The Chronicle, No. 668, September 2015

12 ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE

The Fashion Industry By Ailsa Moon (Ashdown House)

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In May, Zoë Souter, Director of Marketing at the Condé Nast College of Fashion and Design, came to speak to interested Fifth and Sixth Formers about career possibilities in the fashion world.

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Fashion and the industry behind it often bring about thoughts of slender girls, mad but brilliant designers, and a business that runs solely on creativity and beauty. It quickly became clear that, like any other business, more than just designers and models are needed in order to keep this industry thriving. After all, how can one forget a legend like Anna Wintour, someone as fierce and ferocious as she is brilliant? Ms Wintour certainly doesn’t spend her days pinning fabric on models nor is she is the face of a brand (at least, not yet). No, she is the editor-in-chief of American Vogue , a magazine dependent on journalists, graphic designers and marketers. The fashion industry is just that, and no industry runs on one level alone. During this talk, it became clear that the fashion world is not only

Left, Emilia Clarke OSE makes the front cover