Amina Akhtar and Erin Mayer have had fashion and media careers that people dream about. EM: The industries are very different—digital fashion media is fast-paced and all about the now, while book publishing is slow. But I think working in fashion media prepared me for rejection and the editorial process in general. EM: The absolute unrealistic dream for me is that Anna Wintour would pivot to writing glamorous fashion industry thrillers. And I don’t think I’d have gotten there had I not gone through the fashion industry and that lay off.

Source: New York Times August 02, 2022 10:54 UTC