I recently saw the movie Diana Vreeland "The Eye Must Travel," through work. You see she used to write columns for Harpers Bazaar USA before becoming Fashion Editor there, working at Harpers for almost 25 years. She jumped ship to become Editor in chief at Vogue for 8 years before a 'difference in direction' forced her out. She was born in Paris and thought that anything from Paris was beautiful, hear hear sister! What I really learnt about her from the movie is that she saw fashion & beauty in anything & particularly that which was different or unusual, always wanting to take her readers to different parts of the globe when this wasn't the norm. Although she was very good friends with Coco Chanel which most people can't relate to, she was brought up when only 1 in 4 women was working. She never stopped working, after Vogue working for the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Making it the event it is today - NYC fashion event of the year.
This made me think of other strong women that magazines breed. Jackie Frank & Gemma Crisp both jumped to mind. In the December Issue of Marie Claire Jackie Frank was invited to talk to the women in Parliament and how hard is it to juggle life, family & a high pressure job. She didn't back down either, talking to Prime Minister Julia Gillard repeatedly pushing her for answers on same sex marriage. Gemma Crisp didn't shy away from photo shop rumours and the current all consuming spotlight of bulling in her Editor's Letter in November, telling Australia to give it a break on Lara Bingle and providing a detailed article to answer all of the questions asked about photo shop and the magazine. Magazines are built for a reader, an editor makes sure they understand the readers, both Jackie & Gemma are very strong women and lead by example.
Jackie Frank & Julia Gillard
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Gemma Crisp, editor of Cleo
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