Last week in New York (of course), Vogue premièred their documentary collaboration with HBO, In Vogue: The Editor's Eye. For the life of me I cannot find where to view it here in Australia, if anyone has a clue, holla at me!
In lieu of actually watching the film - which was launched to commemorate 120 years of the world's most famous fashion magazine - I have taken to watching every clip I can find on YouTube and reading every single review I can get my hands on.
Most go something like this:
'Brilliant to watch, very interesting. Genius minds at work. Fantasy, drama, creativity. What do Fashion Editors do exactly? Nothing and everything. The French stylist is nuts. BUT. This is clearly a puff piece. A film on Vogue, by Vogue. Tooting your own horn much? Vogue is a commercial business. Regular people can't afford those clothes! BUUUT then again this is Vogue, the best fashion magazine ever published so I guess it's justified.'
Amen,sister (or brother).
Obviously Vogue is packed full of ridiculously expensive pieces, most I will probably never be able to afford. But I don't care. I still love the magazine because I love looking at the imagery surrounding the clothes, created by the women featured in the film. It's beautiful and it would take a certain mind to make the fantasy come to life and then to jump off a page.
I don't care if it's 'self-indulgent' as one review called it. I work in fashion and lifestyle PR, I know how this industry works. So when I can finally figure out where to watch In Vogue: The Editor's Eye, I will probably love it.
*Image care of Vogue.
