Lindsay Peoples Wagner: Changing The Fashion Industry + Pursuing A Career Rooted in Purpose

Nov 4, 2021

Lindsay Peoples Wagner was in her late twenties when she became the Editor in Chief of Teen Vogue, making her the youngest Editor-in-Chief in Conde Nast’s History. Now she’s the Editor-in-Chief of New York Magazine’s Fashion Vertical, The Cut and co-founder of the Black in Fashion Council. Today she shares: 

• What it’s like starting out in the fashion industry when you don’t come from money and how she made it happen.
• Why it’s her mission to open the door to the fashion industry + tell better and more diverse stories
• The gut decision that changed her career
• We discuss her viral article “What It’s Really Like To Be Black + Work In Fashion” + the effects of having to dim your light.
• The 24 hour rule 
• What she wore for her interview with Anna Wintour before landing the job as EIC of Teen Vogue.
• What style advice she would give her younger self.
• The mentor you really need vs. the mentor you think you need.

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