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USA Style Director, Kate Lanphear interview’s with BoF.

From fashion intern living in a hostel in London, to Elle USA’s style director.. A story from a woman that has truly earned her seat in the fashion world..

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When Lanphear returned Stateside, the wide body of knowledge she had absorbed in Australia proved to be both an asset and a liability. “The great thing about the American market is that the amount of material we see and the amount the Americans do is exhaustive,” she said. “There are so many jobs to keep the machine going. So luckily when I was really, really struggling, when a job came up, I could say, yeah I’ve done that before.” But her chameleon-like nature was also confusing to a culture that emphasized well-defined job descriptions. “It’s also a strange beast, because when I first came back HR people were like, so we don’t really understand, were you a stylist, were you a…?” she explained. “So I was like, I do everything; I was sort of a tough fit at the same time,” said Lanphear, who managed to land a role at Harper’s Bazaar, before becoming a senior fashion editor at Elle, where she was named style director in 2008.

Full interview at http://www.businessoffashion.com/2011/12/the-creative-class-kate-lanphear.html

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