I thought working at Vogue would change my life, but when it finally happened, it only made me grow entirely disillusioned with where this industry headed. The future of culture is now in the hands of independent artists!
I feel this SO HEAVILY. As someone who has been wanting to break into the fashion industry and seeing Vogue as THE blueprint or THE achievement/goal growing up, now that I am older I'm realizing that what I saw when I was younger has shifted completely. I now find myself lost and stuck. Fashion used to be so exciting (especially magazine covers), but now it feels just...bleh. Ugh ya as someone who really wants to work in publication design/art direction (especially for fashion magazines), I FEEL SOOO LOST! (now I am also projecting lol ๐ตโ๐ซ)
I feel like this era isnโt for lazy inspiration anymore. There was a time when you could buy a magazine and instantly find references. Now you really have to dig, and I like that extra effort in the search for beauty. If I want something effortless, Iโll just go to nature.
Brenda, your text really hit me. It immediately made me think of Diana Vreeland and her era at Vogue, that kind of fantasy we all kind of miss. She used to say, โThe eye has to travel,โ and it really has. Your text feels so relatable. Iโm no Brenda, and Iโm sure I havenโt had even 1% of the access youโve had to the industry. But in some way, Iโm part of it too, we all are. At the end of the day, itโs also a job, a system, a structure weโre all moving through.
Maybe itโs time to look for the south star. Maybe this shift isnโt a loss, but just a change in perspective, and honestly, that feels exciting. It feels like the world is finally looking south. Maybe there is no American Dream anymore. Maybe thatโs not a bad thing.
print doesnโt have the same influence it once had indeed, and Vogue US quite literally needs to resurrect from the grave to be relevant again. BUT British Vogue on the other hand can still feel sharp and relevant, itโs more cohesive, visually daring, and specially culturally in tune.
I really like 032c, system, a magazine curated by, cr book, and another magazine. First that popped into my mind that Iโm consuming and go for inspiration
I thought working at Vogue would change my life, but when it finally happened, it only made me grow entirely disillusioned with where this industry headed. The future of culture is now in the hands of independent artists!
I feel this SO HEAVILY. As someone who has been wanting to break into the fashion industry and seeing Vogue as THE blueprint or THE achievement/goal growing up, now that I am older I'm realizing that what I saw when I was younger has shifted completely. I now find myself lost and stuck. Fashion used to be so exciting (especially magazine covers), but now it feels just...bleh. Ugh ya as someone who really wants to work in publication design/art direction (especially for fashion magazines), I FEEL SOOO LOST! (now I am also projecting lol ๐ตโ๐ซ)
I feel like this era isnโt for lazy inspiration anymore. There was a time when you could buy a magazine and instantly find references. Now you really have to dig, and I like that extra effort in the search for beauty. If I want something effortless, Iโll just go to nature.
YES! you get it ๐ญ
Brenda, your text really hit me. It immediately made me think of Diana Vreeland and her era at Vogue, that kind of fantasy we all kind of miss. She used to say, โThe eye has to travel,โ and it really has. Your text feels so relatable. Iโm no Brenda, and Iโm sure I havenโt had even 1% of the access youโve had to the industry. But in some way, Iโm part of it too, we all are. At the end of the day, itโs also a job, a system, a structure weโre all moving through.
Maybe itโs time to look for the south star. Maybe this shift isnโt a loss, but just a change in perspective, and honestly, that feels exciting. It feels like the world is finally looking south. Maybe there is no American Dream anymore. Maybe thatโs not a bad thing.
REAL TALK ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Honestly one of the realest things Iโve read on the internet so far in my late 20s
print doesnโt have the same influence it once had indeed, and Vogue US quite literally needs to resurrect from the grave to be relevant again. BUT British Vogue on the other hand can still feel sharp and relevant, itโs more cohesive, visually daring, and specially culturally in tune.
You get it but Iโm so excited to put upcoming voices on that pedestal too
You said everything!!! Just โฆ. No words ๐
I really like 032c, system, a magazine curated by, cr book, and another magazine. First that popped into my mind that Iโm consuming and go for inspiration