JO ELLISON
Words: Fedora Abu
Photos: Alixe Lay
Tastemaker to the 1%: Behind the scenes with the editor of HTSI magazine.
- Words Fedora Abu
- Photos Alixe Lay
- Hair & Makeup Tamara Tott
( 1 ) How Long Gone billed itself as a “bicoastal elite podcast from old friends” in its inaugural episode, blurring water cooler talk, in-depth interviews and hot takes. When she appeared, Ellison spoke about British slang, car insurance, her teenage years in Dubai and watching Euphoria with her daughter.
A month or so before this interview takes place, a bombshell drops. The world’s most powerful magazine editor, a titan of the fashion industry, is stepping down after a 37-year tenure. The news breaks in tandem with a rare Vogue digital cover (you know, the one for that wedding in Venice). It’s not long before a glut of hot takes roll in, heralding the final capitulation of good taste and editorial judgment to clicks and, ultimately, the twilight of the glossy print magazine. Besides, in the age of influencers, no one’s really looking to be decreed to by glamorous women in glass towers anymore, even if they do happen to be Anna Wintour.
( 1 ) How Long Gone billed itself as a “bicoastal elite podcast from old friends” in its inaugural episode, blurring water cooler talk, in-depth interviews and hot takes. When she appeared, Ellison spoke about British slang, car insurance, her teenage years in Dubai and watching Euphoria with her daughter.
