Se trata de la carta de la editora, Justine Picardie, la cual comienza con una frase que refleja lo que pienso sobre la moda hoy, en pleno siglo XXI, y por eso sentí la necesidad de subirla a la web y traerla a colación hoy aquí mismo.
EDITOR’S LETTER APRIL 15
There has always been an authoritarian breed of fashion commentators who will declare at the start of a season that long skirts are in or out, and pink is the new black (or vice versa). But this rigid attitude becomes difficult to maintain in an era such as ours, when fashion is far more eclectic, offering choices rather than diktats; which is why Bazaar’s latest issue includes a glorious array of suggestions, instead of hard and fast rules. (...)
As always in Bazaar, with its heritage of commissioning the best and brightest authors and artists – from Virginia Woolf to Tracey Emin – we move beyond the rigid boundaries of journalism, with literary memoirs in our travel section, and a story on the recipes of Jackson Pollock. These leaps of imagination are true to the spirit of Bazaar, with its continuing commitment to look at the world around us in unexpected ways. To quote Diana Vreeland again: ‘I don’t go to see a great play, I go to see a great interpretation. Everything is interpretation.’
In an age of endless bombardment of information, gossip, babble, white noise, many of us yearn for something different, something more sophisticated and thoughtful. Here’s hoping you will find such treasures to cherish in Harper’s Bazaar...
APRIL 2015. (para leerla completa click acá)
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