Photo: Jonathan Frantini
Emmanuelle Alt has a cult following. There are websites, blogs and Pinterest sites named after her and a swarm of photographers that capture her every move. And yet, she might be the most low-key fashion editor around. The appeal is in her no-nonsense approach to life, work and fashion that so many women can relate to. The Telegraph ran a great interview on Monday that is well worth reading and will undoubtedly perpetuate her understated modus operandi.
A few favorite quotes:
On aging: Alt “will never be heard to say a woman is too old to appear in Vogue.”
On personal style: She “makes fashion look easy, a matter of getting dressed rather than dressed up.”
On image: “A good attitude for a woman is to be confident, and to be confident is to be natural.”
On work at Vogue Paris: “Alt is not interested in shocking (editorials)…I think we have seen so much of [sex] that we can’t see it anymore.” The luxurious and expensive things photographed for editorials goes with an age. The magazine is not “a vehicle for youth.”
On working mothers: Her kids have always “seen me leaving for work smiling. It’s a gift to your kids…the association of work and happiness.”
On life: “When you’re in good health you can deal with the rest…I don’t get my happiness from collecting shoes.”
Alt with husband, Franck Durand
Quotes and photos courtesy of The Telegraph UK. Read the full article HERE
