Blanks is the former host of the television show
Fashion File, which he hosted from 1989 until 2006. He worked as editor-at-large for
Style.com, where he hosted Throwback Thursdays, a fashion retrospective. In 2015, he became Editor-at-Large of fashion website
The Business of Fashion. In 2017, Blanks became
Mentor of the Master in Fashion Critique and Curation at
Polimoda fashion school in Florence, Italy. == Personal life ==