I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
'The Lady's World' should be made the recognized organ for the expression of women's opinions on all subjects of literature, art and modern life, and yet it should be a magazine that men could read with pleasure.
One of the things I regret is that magazines now are so lifestyle-orientated that the opportunity to do bigger projects is gone. This is a serious misjudgment on the part of magazine editors.
You can no longer just have a magazine that shows you this glossy impervious image of women - in the studio, artificial, wearing a push-up bra.
Most women's magazines simply try to mold women into bigger and better consumers.
There are a lot of magazines that are still sort of... that only cater to a certain demographic and only put certain people on their covers.
Magazine articles are the new books.
There's this tradition of women's magazines - which have been my bread and butter as a freelancer - where the paradigm is that the writing is about relationships, body image, lessons, and it's always redemptive.
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.' We do that by tapping into the zeitgeists with our cover subjects.
I love coming in and changing magazines.
You can't put yourself into competition with a magazine like 'Vogue.' You have to create something new, something different.