Former Fashion Director for Brides Magazine, Condé Nast. Leonard’s career spanned three decades of editing bridal fashion, covering markets in the US and Europe, and styling photoshoots. Rachel worked on the creative editorial side of the magazine with different crews consisting of photographers and hair and make-up specialists. The locations she selected ranged from ateliers to studios to historic homes, and gardens to other worldly and exotic locations all staged to modernize and romanticize the fashion of the bride. During her career at Brides, Leonard witnessed the transformation from transparency and negative film to digital photography and video. She is a now the co-founder and Editorial Director of The Bridal Council.