Kirstie Clements joined
Vogue 25 years ago in a position where so many begin : as a receptionist. Until mid 2012 she had been editor for a decade until one day last year she was shown the door.
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| Mark Coppelson,Deborah Thomas & son Oscar |
Kirstie was a regular sight around Sydney & Melbourne and
attended the New York, Paris and London fashion shows. When she wasn't
hobnobbing with
Valentino or jotting down fashion tips from
Karl
Largerfeld she was deep in conversation with
Anna Wintour.
As you can imagine, she has a tale to tell and her biography of that era :
The Vogue Factor has just been published. The
Shuttle has now spotted 3 people reading it on buses and the underground. The book's blurb says :
(The Vogue Factor ).. is an insider's account of the beauty and fashion industry, the
truth about starving models, the glitz and glamour of the business, and
how current media regimes are killing off the fashion bible.
We've read 4 chapters and have to agree-it's rivetting and at the launch party, (the book was launched by
Deborah Thomas) some of Australia's most powerful fashionistas turned up to pay tribute to Kirstie- with one
GQ editor cutting his Bali holiday short to attend.
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| Supporting their mum: Kirstie's sons Sam & Joe |
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| Robyn Holt, Grant Pierce,Nancy Pilcher |
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| Debbie Coffey & Kerri-Anne Kennerley |
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| Kirstie with Cate Blanchett |
