The glamour and the glitz. The high fashion and the low patience levels.
In this documentary about the largest issue of Vogue's year, I learned about magazine production as well as the world of haute couture. Designing clothes is no easy task especially when so many distinct interests and perspectives are considered and also considering that trends appear to be invented on whim. There was one scene of a group meeting where the editors were trying to come up with content for the Sept issue and one woman says something along the lines of 'What's in? Should we make it ______ in?'. Is that really the trend forecast? I always though it was more of an industry standard. From what I gather from the movie, it's not really so planned out.
This documentary is a bit disjointed at times (jumping from topic to topic) and I definitely didn't feel the sense of urgency that I thought would be there given the high profile nature of this job as well as looming deadlines and a catty nature of fashion. Magazines are planned so far in advance and changes/edits/additions happen as close to print time as possible. Maybe it was for the image of Vogue portrayed in the movie, but these girls weren't running to put things together last minute. It wasn't as chaotic as I was hoping or imagining.
Honestly, after a huge dose of fashion, I am always re-inspired to pay more attention to how I dress and to invest more money and effort into my image. I guess deep down, I'm just not that kind of girl. I don't think I am interested in that line of work but I think this documentary opened up my eyes a little bit about the world of magazine editing and fashion. I would have done fine in this world without this movie though.
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