The September Issue and the Supermodels
The Run-Through with Vogue
Vogue
4.2 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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On this episode Chloe and Chioma speak with their friend and former colleague Sally Singer about writing the September issue cover story about the supermodels Christy, Naomi, Linda, and Cindy (no last names necessary). They talk about what it means to write about women in this moment, the pressure of being in the public eye, and the storied careers of the Supers.
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| 0:00.0 | This is The Run Through and I'm Chloe Mel. |
| 0:06.4 | And I'm Cho Manardi. |
| 0:08.0 | And this week is a big week. |
| 0:10.1 | The September issue is out. |
| 0:13.3 | The biggest week of the year at Vogue. |
| 0:14.7 | I know. |
| 0:15.7 | I know. |
| 0:17.0 | I know. |
| 0:17.9 | And on today's episode, we're talking with my friend and former boss, Sally Singer, |
| 0:23.3 | about writing the cover story, which is a big deal for Vogue September issue. |
| 0:27.3 | Sally is a true sort of mentor and icon for many of us who work at Vogue because she'd been at Vogue for so long in many different iterations. |
| 0:36.9 | And she is now the head of fashion direction for Amazon. |
| 0:41.1 | But she, in her storied career, has worked at both British and American Vogue in different capacities. |
| 0:48.5 | That's right. And if you haven't seen the cover itself, it is iconic. |
| 0:53.2 | It's a big deal. |
| 0:53.8 | Yes. Yes. You know, it's the super's, no last |
| 0:56.8 | names needed, Naomi, Cindy, Linda, Christy, you know who we're talking about. I have to say, |
| 1:03.1 | it was fun to sort of watch that rollout this weekend and people are just so excited to see |
| 1:09.6 | these four women together. I think it's |
| 1:11.5 | kind of a unicorn moment of they sort of transcend mortal status. It's like seeing four |
| 1:19.0 | goddesses in a group. Yeah, people just are sort of nuts for them and as a group is just |
| 1:26.1 | extra special. I mean, i think we're used to seeing |
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