In September 2012 Vogue the world's most influential fashion magazine will celebrate its
120th Anniversary. Many of Vogue's hundreds of gorgeous images have remained timeless. With
work by photographers such as Steichen Horst Avedon Penn Newton Leibovitz Testino Weber
among others Vogue: The Editor's Eye is a visual journey through the choices and images that
have shaped fashion and the way it is interpreted inside and outside of the industry. On the
other side of the lens this book pays homage the models who are celebrated for their charisma
and versatility including Suzy Parker Lisa Fossagrives Jean Shrimpton Linda Evangelista
Natalia Vodianova the most memorable have become pop culture touchstones that have far
outlasted their context and influenced fashion for generations. What remains unexamined is the
unseen but critical role of the Fashion Editor in creating the world's best fashion images. The
Editor's Eye sets out to change this bringing fascinating new insight to the study and
appreciation of fashion. With the same photographer the same model and the same clothes three
different Fashion Editors would produce three vastly different images. This book defines the
role the fashion editor plays in the conception tone and look of a published photograph
bringing an entirely new vantage point to the study and appreciation of fashion. Drawing on
Vogue magazine's exceptional archive and selecting 8 of Vogue's all time great Fashion
Editors: Polly Mellen Babs Simpson Grace Coddington Tonne Goodman Camilla Nickerson
Phyllis Posnick and others The Editor's Eye delivers a chapter on each editor and includes
photo portfolios essays and interviews. Writers include Judith Thurman Vince Aletti and
Michael Roberts.
