Candice, Irina, Joan in 'Human After All' by Rowan Papier for Vogue Greece December 2020
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Three of the world’s top models — Candice Swanepoel, Irina Shayk and Joan Smalls cover four December 2020 covers for Vogue Greece, each with the tagline ‘Human After All’. Anna Katsanis styles the covers and editorial content in which pays the three women speak about the value of activism, urging us to look beyond the images — in this case captured by Rowan Papier (IG).
Since its relaunch in March, 2019 Vogue Greece, helmed by editor-in-chief Thaleia Karafyllidou, the youngest Vogue EIC at age 29, the magazine has delved more deeply into topics that matter than sister Vogues.
Clearly in our new COVID-19 world and its worldwide protests around sustainability and racial justice, a Vogue editorial reset was playing out at the beginning of 2020. But Greece had already endured a decade of austerity, prompting Karafyllidou to tell Vogue Australia in April 2019: “ . . . We are bringing the Vogue brand back to the country in a new era where ‘luxury’ has been redefined. It’s not just about a beautiful pair of shoes or a handbag – now ‘luxury’ is your free time and the time that you spend offline.”
“We are the ages of the Millennial and Generation Z. The majority of my team are around the ages of 24 or 25 to 30. They know exactly what is happening because they are living it. And what they live, they write,” Karafyllidou continued with Vogue Australia’s Julia Hobbs.
The ‘jeunesse’ means a no holds barred approach to taboo subjects. “We want to destigmatise mental health issues, while sustainability is something that we will address in every issue and through our digital activities. Obviously Vogue is the ultimate fashion bible and 70 per cent of the magazine is about fashion, but it’s ultimately about people – the things that we are discussing with our friends and family.”
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In November 2019, Karafyllidou launched Vogue Greece’s first Change Makers Event. Remarkably, all the speakers — at least the ones featured on the Vogue Greece website — at the five-hour even in Athens were women.
Cara Smyth’s Speech on Sustainability at Vogue Greece’s Nov. 22, 2019 Change Makers Event
This next presentation by Cara Smyth, founder of the renown Fair Fashion Center (FFC) located on the GCNYC campus, is devoted to the argument that environmental sustainability solutions only come from collaboration with business.
FFC is located at the Glasgow Caledonian New York College, located at 64 Wooster St, New York, NY 10012.
Watch the full speech of Cara Smyth, Vice President of Glasgow Caledonian New York College (GCNYC) and founder of the renown Fair Fashion Center (FFC), at Vogue Greece's first conference "Change Makers" for a more sustainable future. | https://bit.ly/2UR9XCj
In AOC’s opinion, it’s one of the most articulate presentations ever on the fashion industry and sustainability.
