Charlie Porter is a British fashion journalist. As he could not afford to study fashion journalism at Central Saint Martins, Porter became a researcher for The Daily Express in the mid-1990s. He eventually became an arts reporter, as commissioning editor for The Times and arts editor for Esquire. His first fashion-related post was as deputy fashion editor for The Guardian in 2000. Following this, Porter became an associate editor for GQ and deputy editor for the Amsterdam-based magazine Fantastic Man. By 2012, Porter had become a freelance journalist and also dedicated himself to fashion blogging. As of 2014, Porter writes for The Financial Times as their menswear critic. He has also contributed to i-D. He has been described as one of the most influential fashion journalists of his time.