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Just be true to yourself and listen as much as one is able to other people whose opinion you respect and look up to, but in the end it has to come from you. You can't really worry too much by looking to the left and the right about what the competition is doing or what other people in your field are doing. It has to be a true vision.
Don't go to fast. People have to go to school. Learn their craft and build a brand. That's the right healthy way to do things. If you are an overnight sensation, you can be yesterdays news in no time. Whereas building something slowly and carefully that has value and quality, that's what's going to have legs. (striked me as Si)
Create your own individual style. I'm not interested in the girl who walks into my office in a head to toe label look, that's straight of the runway. I'm interested in a girl, who puts herself together in an original independent way.
I don't like people who'll say yes to everything I might bring up. I want people who can argue and disagree and have a point of view. I belive in the cult of personality.
I'm always looking for a cover subject, that reflects the magazine, an interest in fashion, in culture, in society. We're trying to bring the world into the pages of Vogue.
I'm interested in seeing just the girl on the street, because she is unlike any other. I'm inspired by whatever it is she might be wearing.
Even if I'm completely unsure, I'll pretend I know exactly, what I'm talking about and make a decision.
Don't be too nice. You have to find a way to build your path and make yourself necessary.
I surround myself with a talented group of people, that are opinionated and interesting.
The notion, that Anna would want something donw 'now' and not 'shortly' is accurate.
Create your own style. Let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.
The most important thing I can do is try to make myself very clearly understood.
To be in vogue has to mean something. It's an endorsement. It's a validation.