30, 2019
Variety 6.11.19
Seafront Fest Touts Genre-Bending Films: P-Town gathering to fete ‘Hedwig’ creator John Cameron Mitchell, June 11, 2019
Variety 2019 Emmy Fashion Flashback Series:
Secured celebrity talent and composed twelve-part Emmy style series for Emmy Contenders issues (featuring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau – May 29, 2019; Milo Ventimiglia – May 30, 2018; Uzo Aduba – June 3, 2019; Carla Gugino – June 4, 2019; Leslie Jones – June 6, 2019; Betty Gilpin – June 10, 2019; Brandon Victor Dixon – June 13, 2019; Rachel Bloom – June 17, 2019; Natasha Lyonne – August 1, 2019; Marin Hinkle – August 8, 2019; Chris Sullivan – August 12, 2019; Michael K. Williams – August 15, 2019).
Variety 2019 Pre-Oscar Issue:
Sartorial Support: They may not be wearing black, but women are still championing Time’s Up, inclusion, and causes they believe in through fashion, February 19, 2019
Bigger Bling: Awards show jewelry is bolder, brighter, and blaringly extravagant, February 19, 2019
Fashion Revolution: This year’s contenders are playing with color, texture, and cut, and taking sartorial risks, February 19, 2019
The Red Carpet Treatment: Customized hotel and spa packages make it easy to indulge during Oscar week, February 19, 2019
Oscar-Inspired Festivities: Not at the big event? No problem. These awards-inspired parties make you feel like you are, February 19, 2019
Variety Beauty Innovators Feature Profiling Four Celebrity Makeup Artists:
Nick Barose, Molly Greenwald, Beau Nelson, and Patrick Ta
On the Face of Things In the Biz: Top celebrity makeup artists create bright, bold, and fresh looks on actors stealing scenes in Oscar-contending feature films, February 19, 2019
Variety 2019 Awards Season Style Approach Series:
Spoke with celebrity stylists for series in Oscar Contenders issues (featuring stylists of Stephan James – Feb. 7, 2019, Rami Malek – Feb. 14, 2019, Lady Gaga – Feb. 15, 2019).
Variety’s Actors on Actors Issue, Dec. 4, 2018:
Fiercer Fashion: The SAG Awards red-carpet choices reflect strength, empowerment and inclusion – from both sexes
Variety 2019 Oscar Fashion Flashback Series:
Secured celebrity talent and composed six-part awards season style series for Oscar Contenders issues (featuring Cynthia Erivo – Nov. 15, 2018, Maura Tierney – Dec. 6, 2008, Danai Gurira – Dec. 10, Billy Porter – Jan. 4, Colman Domingo – Jan. 10, Topher Grace – Feb. 4).
Variety 2018 Emmy Fashion Flashback Series:
Secured celebrity talent and composed twelve-part Emmy style series for Emmy Contenders issues (featuring Mandy Moore – May 30, 2018; Regina King – May 31, 2018; Samira Wiley – June 4, 2018; Gina Rodriguez – June 5, 2018; Tracee Ellis Ross – June 7, 2018; Tituss Burgess – June 11, 2018; Connie Britton – June 14, 2018; Kyra Sedgwick – June 18, 2017; Brian Tyree Henry – August 2, 2018; Aubrey Plaza – August 9, 2018; Christina Hendricks – August 13, 2018; Darren Criss – August 16, 2018).
Variety 2018 Pre-Oscar Issue:
Parties With A Platform: This Oscars week, soirees mix with social messaging on causes du jour, February 27, 2018
Swag Stops: Awards week means gifting galore for nominees, February 27, 2018
Face Time: Stars rely on these last-minute facial treatments for photo-worthy skin, February 27, 2018
Variety 2018 Golden Globes Issue:
Fashion Frenzy: Stylists dressing actresses for Golden Globes face quick turnaround times and extra scrutiny, January 2, 2018
Variety 2018 Oscar Fashion Flashback Series:
Secured celebrity talent and composed eight-part awards season style series for Oscar Contenders issues (featuring Melissa Leo – Nov. 7, 2017; Salma Hayek – Nov. 16, 2017; Jada Pinkett Smith – Nov. 30, 2017; Laura Linney – Dec. 4, 2017; Allison Williams – Dec. 8, 2017; Laura Dern – Dec. 11, 2017; Kristen Bell – Feb. 8, 2018; Hong Chau – Feb. 15, 2018).
Variety 2017 Pre-Emmy Issue:
Forecasting the Looks: Fall is upon us, and the Emmys are the perfect showcase for the season’s big trends, September 12, 2017
Variety 2017 Emmy Fashion Flashback Series:
Secured celebrity talent and composed twelve-part Emmy style series for Emmy Contenders issues (featuring Felicity Huffman – May 31, 2017; Jane Krakowski – June 1, 2017; Judith Light – June 5, 2017; Julia Louis-Dreyfus – June 6, 2017; Julie Bowen – June 8, 2017; Laverne Cox – June 12, 2017; Mayim Bialik – June 15, 2017; Rose Byrne – June 19, 2017; Kate Walsh – August 3, 2017; Joanne Froggatt – August 9, 2017; Padma Lakshmi – August 10, 2017; Kathryn Hahn – August 16, 2017).
