Emmanuelle Alt
Emmanuelle Alt | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Alt in 2019 | |
| Born | 18 May 1967 |
| Occupation | Fashion editor |
| Employer | Condé Nast Publications |
| Title | Editor-in-chief, Vogue Paris |
| Predecessor | Carine Roitfeld |
| Successor | Eugénie Trochu |
| Spouse | Franck Durand |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | emmanuellealt |
Emmanuelle Alt (born 18 May 1967) is a French fashion editor who was the editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris[2] from February 2011, succeeding Carine Roitfeld,[3][4] to May 2021.[5]
Early life and education
[edit]Alt's mother, Françoise, was a Lanvin and Nina Ricci model in the 1960s and '70s. Alt herself studied at the Institut de l'Assomption[6] in Paris.
Career
[edit]Alt became fashion director[7] of Vogue in 2000, when Roitfeld assumed the chief editor's position and hired Alt directly from Mixte magazine.[8]
Prior to Mixte, she held positions at French ELLE (starting in 1984, she was only 17 years old)[1] and then at 20 Ans where she became the editor-in-chief in 1993.
During Roitfeld's tenure the publication's 2010 circulation rose from 100,000 to 140,000, during the global financial crisis. The increase was probably encouraged by the magazine's content – much of it styled by Alt as well as Roitfeld – in a provocative manner that included a great deal of nudity and sadomasochistic appurtenances.[9]
Alt's annual salary at French Vogue is about US$300,000[1] compared to the yearly US$2-million (in 2005) of her counterpart, American Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.[10] However, the circulation of the American edition at 1 million-plus dwarfs that of the French edition of the publication.
Alt's first issue at the helm was April 2011. About her intentions for the future content of French Vogue, she stated: "I don't think there should be radical changes".[11] And she intends to remain with the magazine's past stable of photographers, such as David Sims, Mert and Marcus, Mario Testino, and Bruce Weber.[11] In July 2013 she declared to Huffington Post that "London and Paris are worlds apart".[12]
Style
[edit]Alt wears jeans while eschewing dresses and skirts. She is often found dressed in her signature blazers or jackets, paired with skinny jeans and towering heels. In a December 2020 interview, she said that her favorite model right now is Malika Louback.[13]
Personal life
[edit]Alt has two children, Antonin and Françoise, who were 13 and 6 years old when Alt assumed her new position.[11] Her husband, also in the fashion business, is Franck Durand, the artistic director of Isabel Marant.
Alt does not smoke or drink alcohol. She states that she doesn't "look after [herself]," refraining from exercise and visiting a hairdresser.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c (in French) La fille en «Vogue» Archived 24 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine - Libération, 7 July 2011
- ^ Continental Divide; Why Don't Europeans Cotton to American Designs? The New York Shows Offer No Satisfying Answers - Robin Givhan, The Washington Post, 19 February 2002 (fee required)
- ^ Vanesse Friedman (January 8, 2011), Ooh la la: French Vogue gets new editor Financial Times.
- ^ Miles Socha (January 7, 2011), Emmanuelle Alt to Head French Vogue Women's Wear Daily.
- ^ UK, FashionNetwork com. "Emmanuelle Alt out at Vogue Paris as heads roll at Condé Nast". FashionNetwork.com. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ A stylish academy in Paris - The New York Times, 28 February 2008
- ^ The Buck Stops Here - Newsweek, 22 December 2000 (fee required)
- ^ KARL & CO. (Karl Lagerfeld) - Harper's Bazaar, 1 June 2000 (fee required)
- ^ Fashion Director Is Named New Editor of French Vogue - Cathy Horyn, The New York Times, 7 January 2011
- ^ Who Makes How Much – New York's Salary Guide - New York, 26 September 2005
- ^ a b c Emmanuelle Alt, The New Editor of Vogue Paris, on Daria Werbowy, Celebrity Covers, and New Designers Archived 25 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine - Mark Holgate, Vogue.com, 7 February 2011
- ^ "Vogue Paris August 2013: The London Issue". HuffPost. 23 July 2013.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: VOGUE PARIS EIC EMMANUELLE ALT ON HER FAVORITE MODELS RIGHT NOW".
- ^ Alexander, Hilary (7 March 2022). "Emmanuelle Alt Interview". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Paris Vogue's official website
