Isolationcast #18: Alexandra Shulman on life after Vogue

The Sunday Salon with Alice-Azania Jarvis

I am so excited that my guest this week is the journalistic legend that is Alexandra Shulman. As well as being British Vogue's longest serving editor in chief (she ran the title for more than 25 years), she is the author of two novels, as well as Inside Vogue: My Diary Of Vogue's 100th Year and most recently, Clothes And Other Things That Matter, a totally riveting and engaging memoir in which she uses different items of clothing as jumping off points for sharing memories and anecdotes from her life and career. It's moving, funny and very revealing - and unsurprisingly became a Sunday Times bestseller. As you can imagine I was excited - and a little nervous - to speak to Alexandra. This only made it all the more mortifying when a problem with our virtual recording meant that I lost her halfway through - and with it, seemingly, our conversation. These, of course, are the perils of podcasting in lockdown but it was nonetheless pretty excruciating - particularly as it happened not once, but twice. Well, all's well that ends well - Alexandra was beyond kind about it, and gave me extra time so we could recap, and even spoke to me the next day so we could finish our interview off. I was also eventually able to retrieve the lost files. So thank you Alexandra, and thank you too for being so open and honest and interesting to speak to. We covered everything from the moment she decided to leave Vogue, to her struggles with anxiety, what she has been up to in lockdown, and, of course, her writing routine and rituals. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Instagram: @aliceazania / @alexandrashulman

Twitter: @aliceazania / @AShulman2

Buy the book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/clothes-and-other-things-that-matter/alexandra-shulman/9781788401982

Edited by Chelsey Moore