Cator Sparks

Journalist

Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia Sparks attended the College of Charleston where he majored in French and later the American College in London where he graduated with honours with a Fashion Marketing degree.  Since moving to New York City in 1999 Cator has worked in both beauty and fashion PR, which lead to his transition to full-time journalism in 2008.

Sparks was the editor-in-chief of TheManual.com from 2013-2018. He writes for Architectural Digest, Departures, Bloomberg Pursuits, and 1stDibs to name a few.

Cator has been featured for his own dandified style in Ike Ude’s Style File, The Daily Telegraph, Stylelikeu.com and in Bill Cunningham’s section of The New York Times, Evening Hours.

Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia Sparks attended the College of Charleston where he majored in French and later the American College in London where he graduated with honours with a Fashion Marketing degree.  Since moving to New York City in 1999 Cator has worked in both beauty and fashion PR, which lead to his transition to full-time journalism in 2008.

Sparks was the editor-in-chief of TheManual.com from 2013-2018. He writes for Architectural Digest, Departures, Bloomberg Pursuits, and 1stDibs to name a few.

Cator has been featured for his own dandified style in Ike Ude’s Style File, The Daily Telegraph, Stylelikeu.com and in Bill Cunningham’s section of The New York Times, Evening Hours.

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