Is this the new editor-in-chief of Vogue? The Paris Fashion Week outfit was ridiculed so much that netizens said: Why not borrow one from Uniqlo next door?

Source: New Europe

There was a big “accident” in the Paris Fashion Week fashion circle recently! At Celine’s big show, when the camera swept across the front row of the audience, everyone couldn’t take their eyes away from one figure.

It’s not because she’s too beautiful, but because what she wears is so… it makes people want to post comments.

The person who has become the eye of the storm of public opinion is none other than the 40-year-old Chloe Malle, the newly appointed editorial content director of the American version of Vogue.

Let’s just say, with this title and sitting in this position, everyone’s expectations for her must be at least a “dress ceiling”, right?

As a result, Chloe’s style that day simply silenced the fashion bloggers: she wore a blue cardigan sweater with a light blue shirt underneath, a gray and black striped skirt on her lower body, and a slightly embarrassing ruffle at the knees. She wore a pair of extremely ordinary black loafers, and her hair was tied tightly into an unadorned bun.

If placed on the street, this outfit would be considered a gentle “librarian” at best, but this is during Paris Fashion Week, and sitting next to her is the “dwelling pinnacle” of the fashion industry – 76-year-old Anna Wintour.

Anna still maintained her standard domineering style that day, wearing a navy blue leather trench coat and a bright red skirt. Even through the pair of sunglasses that she never takes off, she can still feel the murderous aura of the “devil of fashion”.

As soon as this picture was posted on the social platform TikTok, netizens immediately went crazy.

The account of Madame Figaro Paris posted a video of the two walking side by side. The most liked comment was downright damaging: “Oh my god, she is dressed exactly like Andy Sachs in “The Devil Wears Prada”!”

Old fans must know this joke. In the 2006 movie, Andy, played by Hathaway, wore a blue sweater on the first day he went to work at the prototype magazine “Vogue”.

In that famous scene, Meryl Streep’s editor-in-chief Miranda launched into an epic sneer about the origins of pop colors over Andy’s “cheap sweater.” Who would have thought that the editor-in-chief of the real-life “Vogue” 20 years later would personally pay tribute to the “fashion disaster” of that year at Paris Fashion Week?

Netizens couldn’t stop complaining. Some people said: “OK, Andy Sachs…I see you. It seems that you have really been promoted.”

Others are anxious to call out the sharp-tongued art director who saved Andy’s aesthetic in the movie: “Send Stanley Tucci (who plays Nigel in the movie) over here quickly, Andy is in urgent need of a major makeover!”

Some eagle-eyed netizens posted screenshots from the movie and compared the stills of Chloe and Hathaway. The similarity is ridiculously high, even the slightly messy temperament is exactly the same.

Chloe Malle is no longer an ordinary newcomer to the workplace. She comes from a famous family. Her mother is Hollywood evergreen actress Candice Bergen, and her father is the late famous French director Louis Malle.

Roy joined “Vogue” as early as 2011 and stayed there for 15 years. She’s done everything from hosting a podcast to heavily promoting wedding coverage to creating viral projects like Dogue, a satirical dog fashion magazine.

She was appointed last September as head of editorial content, succeeding Anna, who took a back seat as Condé Nast’s global chief content officer.

Originally, this time they got together in Paris, and the outside world was watching how they completed the decent show of “handover between the old and the new.” As a result, not only did their clothes fall apart, but their auras also seemed out of place.

Not long ago, when they were interviewed together by New York Times reporter Jessica Testa, the scene was so embarrassing that they were so embarrassed that they scratched their toes.

At that time, reporters asked Chloe, if the magazine could have a huge budget like the 1990s, what would she want to do? Chloe probably wanted to show her people-friendly and caring side, so she said bluntly:

“I’m going to build a brand new podcast studio, I’m going to give everyone a 30% raise, I’m going to add more people to the social media team (because they’ve been working around the clock), and I’m going to beef up the app operations team.”

These words sounded like good news to the employees, but to the ears of the boss Anna, they were simply a public scandal.

The landlord’s family also had no surplus food. Anna’s face, who was sitting next to her, instantly darkened. She cast a cold gaze from behind her big sunglasses, and then interjected to correct her: “Jessica, let’s be clear, our budget at Vogue is very healthy. How we use resources is constantly changing based on the current situation.”

This kind of “public slap in the face” gave netizens a clue: the old-school aloofness and the new-school down-to-earth attitude are colliding fiercely within this fashion bible.

Some insiders even told the media that Chloe’s appointment is destroying the brand image that Vogue has built over decades.

Anna has spent nearly 40 years carefully shaping “Vogue” into a dream world that is “out of reach, aloof, and desirable.”

But what about Chloe? She admits to being nervous and even shaking half an hour before the interview. And Anna’s response: “I’m never nervous.”

This kind of honest and “unprofessional” fashion expression makes many old-school fashion people feel uneasy.

The insider lamented: “The contrast between the old guard and the new guard is simply amazing. On the surface, Anna said she wanted new blood, but in fact she couldn’t handle these new ideas at all, and she would even get annoyed by it.”

It feels like Vogue is currently in an identity crisis. Should it continue to maintain the image of an expensive, untouchable altar, or should it adapt to the “awakening style” of Generation Z, become more humane, and even allow the editor-in-chief to dress like an ordinary commuter?

However, Chloe’s big test is yet to come. On May 4 this year, she will usher in her first “Fashion Industry Spring Festival Gala” after her promotion – the Met Gala. This year’s dress code is “Fashion is Art,” and the theme is extremely hardcore.

The guest list currently revealed includes Doja Cat, Sabrina Carpenter, Angela Bassett and many other big names. Even Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos and his rambunctious wife Lauren Sanchez will be in attendance as honorary vice chairmen and sponsors.

On the red carpet where top celebrities gather and cameras around the world scan people’s bodies, will Chloe still wear that “blue” mediocre cardigan? When we ordinary people look at the fashion industry, what we see is the exquisiteness that goes down to the hairline.

Chloe Mahler accidentally turned the “Queen in Prada” into a “passer in Uniqlo” during Paris Fashion Week.

In a circle that relies on “dream creation” to make a living, the editor-in-chief himself wears ordinary clothes, which is actually the biggest “backstab” to the brand.

The irony in the movie back then was that Andy was out of place, but now, in reality, the editor-in-chief has become “Andy Bendy”, jumping repeatedly between high-end aesthetics and human reality.

It’s a pity that the fashion industry is not afraid of you changing, it’s afraid that you will be bored. If “Vogue” stops carrying that aloof style that people look up to, and starts to follow the “down-to-earth but cheap” route, then it will really be further and further away from the label of “unique”.

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