Franca Sozzani

Mayor Bloomberg: Italian Vogue cover boy

April 5, 2013 10:30 am by Vanessa Friedman

American Vogue may have Michelle Obama as their cover coup, but L’Uomo Vogue, Italian Vogue’s men’s fashion arm, has, on their April issue…Mayor Michael Bloomberg! I kid you not. It’s a little left-field as a choice, no? For both of them (the cover model and the magazine). So what’s the rationale here?

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What is Fashion’s Night Out really about?

November 4, 2011 4:01 pm by Vanessa Friedman

Tonight is the beginning of what is being billed as the biggest Fashion’s Night Out ever, although it’s more like Fashion’s Afternoon Out: a noon-9pm (Saturday) shopping extravaganza in Japan launched by an evening pre-shopping gala, with some of the proceeds presumably going to benefit earthquake relief efforts. But that’s not the half of it.

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Activism, Italian Vogue style

March 18, 2011 3:32 pm by Vanessa Friedman

Italian Vogue editor Franca Sozzani has just taken a big step out from behind the glossy curtain, and decided to launch an on-line campaign to close down pro-anorexia sites on-line. Read more

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Planning for the future in Milan

September 23, 2010 10:57 am by Vanessa Friedman

Something interesting is percolating up in Milanese fashion, and it has nothing to do with runways.

It has to do with things like “sustainability” and “long-term thinking” and “self-preservation” – also “procreation”, with emphasis on the latter part of the word.

To be specific, it has to do with the industry finally thinking about its own future, and the fact that if it’s going to have one, it has to start working on the logistics. Which means, at its most basic level, supporting young designers. Read more

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