Phillip Picardi, editor of Teen Vogue, in an interview on the 'Goop' podcast talked about himself, how he discovered he was gay and about the beauty industry.
" In 2009, when I was working for a beauty magazine, I got in touch with Michaela Angela Davis, who told me something that changed my life and career. She told me: You media need to think more critically about who you choose to put on the cover as a symbol. beauty.And I strongly agree with her.I think the selection of the protagonist, even the photographer and the way the photo will be edited all contribute to creating a kind of perceived beauty .
I remember when I was sitting in a meeting and discussing how bold it would be to choose as models a redhead with cuckoos. "It was an unexpected solution," said Philip.
He then spoke about how the media and society had also influenced his perception.
"When I realized that I was gay, I thought how bad I would never become a lawyer in my life, because a lawyer can never be gay. So I convinced myself, because this was the myth that was created for me. And in this period I started reading more magazines like Vanity Vair and Vogue, I decided that I would work in the future in these types of magazines because I had read that Anna Wintour of Vogue supported same-sex marriage. of these magazines and I will not have to hide from anyone.
In the field of beauty it is not enough just to do marketing. In the field of beauty you need to be both a journalist and understand the business how it works, but also the ways in which beauty and its terms affect the psychology of people.
I think working as a journalist in the field of beauty has made me have a more holistic approach. "It trains the brain in a different way," said Philip.
Has the beauty industry been created to make us more insecure?
He explains that the beauty of this industry is that it invites you to look at all the possibilities, through products, magazines, everything, then it depends on each person how much he is influenced. If someone is separated from their boyfriend, feels upset and wants to make a change to feel better, he does, and this is the balance that this industry creates.
Philip also reveals that today magazines have replaced Instagram in some way. And girls do not expect any invitation to become models, because they can do it on their Instagram. Instagram is doing everything for a 'like', to be liked by everyone. I think what Instagram does, brainwashing, is illegal.
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