Editor Of Vogue (Edward Enninful OBE): How To Become No.1 In Your Industry Against All The Odds!

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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In this new episode Steven sits down with the editor-in-chief of British Vogue, Edward Enninful OBE. Edward began his career in fashion as a model before becoming the fashion director of the British fashion magazine i-D at just 18 years old. This made him youngest-ever fashion director for an international magazine and Edward held this position for over 20 years. Between 1998 and 2011 he contributed extensively for Vogue Italia and Vogue US. From 2011, he was the Creative and Fashion Director at W Magazine. In 2016, Edward was awarded an OBE for Services to Diversity in the Fashion industry, and in 2017 he was named the editor-in-chief of British Vogue. In this conversation Edward and Steven discuss topics, such as: His upbringing in Ghana and his experience of being a immigrant in the UK His experience of being one of the few black people in the world of fashion How his insecurity drove him to succeed Becoming a workaholic and how work dominated his life The mental health impact of being a high achiever Edward’s memoir, ‘A Visible Man’ is now available in paperback, you can purchase it here: https://bit.ly/3OK3EOv Follow: Instagram: https://bit.ly/427qz9x Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It feels like you've lived an impossible life.
0:03.2	But with it came over.
0:06.9	I just needed to be able to look at myself and not hate myself.
0:11.6	Edward Erensport. The first black man to become Edder and she... myself. Edward Edmonds
0:13.0	The first black man to become editor in chief of British Vogue.
0:16.0	One of the fashion industries biggest names.
0:18.0	He's single-handedly changing the face of fashion.
0:21.0	In your book you talk about understanding that you would go from a very young age.
0:24.6	Had your father known, you would have slicked your threat.
0:27.0	I grew up petrified of him.
0:29.0	Each day I was being told you're going to be a lawyer or a doctor.
0:32.1	I knew that wasn't going to help.
0:33.2	At the age of 13 I came from another country. 16 I was modeling, 18 I was an editor.
0:38.0	It was quite fast. Work was everything for me.
0:41.0	There was this notion that women of color on covers don't sell. I knew I would
0:46.1	need to do something about it. I didn't just create a magazine that looked good but
0:49.8	it's so financially successful. I was just so consumed with work and work was where I felt like an imposter.
0:58.0	Really? I mean I never look at anything I've done and think this is amazing.
1:02.0	I wouldn't sleep that leads you to drinking and that leads you to the
1:04.7	earth you always have to fight but that fight comes at a cost I woke up one
1:10.0	day and I saw these black markings in my vision. I was so scared. I knew after that that I had to change my life.
1:18.0	You sit here as one of the most successful people in your industry.
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