Riding the subway, what a vogue idea! I bet the staffers at America’s grandest fashion magazine don’t think so. Further proof that everyone has been affected by the recession, Voguettes had their town cars taken away from them and will now have to ride the subway to work along with the un-styled masses.
Apparently, this underground directive comes from the magazine’s new publisher Susan Plagemann, who has been dubbed “Cab Killer” by the New York Post. Ouch! I’m certain the style standards around the office will go from an impeccable 10 to a sub-par 6 within days of this policy going into effect. All it takes is one staffer in four-inch Prada pumps taking a tumble on the stairs in the subway station to scare all staffers into wearing flats. And, white will pretty much cease to exist in the office after another girl sits in an unidentified brown liquid on the train. Oh the life lessons these sheltered girls are about to learn!
One staffer whose life won’t be upturned by the downgrade in transportation is fiery-haired Vogue creative director Grace Coddington. Grace is the fashion equalizer at the magazine. She doesn’t look or act the part of a senior Vogue staffer, although she was once a model, and she’s actually been taking the subway to work for years. I say subway “carpool” at Grace’s house. All the scared staffers can line up behind Grace and she can lead them like a mama duck through the wilds of New York public transportation.
Anna will continue to take the town car.
maybe the vogue elite can start to make use of the same street style that blog upstarts like the sartorialist have found so much success with?
one can hope.