Cecilia Dean

Serena · 07-09-2003

Cecilia Dean of Visionaire & V publications was a guest speaker at "Creativity Now" event presented by Tokion mag. She's looked very beautiful & elegant in beige sleeveless top, black charmeuse skirt & black pointy-toe shoes. Here's what Cecilia had to say about Visionaire, Gap & not selling out:

on hard work: " when we first started on this project everyone told me not to do it. It was 1991, we were in a middle of recession. i had to go to all bookstores myself & tried to sell our first copies to them. we only had 7,000.00 to print our first copies & whatever money we made on that we invested in our second issue. we had no computer, no fax, no assistants."

on Gap: "We were approached by GAP to make a collaborative project together. we don't include ads in Visioanire, so GAP did this orange bag which comes wih publiciation. we were happy to work with them because we had full creative freedom & yet their budget allowed for opportunities we could never afford on our own."

on Conde Nast & indie publising: if the opportunity presented itself i dont think we would agree to be bought by Conde Nast or any other big publish. co. we like being indie. of course, wewant to reach a wider audience, and that's why we came up with V & we'll also have V MAN very soon. but if we sold to a big company, it would never be the same Visionaire. i would love it if we could print millions of copies of it, but it's not that kind of product. I understand that we charge a o of money for Visionaire but we're not making much money off it at all, this is just to cover our expenses"

LolitaLuxe · 07-09-2003

thank you for the update serena, i
m a fan of V and i cannot wait for V man

Lena · 07-09-2003

great input, even though i'm not a Visionaire fan, i'm with her in all her comments, keep it indie

way to go

thanks for taking the time serena

Astrid21 · 07-09-2003

Oh, how I love Cecilia! I think she has impeccable style.

I love V and I can't wait for V Man.

Thanks for the info, Serena.

Spacemiu · 07-09-2003

I always wonderd who she was, thanks for teh info, i really agree with her, she is super talented, I lvoe V, V man should be amazinga s well

ignitioned32 · 09-09-2003

I love her idea of being indie and no ads. Smart, real smart. Her ingenuity is great, too.

adore dior · 06-06-2006

i just discovered her and wanted to start a thread for her because i love love her style but i see there is already one...does anyone have pics of her?

adore dior · 07-06-2006

i found this pic of her
source corbis

adore dior · 07-06-2006

random
source: nysocialdiary, nyseen, lycosmodels

adore dior · 07-06-2006

source hintmag.com

huda914 · 01-08-2006

I love her and have a scrapbook of tons of pics of her . But i dont have a scanner : ( She is such a inspiration. shes stunning and her style is amazing.

Harumi · 10-02-2007

^I agree! She is like Mary Poppins: practically perfect in every ways.

This, I believe, was scanned by Karina from Vogue.

anaisanais · 10-02-2007

talented and damn stylish

mass · 10-02-2007

avec hedi slimane
style.com

with james kaliardos
style.com

thesartorialist

indie_lauper · 01-04-2007

i love her! does anyone have any recent pictures?

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Serena backstage pass Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 505	Cecilia Dean Cecilia Dean of Visionaire & V publications was a guest speaker at "Creativity Now" event presented by Tokion mag. She's looked very beautiful & elegant in beige sleeveless top, black charmeuse skirt & black pointy-toe shoes. Here's what Cecilia had to say about Visionaire, Gap & not selling out: on hard work: " when we first started on this project everyone told me not to do it. It was 1991, we were in a middle of recession. i had to go to all bookstores myself & tried to sell our first copies to them. we only had 7,000.00 to print our first copies & whatever money we made on that we invested in our second issue. we had no computer, no fax, no assistants." on Gap: "We were approached by GAP to make a collaborative project together. we don't include ads in Visioanire, so GAP did this orange bag which comes wih publiciation. we were happy to work with them because we had full creative freedom & yet their budget allowed for opportunities we could never afford on our own." on Conde Nast & indie publising: if the opportunity presented itself i dont think we would agree to be bought by Conde Nast or any other big publish. co. we like being indie. of course, wewant to reach a wider audience, and that's why we came up with V & we'll also have V MAN very soon. but if we sold to a big company, it would never be the same Visionaire. i would love it if we could print millions of copies of it, but it's not that kind of product. I understand that we charge a o of money for Visionaire but we're not making much money off it at all, this is just to cover our expenses"

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LolitaLuxe Vision of Paradise Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: LA-NYC Gender: femme Posts: 6,934	thank you for the update serena, i m a fan of V and i cannot wait for V man __________________ you cats take care of the environment, man. - wavy gravy,1969

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Lena etre soi-meme Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: europe Gender: femme Posts: 23,969	great input, even though i'm not a Visionaire fan, i'm with her in all her comments, keep it indie way to go thanks for taking the time serena __________________ @La_Lena_ http://pinterest.com/lenapins/

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Astrid21 V.I.P. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USA Gender: femme Posts: 8,762	Oh, how I love Cecilia! I think she has impeccable style. I love V and I can't wait for V Man. Thanks for the info, Serena.

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Spacemiu V.I.P. Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Los Angeles Gender: homme Posts: 9,450	I always wonderd who she was, thanks for teh info, i really agree with her, she is super talented, I lvoe V, V man should be amazinga s well __________________ Oceans of angels, oceans of stars

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anaisanais backstage pass Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: australia Gender: femme Posts: 560	talented and damn stylish

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