FASHION Magazine
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October 2011: Letter from the editor
Editor-in-chief, Bernadetta Morra. Photography by Vanessa Veins; hair and makeup by Veronica Chu for Plutino Group/M.A.C Cosmetics; shot on location at 155 Cumberland at the home of Joe Brennan. “You’re a smart girl. You don’t need to work in fashion.”
The white-haired retiree uttering those words to a wide-eyed MBA grad who expressed interest in the clothing industry was oblivious to the fact that I was reeling from his remark.
Nor did anyone else around the breakfast table at a friend’s cottage twig to the fact that I had just been insulted. At one time, I would have piped up and suggested he ask billionaire Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of LVMH, whether he thinks there is any upside to a brilliant business mind in fashion.