I saw young women in the street dressing in a way that I thought was influencing the designers. Fashion was being influenced by all sorts of different people, and culture and also across the street. So I saw more as a trickle up, than a trickle down influence. When I came to Vogue, that's what I wanted it to reflect.

Fashion goes in only one direction -forward- and I am a firm believer in thinking that way too.

It is a family; it's a slightly dysfunctional family, but it's also very close and warm and loving family.

There's always a way to wear fur.

To be in Vogue has to mean something

I went to Wimbledon before I could walk. It's just been a lifelong passion.

With all the new media outlets out there, with all the noise, a voice of authority and calm like Vogue becomes more important than ever. The more eyes on fashion, the more opinions about fashion, the more exploration of fashion around the world, the better it is for Vogue. Vogue is like Nike or Coca-Cola—this huge global brand. I want to enhance it, I want to protect it, and I want it to be part of the conversation.