Over the past few weeks…
it has struck me how many of the conversations we’ve been having here at Vogue have boiled down to the same simple and alluring concept: clarity. Well, I say simple, too often this year clarity has felt elusive, as we’ve grappled with a siege of minute-by-minute information and disinformation while pushing on through a pandemic, a civil rights crisis and a fraught American presidential election. Who do we trust? What opinions matter? What are the facts Like appealing consumables low on availability, a little clarity feels profoundly desirable. So perhaps it was inevitable that this yearning for a more fundamental reality and a less embellished take on life made its way on to the pages of our November issue – from the pared-back precision and emphasis on wearability in the…
