Valentina Zannoni's pitch on Vogue Italy's Editor

Valentina Zannoni, Swide editor in chief takes a dig on fashion icon Franca Sozzani the famous chief editor of Vogue Italy, who has outlived many a contemporary and peer in the fashion literati circle. Zannoni writes: 

"Vogue Italia is considered to be the most revolutionary of Vogues, and Franca Sozzani holds the banner of the most inventive and sometimes controversial editor in chief of them all.

Franca Sozzani. Photo credit: Styleite.com

"Anna Wintour may have been the first to put a celebrity (Madonna) on the cover of Vogue and not a model in the 1990s, but Sozzani chose to highlight issues such as war, ecological disasters, plus size models and plastic surgery on the cover of her issues. 

"To celebrate Sozzani’s “Revolution in 25 years of Fashion” at Vogue Italia we made a gallery with her most “revolutionary covers” from the annals to highlight her courage, inventiveness and commitment to fashion."

Franca will have a long way to go before leaving the fashion scene. That's my pitch, but it will take a miracle for newbies to have the same mettle to surpass the Sozzani magic.