Odessa Legemah studied Fashion Design at the University of Applied Science Faculty of Design, Media & Information in Hamburg. After completing her studies she moved to Paris and was an editor for art and design magazine Clam, a magazine in a transcultural context. Her work as fashion writer and fashion editor was enriched by her period as a university lecturer of Stylismus at École supérieure des arts et techniques de la mode Art-University in Berlin, and lead up the field of fashion research. Her fashion writing and editorials have appeared in Interview Magazine, Quality Magazine, Welt am Sonntag, ICON, Clam Magazine Paris and Style in Progress, among others.