We lack an organization that will support fashion week. The five-day week shows a lack of vision and that we are not able to command respect. I am not saying it's anyone's fault in particular, it's our fault. We have the highest concentration of brands, how can we accommodate everyone in four or five days?
Franca SozzaniI don't think when you work you have to please everybody - you make a choice. It's not like everybody who is in front of you has to become your best friend.
Franca SozzaniWhen we launched our [ Vogue] site around five years ago, I had already started this process on paper. We are now building an enormous portfolio of photos, we've uploaded two million photos and we have three people that review them.
Franca SozzaniToday it's normal. Photos used to be a support to the text, but we turned things around, reducing the words to a minimum.
Franca SozzaniI like to be risky every day, changing minds every day. I'm not reliable at all in my ideas. I can change my ideas three times a day. I change different things, the parts of the content. But I never change the content of who I am. So my challenge every day is to change and to take risks.
Franca SozzaniYou just click and you get 18,000 screen shots on how to apply lipstick, for example, but there will be the same selection that has taken place in paper in digital, too.
Franca SozzaniIn โCurvy,โ they are superhappy with their sizes. We help them dress fashionably. We say: Itโs pointless for you to buy leggings, take this because this will look good on you. We help them choose. We donโt talk about diets because they donโt want to be on a diet, but itโs not a ghetto. Why should these women slim down? Many of the women who have a few extra kilos are especially beautiful and also more feminine.
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