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Franca Sozzani Biography

Franca Sozzani (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfraŋka sotˈtsaːni]; 20 January 1950 – 22 December 2016) was an Italian journalist and the editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia from 1988 until her death in 2016.

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Instagram has been around for what, maybe a couple of years? Already it has shut down some small blogs - it's a collector of others and those most followed. It's already a selection. I imagine this further selection will take place in the next two years. It's going to be very fast.

Couple, Down, Imagine, Shut, Two, Years

My view is not just to find young talents, it's to support them too.

Support, Talent, Talents, Views, Young

Fashion is a mirror of the era in which we live. Why should the magazine be disconnected from reality? It's not like in the past.

Fashion, Past, Reality, Disconnected, Mirror

Bloggers now have no concept. They are given things; they put them on, take pictures, and then just disappear from sight. Who cares?

Bloggers, Disappear, Sight, Things, Who Cares

You just click and you get 18,000 screen shots on how to apply lipstick, for example, but there will be the same selection that has taken place in paper in digital, too.

18000, Click, Example, Paper, Selection, Taken

I didn't need to get married again. It's great to be in a situation in which you're happy. But, you know, I'm not tortured by love. I'm not tortured by chagrin d'amour. I'm old now.

Happy, Married, Old, Situation, Tortured

What worries me is that now, communication is virtual.

Communication, Virtual, Worries, Worry

I never program anything, I decide at the last minute.

Decide, Lasts, Minute, Minutes, Program

I don't like fashionistas. They only wear the brand. You want to become a fashionista? Easy! Spend money.

Become, Brand, Brands, Easy, Spend, Want

I don't think when you work you have to please everybody - you make a choice. It's not like everybody who is in front of you has to become your best friend.

Choices, Everybody, Like, Please, Thinking, Your Best Friend

We lack an organization that will support fashion week. The five-day week shows a lack of vision and that we are not able to command respect. I am not saying it's anyone's fault in particular, it's our fault. We have the highest concentration of brands, how can we accommodate everyone in four or five days?

Fashion, Four, Lack, Organization, Saying, Support

The only time I was really surprised was the reaction to the [shoot dedicated to the] BP oil [spill in 2010]. I didn't expect it at all. It was for the August issue, perhaps one of the less relevant months, but there was so much buzz. It was picked up all over the American television, but I defended my position. I don't understand those that say that a magazine such as Vogue should not talk about these things.

August, Dedicated, Issues, Months, Oil, Time

What is Milan's character? Let's not be closed in by our provincialism.

Character, Closed, Milan, Provincialism

I think I just do what I feel is good to do. Everybody can give me their suggestions, but at the end, the final risk is mine because it's my name on the magazine. So I only do what I really feel. Everybody tries to influence you, of course: "Oh, this is the right moment to do this" and "This is the right photographer to choose," and "This is the right model to have. . . " I listen, but I must go my own way. When you take risks, it means that you know every month people are there to judge you.

Give, Mean, Name, People, Thinking

I don't have time, I watch movies, or shows people are talking about. Television is the medium I use the least; I'd rather use my computer, iPhone or iPad.

Ipads, Iphone, Shows, Talking, Use

[Patrizio Bertelli or Gildo Zegna] are individuals who are superbusy, traveling all the time. You can't think they will have the time to attend all the meetings.

Gildo, Individual, Meetings, Think, Thinking, Time

In 'Curvy,' they are superhappy with their sizes. We help them dress fashionably. We say: It's pointless for you to buy leggings, take this because this will look good on you. We help them choose. We don't talk about diets because they don't want to be on a diet, but it's not a ghetto. Why should these women slim down? Many of the women who have a few extra kilos are especially beautiful and also more feminine.

Beautiful, Curvy, Diet, Dresses, Ghetto

Milan is showing a new and different face. At Porta Nuova, too, when they started construction, everyone was up in arms, saying Milan was going to lose its character.

Arms, Character, Different Faces, Lose, Milan

This is a choice I made 26 years ago when I joined the magazine. Vogue was in Italian but I wanted to speak to everyone so I thought of creating images that were made to talk.

Creating, Italian, Joined, Talk, Years

You can get tired of anything, everything turns old, but I want to give people the possibility to share a Vogue party. It is up to the brands to participate to make the event interesting. I am satisfied, but it's important never to stop.

Brands, Everything, Participate, Party, People, Tired

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