I am the keynote speaker for a big medical conf. The audience is mostly old WASPy types who wouldn’t hire me because I was a woman. It’s a weird moment for me. I need to wear something HOT but also confident and classy. Read more
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Vanessa has been the FT’s fashion editor since 2003, and is based in New York, though she lived in London for 12 years.