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Jul 04, 2014 by 2009, when vogue australia was due to celebrate its 50th birthday, it struck kirstie clements that she was the only person there with more than twenty years of corporate or cultural memory. Pictured is a model during the mark fast autumnwinter 2011 collection show. Following the publication of this memoir kirstie clements, the former editor of australian vogue, has been described some as the bradley manning of the fashion industry. Download the vogue factor ebook in epub, mobi and pdf format. Kirstie clements and the vogue factor balance by deborah hutton. This addictive tellall exposes the cutthroat culture of the worlds most revered fashion masthead.
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Kirstie clements was unceremoniously dumped from iconic fashion magazine vogue after 25 years service. The question that kirstie clements, former editorinchief of vogue, bestselling author of the vogue factor, columnist and judge on australias next top model, has most often been asked in her career at the pinnacle of fashion is how do i get my dream job. Here she tells the story behind the headlines, and takes us behind the scenes of a fastchanging industry. Kirstie clements started at the front desk answering phones for vogue australia. The vogue factor kirstie clements 9780522862430 netgalley. The vogue factor by kirstie clements charming language. For a little over a quarter of the century, kirstie clements worked for australian vogue.
The inside story of fashions most illustrious magazine kirstie clements, tells of her audacious beginnings on the reception desk at. A brisk canter through clements 25year career at the antipodean outpost of fashion bible vogue. The vogue factor is the former australian vogue editorinchiefs candid account of life at the heart of the fashion industry, from photo shoots and celebr. Former vogue editor reveals models are eating tissues to. Kirstie clements, former editorinchief of vogue australia. Kirstie clements has seen it all the good, the bad and the really ugly of upscale magazine.
Enjoy this book on your ereader and in the format you prefer. In 2016 we interviewed kirstie again, this time, to discuss her latest book impressive. The vogue factor by kirstie clements 9781783350155 2014. Kirstie worked for conde nast international and vogue for more than 25 years and was editorinchief of vogue australia for years 19992012.
This is the behind the scenes story of an illustrious career in fashion, from receptionist to the editors chair. Clements managed to outlast a number of editors, ceos and companies before her own ousting. Kirstie clements eyeopening account of life in fashions fast lane has hit headlines all over the globe. Years of hard work, risktaking, and determination landed her at editorinchief. She was a columnist with sunday telegraph from 20102012 and a judge on australias next top model. Kirstie clements in may 2012 kirstie clements was unceremoniously sacked after thirteen years in the editor. Kirstie clements book, the vogue factor, is a tellall expose of the fashion industry, and the lengths some models go to to stay thin in her controversial tome, clements says she once spent three. Here, one of its own, the former editor of australian vogue kirstie clements describes a thinobsessed culture in which starving models eat tissues. About the author kirstie clements began working at vogue in 1985, rising to editor in 1999, a position she held until 2012. Kirstie clements born 23 march 1962 is an australian author, editor, journalist and speaker. Kirstie clements, a girl from the wrong side of sydney, tells of her audacious beginnings on the reception desk at the grand magazine and her rise to reigning editor for more than a decade. Exvogue editor exposes models extreme diet tricks like. Kirstie clements is a best selling author, editor, journalist, consultant, and keynote speaker, with vast first hand experience in the luxury industry.
Both a celebration and a critique of this extraordinary industry, the vogue factor is this seasons musthave. Her memoir of three decades in fashion publishing, the vogue factor was released in 20 and has since become an international bestseller. Kirstie clements is a former editor of vogue australia. Although she prides herself on her journalism, clements book writing style is rather flat irony of ironies, she needed a better editor. This is the behindthescenes story of an illustrious career in fashion, from. Not for clements towing the party line on issues such as snobbery, divas, and the ongoing horrors of the size zero debates.
In may 2012 kirstie clements was unceremoniously sacked after thir teen years in the editors chair at vogue australia. The vogue factor is the former australian vogue editorinchiefs candid account of life at the heart of the fashion industry, from photo shoots and celebrity interviews to the ugly truth behind the glamour infighting, backstabbing and the dangerous pursuit of beauty. Aged 23, she answered an advertisement for a receptionist at the magazine and having talked her way into that job made herself so useful doing other peoples tasks such as tidying the. In may 2012 kirstie clements was unceremoniously sacked after thirteen years in the editors chair at vogue australia. Last may, kirstie clements was relieved of her position as an editor for vogue australia and now is revealing a.
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