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🗓️ 6 September 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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In this podcast special Chris Evans chats to the Editor-in-Chief of British Vogue, Edward Enninful, about his incredible new book ‘A Visible Man’ which tells the story of his life moving to the UK from Ghana at a young age and finding a love for the fashion industry which untimely led to his wonderful career.
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0:00.0 | Hello, Chris Evans here with a special edition of The Best of the Breakfast Show podcast with Sky from Virgin Radio, starring British Vogue, editor-in-chief and European editorial director of Vogue Edward Enn In Full. |
0:13.0 | When I get spotted on a train, it's because I look a little bit like Ron Weasley. But when this next guest is spotted, he gets a modelling contract. Life can be so unfair. His new memoir, A Visible Man, is out today. Madonna sang about it and now he runs it. How wonderful! Changing the world one cover page at a time! It's Edward Edna Fall! |
0:36.6 | Yeah, Edward Ennful! How are you are you edward i'm great thank you for |
0:40.9 | having me congratulations on the book and an amazing life thank you thus far um have you my first |
0:47.6 | question is have you been to anna winter's house on long island i have actually of course you have |
0:52.1 | for people who don't know who who is she? What is her |
0:55.5 | legend? Why is she so good at her job? Anna is a legendary editor. She's opened the door for so many. |
1:01.8 | She's championed the fashion industry from great heights. And yeah, you know, she opened the door |
1:07.5 | for me. She employed me at US Vogue in 2004 and that sort of really helped |
1:13.8 | me get to where I am today. Okay. And I got to tell you, because I, your book, it just got all |
1:19.5 | my juices flowing and all the right places. So yes. Oh, thank you. Last night whilst I'm |
1:22.9 | finishing the book, my wife logs on, on our laptop and watches that amazing documentary, The September Issue. |
1:29.6 | And you're in that quite a lot. That was shot in 2007. Yes, I was a young editor then. |
1:34.4 | Yeah. So tell us about that time and tell us about that documentary. Yeah, I mean, you know, I'd left London. |
1:40.0 | I got a call from Anna's office to come and work for American Vogue |
1:44.7 | where I worked for seven years. |
1:46.2 | But I was like a fish out of water. |
1:48.5 | You know, I've been in London, |
1:50.3 | you know, a call stylist, |
1:52.0 | and there I was at this institution |
1:54.5 | of American-ness, so to say. |
1:57.4 | And it was very, very different. |
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