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There are more major staff defections at Vogue. Long-time Creative Digital Director Sally Singer has left Vogue for other job opportunities. She is being replaced by Stuart Emmerich, in a newly created position, as editor of vogue.com.
Sally Singer joined the Vogue staff in 1999 as fashion news editor, working her way up to her last position at American Vogue as creative digital director. Singer left American Vogue in 2011 to work at T: The New York Times Style Magazine, returning to American Vogue in 2012.
Stuart Emmerich brings to American Vogue a wealth of talent to vogue.com. Before his new position at American Vogue, Emmerich was assistant managing editor at The Los Angeles Times, editor-at-large at The New York Times, senior editor at Times Magazine and executive editor at SmartMoney.
“Stuart brings to Vogue not only his strong journalistic background, but a discerning understanding of the current news climate and a talent for finding new voices,” said Wintour in a press release. “The skills that he has spent his career honing align so well with the vision that we have for [vogue.com], as reported in fashionnetwork.com.”
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No-fur Karl
Many recognized fashion brands have banned the use of fur from their collections and you can now add Karl Lagerfeld to the growing list of fur-free fashion brands. AM Retail Group, which operates all Karl Lagerfeld’s Paris stores will stop using fur. AM Retail Group also operates Wilsons Leather, GH Bass & Co, and Calvin Klein Performance stores.
AM Retail Group adds that, “these fur bans are proof that the fashion industry is changing to meet the rising demand for luxury animal-friendly alternatives, as detailed in a fashionnetwork.com report.” Karl Lagerfeld, who died earlier this year, always used lots of fur in his fall/winter collections.
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Kate Upton harassed
Curvy supermodel Kate Upton has been targeted by animal-rights activists. While hosting a Strong4Me fitness class, Upton was rampaged by animal activist for appearing in a Canada Goose campaign.
According to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), as expressed on their website, “What many people don’t realize about these garments [Canada Goose] is that the retailer subjects defenseless animals to an agonizing death in order to produce their fur trims and down-feather fillers.”
The uninvited animal-rights activists were carrying a sign that said, “Kate Upton Animal Abuser.” One male animal activist yelled at Upton, “Coyotes get shot in the head and are strangled to death.”
The animal-rights activists were later expelled from the fitness class by security.
William S. Gooch
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