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When I heard the news that the French Vogue editor, Carine Roitfeld is resigning from the much coveted position in the entire planet of fashion - it was like that dushuummm! moment coz I never saw that's coming. Who would, I guess? Well, probably the one that's really closer to her and her team would've guessed that from time to time... but us, in which I mean me, someone who's just observing from afar never thought someone could resign from that job. Not just any job, THE job - as VOGUE editor: the Bible of Fashion world! But hey, this is fashion. As Heidi Klum always say in Project Runway - one day you're in, the next day you're out. In case of Ms.Roitfeld, she's probably out of her office from French Vogue - but in NO way she's gonna be out of fashion.
I'd have to say to be doing what she's doing is one hell of a brave thing. Not just to resign from the most powerful job in the fashion universe, which inspire a lot of people in the world to appreciate fashion and photography, but also her take in the porno-chic aesthetic and provocative shots that she's famous for the magazine. Not many people have that talent. And for Ms Roitfeld to be able to make that twist - it transpires Vogue into becoming one of the most-read magazine ever.
Anyway. You can read the full interview by Style.com with Carine Roitfeld here.
What I like in the interview is that, unlike Franca Sozzani, Ms Roitfeld really embraces the presence of bloggers. The importance of them. Of you. Of me... And she's making effort in working her way into how blogs could change the way we perceive fashion and trend, not just through the print media alone.
What I like in the interview is that, unlike Franca Sozzani, Ms Roitfeld really embraces the presence of bloggers. The importance of them. Of you. Of me... And she's making effort in working her way into how blogs could change the way we perceive fashion and trend, not just through the print media alone.
Some of the excerpts from the interview..
Asking about the changes that happens around the fashion world:
"...Everything is going so quick now with the Internet, with the blogs. It’s very important. There are two possibilities; either you go very quick to the Internet or you go to magazines and you make it like a collector’s item. [I still think] it’s very normal to have all these fashion weeks and to go to all these shows. Can you show them through movies? I don’t think this is possible. It’s very exciting to be at the runway, to hear the music, to feel the atmosphere, to feel what people like or don’t like. Even if there are too many shows—I would love if there were less shows—I think we have to live with the shows. But after, maybe there is another way to make fashion stories..."
On the matter of the future of fashion magazines:
"...I think it will be very difficult for a lot of magazines, because now you see so many things on the Internet right away and you cannot be as quick as the Internet. Maybe some magazines will stay, but they have to be very beautiful, like collector’s items…Today we have to think differently. [Take] globalization. Ten years ago we never thought we were going to have a Vogue in China, and it’s one of the most successful Vogues, so if you’re not moving, you’re dead. Maybe it’s about going to other countries, to find another way to be interesting in fashion, to talk to a wider audience..."
Replying whether she's an internet girl:
"...I’m not an Internet [girl]. I’m not writing on blogs. I’m not a Facebook girl. Even though there is a fake Facebook with my name, it’s not me. I’m not on Twitter, it’s not me. But I think if I’m not going on the Internet, I’m going to totally disappear, because the future is the Internet. It’s very difficult for me to work on the Internet, but maybe I will find a way. I think this is very, very important...."
Asked whether there's enough French Vogue online:
"...No. I never took care of the Internet for Paris Vogue, never, because honestly I had no time to work on the Internet, and I don’t think a lot of magazines have success going on the Internet. You have to be thinking totally differently if you want to do something on the Internet. Even French Elle or Grazia, they’re very popular magazines, but on the Internet they’re not so popular, so there is something that doesn’t work. You have to think about exactly what people need on the Internet. It’s not that you do a continuation of the magazine...."
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