Posted on 11/18/2017 7:27:56 PM PST by nickcarraway
Radhika Jones joins the magazine next month with extensive literary and editorial experience.
Radhika Jones is learning the ways of One World Trade. Having been named the new editor in chief of Vanity Fair only this week, Jones, 44, headed to downtown Manhattan to get acquainted with the magazine’s staff.
But while Jones may have been editorial director of the books department at The New York Times, an alum of Time magazine and The Paris Review, a graduate of Harvard and holds a doctorate in English and comparative literature from Columbia — none of this impressed Condé Nast-ers. They, instead, were aghast over her sense of style.
WWD observed one of the company’s fashion editors in candid conversation with industry peers remarking not on the context of Jones’ first visit, but rather the outfit she wore.
“She seemed nervous. The outfit was interesting,” the staffer noted. According to the fashion editor — who omitted Jones’ admirable literary accomplishments from conversation — the incoming editor wore a navy shiftdress strewn with zippers, a garment deemed as “iffy” at best.
Jones’ choice of hosiery proved most offensive, according to the editor. For the occasion, Jones had chosen a pair of tights — not in a neutral black or gray as is common in the halls of Vogue — but rather a pair covered with illustrated, cartoon foxes.
The animal caricatures may have also been too much for Vogue editor in chief and Condé Nast artistic director Anna Wintour, who is said to have fixed one of her trademark stoic glares upon Jones’ hosiery throughout the duration of the staff meeting.
Unnerved by Jones’ choice of legwear — and Wintour’s reaction — the fashion editor proclaimed to her friends: “I’m not sure if I should include a new pair of tights in her welcome basket.” Jones is said to begin her new role on Dec. 11.
The fashion editor did not remark on Carter’s outfit for the occasion. After 25 years at Vanity Fair’s helm, he walks away from the job with a vibrant legacy that is noted, not for his signature wonk hairstyle, but rather his wrangling of A-list celebrities and publishing of writers including Christopher Hitchens and Dominick Dunne.
That just wouldn't go around these here parts.
Actually, people can have crippling back problems if their seat is moved in the wrong way.
Sometimes I think the Norks would be doing us a favor if they nuked NYC.
Then I remember my brother works there.
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First World problems.
OMFG
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Really? Do we need to use that around here? Don’t like seeing the name of my Lord paired with the f-word.
I think she forgot a supportive undergarment.
Bet I know who said that!
I SWEAR I must’ve copied the wrong meme link. I wouldn’t do that! It was supposed to be one of those tearful women First World Problem memes!
So sorry! Thanks for removing it!
Separated at birth! LOL!
Droppin the F Bomb on Free Republic, are ya?
Make me an effin sammich! :)
Here! I made enough to share with anyone else I accidentally offended! Dig in!
I swear, it was one of those 'Transmogrifier' memes that once posted, turn into something else! (Calvin & Hobbes reference - good for FIVE Bonus Points and a 'Pass' Card from the Mods!)
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