{"id":55685,"date":"2019-05-08T13:30:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T17:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/?p=55685"},"modified":"2019-06-04T21:05:23","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T01:05:23","slug":"industry-now-phillip-picardi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/industry-now-phillip-picardi\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry, Now: Phillip Picardi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\" id=\"cover\">\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-6 columns medium-offset-3\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2019\/05\/081118_MOD_09_015-1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1708\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2019\/05\/081118_MOD_09_015-1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2019\/05\/081118_MOD_09_015-1280-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id =\"covertitle\">\n<h3>Industry, Now<\/h3>\n<h1>PHILLIP PICARDI<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n.share-article .boxed-icon {\n    margin: 0;\n    display: inline-block;\n    font-size: 14px;\n    height: 25px;\n    width: 25px;\n    line-height: 22px;\n    color: #888 !important;\n}\n.single-auth {\nopacity: .75;\n}\n#content .row {max-width:100%}\n#cover {\nbackground-color: white;\nposition:relative;\nmargin: 0 auto 30px auto;\ntext-align:center;\n}\n#covertitle, #covertitle h1, #content #covertitle h3 {color: #FC0404;}\n#covertitle {\nposition: absolute;font-family:'Neue Haas Unica W01',helvetica,sans-serif;\nbottom: 12%;\nwidth: 100%;\nfont-size: 4rem;\nfont-weight:900;\n}\n#covertitle p {}\n#covertitle h1 {display:inherit;}\n#content #covertitle h3 {\nfont-size:3.4rem; \nborder-bottom: 1px solid;\n}\n#content #introbox h2 {display:none;background-color:white;text-transform:uppercase;text-align:center;}\n#introbox,#introbox p,.txtbox {text-align:justify;}\n#introbox {\n\tmax-width:640px;\n\tpadding: 10% 5% 2% 5% !important;\n\tmargin:auto;\n\tclear:both;font-family:'Neue Haas Unica W01',helvetica,sans-serif;\n\tfont-size: 1.2rem;\n\tfont-weight:300;\n\ttext-align:justify;\n}\n#introbox em {\n    border-top: 1px solid #efefef;\n    display: inline-block;\n    padding: 32px 16px;\n    margin: 16px auto;\n    border-bottom: 1px solid #efefef;\n}\n.introcredits {font-size:.75em;text-align:center;}\n#thumbs {text-align:center;margin:10% 0 3% 0;font-size:1.4rem;font-weight:900;}\n#thumbsul {margin:0 8%;}\n#thumbsul li,#thumbsul li a:hover {color:black;}\n.separ {background-color:white;height:40px;}\n.bottom {margin-bottom: 80px;}\n.txtbox {\nfont-size: 1.2em;\nfont-weight:400;\nwidth:36%;\nborder:0;\nmargin:auto;\npadding: 2% 5% 10% 5%;\n}\n.txtbox strong {font-weight: 700;}\n.txtbox p {line-height: 2em;}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"txtdiv\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"introbox\">\n<h2>PHILLIP PICARDI<\/h2>\n<p>Portrait by <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/ben-hassett\">Ben Hassett<\/a> for Models.com<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/tag\/Industry-Now\/\">#IndustryNow<\/a> The cycles of social media impel us to embrace then move on from trends and discourses faster than ever before. The life span of a single work\u2013\u2013an editorial, a campaign, a show, a stint\u2013\u2013is shorter for it. Fashion&#8217;s only unconditional term is the future: operating a year ahead, after all. So, in an industry where change and relevancy are the full stops at the end of every sentence, Models.com wanted to highlight individuals who add permanence to the community\u2013some at their start and some at their top. Photographer Ben Hassett gets up close and personal for Models.com with the creative forces often behind the scenes. They are the Industry, Now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/phillip-picardi\">Phillip Picardi<\/a> will never just be known for his most recent position, which is, as of summer of 2018, the editor-in-chief of Out Magazine. Instead a mention of his name calls to mind a bigger picture, a bigger plan\u2013\u2013it&#8217;s part of his allure. He has been collecting titles since his favor with Wintour propelled his whirlwind ascent from intern to editor, starting under the umbrella of Cond\u00e9 Nast and its multiple glossies. The under-30 American-born editor has held rank as chief content officer for Teen Vogue and Them, the latter founded by Picardi himself specifically as a platform for the LGBTQ community. His Midas touch is evidenced by the oft-quoted figure 2 to 12 million, citing the surge in unique visits to TeenVogue.com when his style of socially-pointed content pushed the publication out of its comfort zone and into the civil and political conversation. His emphasis on queer voices meant his installation at Out after departing his much-lauded Cond\u00e9 seat felt like a certain amount of providence at work, or in the case of a man who rarely miscalculates, a decisive move to pivot him where he can make the most impact. Whatever the future holds, Mr. Picardi has proven he is one of the most exciting, engaged editors to watch. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>How has the heightened attention to self-image influenced your work and craft?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>People who feel marginalized or off-put by a \u2018heightened attention to self-image\u2019 have probably had little consideration for what it\u2019s felt like for those of us who rarely saw ourselves represented in multi-dimensional ways. Through my work, I\u2019ve gotten to know myself better, but I\u2019ve also been able to explore my universe in ways I didn\u2019t imagine were possible. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Have the reasons you started doing what you do changed along the way?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I originally wanted to be the Beauty Director of Vogue \u2014 now, the majority of my efforts focus on work outside of beauty and even outside of fashion, editing pieces about politics, sexuality, and beyond. My dreams have changed so much in the past three years that I\u2019m no longer even sure what my long-term goals might be. <\/p>\n<p><strong>What was the turning point in your career?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arriving as the editorial director of Teen Vogue at 23 with the attitude of, \u201cWell, I guess this will be worth a shot.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><strong>Is making beautiful things enough?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Absolutely. We cannot always be surrounded by words of trauma, analysis, criticism. Sometimes, we all need our moments to feel beautiful, celebrated, and spend our time dreaming of possibilities, not pitfalls. That\u2019s where the mind can really wander! I think beauty \u2014 and allowing people to feel beautiful \u2014 is essential. <\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your favorite part of the process?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When the images come back from a shoot, and I get to see the faces of all the brilliant people who worked so hard and so tirelessly on it gather around and look at the incredible thing they\u2019ve somehow pulled together. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industry, Now PHILLIP PICARDI PHILLIP PICARDI Portrait by Ben Hassett for Models.com #IndustryNow The cycles of social media impel us to embrace then move on from trends and discourses faster than ever before. The life span of a single work\u2013\u2013an editorial, a campaign, a show, a stint\u2013\u2013is shorter for it. 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