While one foot was in the door, another was working elsewhere to cover the cost of her dream. “Very waitress,” she said. This meant, for example, taking shifts for lunch on the weekends. “It was a really big job for me because I needed to be able to afford to live here in New York, and also to be able to afford to work in the fashion industry is very expensive and that’s why I worked in the industry. of services for a very long time. “
“I also just think it’s good character building,” Lindsay said.
As we know from her headline promotions, Lindsay’s time in the fashion wardrobe was just the beginning. She made her way up the editorial ladder with jobs in 0, Oprah Magazine, again on Teen Vogue and Style.com. Then, in August 2018, as editor of the fashion market at The Cut, Lindsay released the remarkable track “Everywhere and Nowhere: What It’s Really Like to Be Black and Work in Fashion.”
“I think there’s always a sense of fear about publishing something you’re really passionate about and critical of,” she said. “This song changed my life forever and I’m super proud to be able to look back on it.”
Less than two months later – and less than a decade after her first internship at Teen Vogue – Condé Nast named her the new editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue. Vogueis an online little sister. At the time, she was only a few days away from her 28th birthday, making her the youngest editor-in-chief of Condé Nast. Although this is an impressive feat, according to Lindsay, people have also tried to use her age against her. “I think now people are obsessed with my age in a way that I don’t like. Everyone likes to talk about it and, “Well, you’re too young to do that, so how do you know?” She said. “In fact, I’m looking forward to when people can stop talking about my age now.