Variety 2017 Pre-Oscar Issue:
Political Parties: Trump backlash impacts focus and themes of fetes, February 21, 2017
Sartorial Statements: Women take to the red carpet in a show of power and defiance, February 21, 2017
Variety 2016 Pre-Emmy Issue:
Forecasting the Looks: Fall is upon us, and the Emmys are the perfect showcase for the season’s big trends, September 13, 2016
Variety 2016 Emmy Fashion Flashback Series:
Secured celebrity talent and composed twelve-part Emmy style series for June and August Emmy Contenders issues (featuring Sofia Vergara – June 1, 2016; Alan Cumming – June 2, 2016; Kaley Cuoco – June 6, 2016; Ellie Kemper – June 7, 2016; Anna Chlumsky – June 8, 2016; Taraji P. Henson – June 9, 2016; Claire Danes – June 13, 2016; Mindy Kaling – June 15, 2016; Lena Headey – August 10, 2016; Christine Baranski – August 11, 2016; Allison Janney – August 17, 2016; Heidi Klum – August 18, 2016).
Variety 2016 Post-Oscar Issue:
88th Academy Awards Party and Style Coverage, March 2, 2016
Variety 2016 Pre-Oscar Issue: (Jasmin worked with the features team to introduce 20 new pages of fashion/lifestyle content, and also contributed stories.)
Winning Wardrobes: How Leonardo DiCaprio and Cate Blanchett sartorially navigate Oscar season with flair, panache and fashionable ease, February 23, 2016
Beyond the Dress: with Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Rosario Dawson, Gabourey Sidibe, Taylor Shilling, #AskHerMore’s Jennifer Siebel Newsom, February 23, 2016
On the Rise: These newer designer names are quickly gaining ground, and have already made marked contributions to 2016, February 23, 2016
Haute Hotel Oscar Prep: Get pampered, Oscar-style, with these luxurious, replenishing pre-night-out packages, February 23, 2016
An Affair (and Fare) to Remember: This year’s Oscar lineup boasts a culturally diverse mix of food, film, gifting suites, spa giveaways, and swanky soirees, February 23, 2016
Perfect Pairing: Over the past five years, these stars and fashion design icons have collided on Oscar night to create red carpet magic, February 23, 2016
Suite Retreats for Posh Pampering: It’s not the Oscars, but here’s where nominees, presenters and guests will get glammed and gifted, February 23, 2016
Variety Facetime Stories 2015-2016:
Zoey Deutch: ‘I Love for the Director I’m Working With to Always Be Right,’ January 5, 2016
Edgar Ramirez: ‘I Belong to the “Point Break” Generation,’ December 15, 2015
Tom Holland: ‘We Ate All These Crazy Rich Foods, and All Got Stomachaches,’ December 8, 2015
Anthony Mackie on ‘Debauchery’ in ‘The Night Before,’ Playing Falcon, December 3, 2015
Johnny Galecki: ‘I Had the Best Professors in the Business,’ November 3, 2015
Variety 2015-2016 Dirt (Real Estate Section) Store/Restaurant Stories:
Beverly Center Makeover, March 15, 2016
Moby Opens Silver Lake Eatery Little Pine, November 25, 2015
New York’s Dream Midtown Debut, October 25, 2015
An Eatery Made for the Strip: Avenue 31, September 23, 2015
Rodeo Drive Redo: Ferragamo, September 15, 2015
Altmans Set the Bar High: “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles'” Josh Altman and Matt Altman, September 8, 2015
Mama Goes Hollywood: Mama Shelter, August 18, 2015
Santa Monica Condos Add Eats: Ocean Avenue South, August 11, 2015
Prepping For Its Closeup: L’Ermitage Beverly Hills, August 4, 2015
Variety/WWD Nov 2015 Debut StyleMakers: (Jasmin helmed this inaugural issue from Variety and sister company WWD, exploring the intersection of fashion and entertainment, and also contributed.)
Profile: Freida Pinto, Fashion Advocate
Profile: Lyn Paolo, Power Wardrober
Profile: Matthew Rolston, Smashbox Visual Impact Award
Costume Designer-Director Duos: These heavy-hitting teams consistently work together to bring television and film’s most stylish characters to life
Festive Fashion Shorts: Holiday film campaigns are heavy on star power
Creative Dream Team: David O. Russell and Michael Wilkinson reunite with “Joy”
Variety 2015 Pre-Emmy Issue:
Emmy Fetes: Let’s Get the Party Started; It’s back to celebrations as usual for the biggest awards bashes, September 15, 2015
Variety 2015 Pre-Oscar Issue:
Greats Praised and Awareness Raised: Oscar nominees as well as many worthy causes get time in the media spotlight, February 17, 2015
Oscars: Suite Rewards Where Hollywood Gets Styled, Gifted and Glammed, February 17, 2015