I know this is probably a stereotype, and having never set foot in a vogue office, (well, not strictly true, i did enter vogue girl's australian offices once, and it was much how i imagined vogue to be except a little brighter) i'm sure people who work at vogue are actually really nice and welcoming and it's not all about clothes and weight and make up and hair. But then i get a look at some of the girls and i reconsider this magnanimous statement of mine. I mean, have you seen the vogue paris girls! it's like physical perfection rained down on one office in the world, and then zeus came and proclaimed them all goddesses on earth. vogue US is filled with youthful style-savvy assistants bedecked in studded belts and alexander wang. Kate Lanphear, fashion director at Elle, is reed thin and almost painfully cool with her shock of platinum hair and monochrome outfits that are intriguing, rather than dowdy.
None of the people i have mentioned write features, so maybe it is an irrational fear of mine, but at the same time, how would it feel to be a lowly features writer upstaged every day at work by the stylists and fashion directors? And i'm actually not exaggerating here, all of the stylists are THIN THIN THIN! what kind of work environment is that creating? Obviously they don't do it deliberately, it's not their fault they're thin, but still... incidental comparisons are just one of the occupational hazards of working in the fashion industry. Really, the only normal sized one is katie grand from pop. maybe i should work at pop, it's a bit too much bare breast for my liking, but i do respect and admire katie grand's vision and style.
Ultimately however, this was not meant to be a post moaning about how sartorially demeaning a job at vogue would be. The rational part of my brain, i mean, the one that doesn't spend all of its time complaining about people prettier/cooler/richer/thinner (delete where necessary) than me, states that working at vogue (or equivalent therein) would actually be a real challenge and hurdle. The rational part of me is intrigued by how it would be like ensuring that you were dressed, and dressed well in the morning for a day of work at the vogue office. We all succumb to the leggings and ugg boots when it's cold, but i have oft wanted to spend a month trying to take care with my outfits and see my personal reaction and that of others.
So, without further ado and further waffle on my behalf, here are a few stylish stylists and fashionable fashion editors from the various big house magazines out there. They are fearless and thin, have impeccable taste and faultless choices in shoes, interesting hair and long long long legs.... *sigh*. welcome to the office!
[L-R 1.unknown but i read on sart that she worked for italian vogue... she is incredible though, 2. taylor tomasi, accessories director at teen vogue with killer hair
3. kate lanphear, fashion director at elle US who needs no further introduction
4. melanie huynh junior fashion editor at vogue paris, half vietnamese and all class]
[L-R 5. anna dello russo, fashion director at large vogue nippon who dresses like carrie bradshaw except more extravagant
6. giovanna battaglia fashion editor l'uomo vogue and owner of the best coats in the business
7. julia von boehm fashion editor at large vogue paris, gallic charm
8. geraldine saglio assistant stylist vogue paris and owner of legs that offend biology and reason.]
[pics sart, tfs, garance dore]
I was also tagged by AusAnna from An Australian Wintour
4 Things I Did Today (i'll do yesterday, it's only the morning here):
1. did 2 hours of study and crammed pompeii and herculaneum
2. ran down to the supermarket for vogue uk, grapes, milk and almonds
3. had lunch with an old friend
4. watched SVU. (go stabler, go!)
4 Things On My To-Do List:
1. buy a lightweight and loose blazer in a nice, long-lasting material
2. get my ticket back from europe in march, otherwise i'm not coming back!! ah!!!
3. study for my religion exam... this is important. but i don't want to do it.
4. clean my room.
4 Guilty Pleasures:
1. vogue. any vogue. the pictures, the articles, the ads... i agree that most of them are becoming too mainstream and commercial, but at the end of the day it represents a lifestyle and aspiration that i have wanted/had since i was young, and i can't let go.
2. Law and Order... every single variation. i love SVU, it always makes me cry, but also criminal intent and the normal cases. i get really into it too, like yelling out 'guilty' whenever the judge goes 'and has the jury reached its verdict?'
1. did 2 hours of study and crammed pompeii and herculaneum
2. ran down to the supermarket for vogue uk, grapes, milk and almonds
3. had lunch with an old friend
4. watched SVU. (go stabler, go!)
4 Things On My To-Do List:
1. buy a lightweight and loose blazer in a nice, long-lasting material
2. get my ticket back from europe in march, otherwise i'm not coming back!! ah!!!
3. study for my religion exam... this is important. but i don't want to do it.
4. clean my room.
4 Guilty Pleasures:
1. vogue. any vogue. the pictures, the articles, the ads... i agree that most of them are becoming too mainstream and commercial, but at the end of the day it represents a lifestyle and aspiration that i have wanted/had since i was young, and i can't let go.
2. Law and Order... every single variation. i love SVU, it always makes me cry, but also criminal intent and the normal cases. i get really into it too, like yelling out 'guilty' whenever the judge goes 'and has the jury reached its verdict?'
3. fudge. ah its so gooey and rich and dense. i love it!
4. making my room artfully disheveled. people think i live in this bohemian den of iniquity, but really it's me purposefully creating the look of creative nonchalance by messing it up before they come round.
4 Random Facts About Me:
1. I'm petrified of snakes, and my uncle is a snake-handler for the zoo in melbourne.
2. i love joining facebook groups with funny names when i'm bored.
3. i have 1 sister and 2 brothers
4. i own a first edition austen... well i don't, but my mother does, but i've held it. and i'm getting it in the will! it's actually the cutest story, when my mum was in uni she went out with the son of an english lord, quite fancy, and he gifted her this first edition of austen's northanger abbey on their 3 year anniversary. the relationship couldn't survive the gulf of geography and socio-political divide, but they've stayed friends, and she kept the austen (at his request). there's the cutest little inscription in the front too which dad gets up his nostrils about. it's like 'Austen wrote about it, you read it, i feel it... love X'
4. making my room artfully disheveled. people think i live in this bohemian den of iniquity, but really it's me purposefully creating the look of creative nonchalance by messing it up before they come round.
4 Random Facts About Me:
1. I'm petrified of snakes, and my uncle is a snake-handler for the zoo in melbourne.
2. i love joining facebook groups with funny names when i'm bored.
3. i have 1 sister and 2 brothers
4. i own a first edition austen... well i don't, but my mother does, but i've held it. and i'm getting it in the will! it's actually the cutest story, when my mum was in uni she went out with the son of an english lord, quite fancy, and he gifted her this first edition of austen's northanger abbey on their 3 year anniversary. the relationship couldn't survive the gulf of geography and socio-political divide, but they've stayed friends, and she kept the austen (at his request). there's the cutest little inscription in the front too which dad gets up his nostrils about. it's like 'Austen wrote about it, you read it, i feel it... love X'
adorable, right?
4 Bloggers that I'm Tagging:
4 Bloggers that I'm Tagging:
Ane from FeedMeBerries
Emily from .AllThingsBritish
Jess from Valentinse*
AlexHannah from SomeGirlLikes
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