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The Vogue office space or the The Conde Nast headquarters is one of those rare fashion sanctuaries which can infuse ‘a heart skipped a beat’ sensation. Sort of. That is if you are a fashion student feeding off the print media (a rare kind) or an Eastern European tourist (being a Russian myself this is simply an observation). The mystery of it all disappeared into the oblivion with the social media bubble explosion.What could have been an awe-inspiring experience turned into a quick session of consuming, or a photo booth affair - the crammed flock of the well-dressed ushered from room to room. The speed, I suppose, is due to the saintly walls - they can only endure so many intruders.
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The exhibition boasts upon projects by the established names : Citterio Viel, Mario Bellini and
Quincoces-Drago just to mention a few. Faye Toogood whose interpretation of Vogue’s Editor-in- Chief Emanuele Farneti’s room featured in The Business of Fashion, hand painted canvases
draping the space, depicting the magazine’s covers; Sabine Marcelis portraying the Creative Director’s room in saturated yellows and greens in juxtaposition to the blank space by the window, light streaming into the glassed table with a blank notebook strategically placed neatly just so. The fascinating Muller Van Severen duo, whose execution of Vogue Talents/Casa Vogue room displays disorderly shelves with magazines, books, notes and weird dolls; a connection between furniture and the environment not to forget a chic library.
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All in all, an odd notion of simplification occurs. Patricia Urquiola’s projection of the ‘future’ in the neon purple and demolished ‘past’ in the face of jungle-like plants sprouting through. Perfumery swarming the table in the Beauty Editor’s office by Michael Bargo surely creates a fabulous concept - for Instagram alone; the charming fashion illustrations by Elena Borghi in The Wardrobe room competing with dresses on hangers; a sense of neglecting and inattentiveness to the smallest of details disappoints.
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Sizeable Life In Vogue letters in different colours greet newcomers, the perfect outside lighting in the yard makes it for a flawless snap.
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In the words of Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly: “Groundbreaking”.
by Masha Mitrofanova