Longform Episode 576: Lindsay Peoples
Apr 24, 2024
Editor-in-chief of The Cut, Lindsay Peoples, shares her experience as a Black woman in the fashion industry, discussing challenges, age gap relationships, and the importance of fashion criticism. She navigates industry pressures, balancing curiosity with caution, and the need for authenticity in magazine content.
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Hustle Built Resilience
- Peoples recounts working waitstaff and side gigs to survive in New York while pursuing magazine work.
- She says that repeated hardship built risk tolerance and confidence for later challenges.
Early Shock Entering Fashion
- She recalls culture shock entering fashion, facing intensified racism and class disparities in New York.
- Peoples cried often then but stayed because she believed change had to happen within the industry.
Publishing a Risky Investigation
- Peoples explains pitching and researching the longform piece 'Everywhere and Nowhere' about Black experiences in fashion.
- She pursued it despite warnings it could harm her career, feeling compelled to publish the truth.