i don't know how to feel about this...
i hate that the advertisers could have so much power over the creative side of any magazine...
i don't think they should have any influence at all...frankly...
* call me an idealist, i know...
but...
i am not a big fan of the politics and back room deals that happen regularly in this industry ...
so-
part of me is thrilled that someone so high profile is having to deal with consequences for their inappropriate actions...
but ...
it's not the way i would have liked it to happen...
not because anyone threatens to pull their advertising...
but because it's simply not an ethical way to do business...
she was getting away with all of it...ALL OF IT>>>
until a big enough advertiser flexed their muscles...
and that is disappointing to me...
in general...
ethics and fashion don't seem to go together...
unfortunately...
on a related note...
conde nast, in general, has been cracking down on their magazines who aren't the most financially successful...
first W...now this...
i have been secretly afraid for some time now that they would try to do some sort of makeover at italian vogue actually...
because that is perhaps one of their least profitable publications, in terms of cold hard $$$
now THAT would truly be the end of an era...
and, in truth....
that might actually be the end of Fashion ...with a capital F...
let's just hope that vogue italia isn't next on the conde nast chopping block...