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Radboy: Vogue and Style.com act as historical gatekeepers of fashion
“You have to understand that when people, you know, you have these institutions like Vogue and Style.com, and they're like the Library of Congress of fashion. So they, their, your entry means that you happened. So when they refuse to even record that you had a …”
Carrie Gross: Early MD Skincare never advertised, relying entirely on beauty press
“The beauty press were Dennis's patients. We never advertised. We just had articles in Elle, and Vogue, and Harper's, and”
Vogue Openly Welcomed Unknown Designers in the 1970s Unlike Today
“They encouraged and wanted to see new stuff. You know, now it's like very, it's not quite the same way. You kind of have to be more established and so forth.”
Tsai: Tatcha secured coverage from Vogue, Oprah, and The Today Show
“Vogue did a spread Oprah, it was on the Today Show pretty quickly. We got a ton of press.”
Weiss: Work experience depends on your direct boss, not the company
“I think it's all about, it's kind of like anywhere, it all depends who your boss is. Like, it doesn't matter what company you're at, it's like, isn't there that, I just heard from someone that your personality is a result of the, like, three or five people who…”
Wurwand: 1980s U.S. fashion media and dermatologists largely ignored skincare
“I mean, you could pick up magazines then, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, fashion magazines, there were always articles on makeup, there was nothing on skincare. The dermatologists were all saying, oh, you can use anything, you can use soap and water.”
Bergdorf Goodman Bought Sandy Chilewich's Shoes to Satisfy Vogue's Editorial Requirements
“And they can't take a credit unless their customers can buy it in a store, so we went to Bergdorf Goodman, we told them we had a credit in Vogue, but they look at this product, and Would they buy it so that we can cover the credit? And they did.”