Chic Inspector: Suze Yalof Schwartz

fall 2011 - 11:20 AM

Lucky Magazine + Lord & Taylor Shopping Event

Lucky Magazine invited some of us fashion bloggers for a fabulous shopping event at Lord & Taylor. Suze Yalof Schwartz former Glamour Ma...

Suze Yalof Schwartz - 7:51 PM

Farewell to Suze Yalof Schwartz

When news broke that Suze Yalof Schwartz was leaving Glamour I couldn't help but to feel sad. It's a rarity to find someone in this ...

Suze Yalof Schwartz - 8:21 PM

Suze does it again

Isn't she the epitome of happy chic, always friendly while looking fierce, Suze Yalof Schwartz of Glamour magazine . Today when we catc...

Suze Yalof Schwartz - 4:18 PM

Yigal Azrouel Fall 2008 Collection

What a fabulous collection it was. Anyway I loved the collection on behalf of Newsfshionweek.com and enjoyed seeing the heavy hitters of fas...

Suze Yalof Schwartz - 7:39 AM

Pre-L.A.M.B = Pandemonium

I had the great pleasure of seating in the lobby and looking to see who's who was going to the L.A.M.B fashion and yes it was pandemoniu...

Suze Yalof Schwartz - 9:48 PM

My Class Project: Fashion Magazines

For my class presentation honestly was okay, first thing I am not a great public speaker so I tried to smile all through out but that really...

The interview with Suze took place Wed. June 13, 2007 my class presentation was the next day. So I really needed this interview to work out personally for me and for my class (mostly for me). The beginning of that week when I came from class I walked straight down 5th ave looked around H&M for something chic, cute and comfortable and (nothing white or black) just in case I had to do some running around. But anyway I bought this cream/off white baby doll top for $49.90 pretty expensive for me but for this cause was a major exception. I also brought black long earrings for about $7.00, another exception. My ultimate favorite purchase was these black peep-toe heels I brought at Daffy's for $32.oo, the shoes are 4 inches high but are so comfortable I walked ten New York City blocks in them no problem. And the jeans are vintage Parasuco jeans.

The picture to the left is not of best quality this was after the interview.

Okay the major part of this video interview was purchasing a video camera. I am not hip with what's the newest digital camera there is on the market so when I went to Best Buy a sales woman who worked in the camera area I made her know what exactly I wanted, a digital video camera that can be connected to my computer so I can edit the footage. The concept which I thought was clear became slightly difficult for this saleswoman which lead me to return the first camera and buy another camera that was a slightly higher in price. The night before the interview I was trying to get a feel for the camera and understand some of the functions. Probably one of my major regret of the interview is that the video is somewhat grainy and dark.

As I reached in the Conde Nast building that morning I was cautiously looking around if I noticed any particular faces, regardless of that many of the workers or various magazine staffers dressed extremely effortless chic. I didn't see anyone with thigh high Chanel leather boots, some of the young ladies were in cute summer dresses and designer bags. One of my minor embarassing moments was when I was waiting in line to get check-in a man that was behind me informed me that my price tag was hanging from my back, totally embarassed. I snatched the tag so quickly and told the nice man, "thank you". After I got the okay I was given my Vistor name tag and was told to head to the 16th floor. What was such a fascination for me was when I stepped on to the elevator and saw some of the Conde Nast publications had their own floor. Teen Vogue and Allure (i believe) shared the same floor; no one got off there, Lucky had its own floor; someone got off there, Vogue had it's own floor; no one got off there. I can't remember the rest.

As I mentioned before Suze was so helpful and sweet when I was with her. My favorite was when I told her what some of my fellow students already did for their presentations it was her idea for the first part of the video when I introduced myself and the ending when I concluded. Also what I enjoyed the most was when Suze took the camera and went around the Glamour office and talked to some of the staffers.

Here is the video, Behind the Scenes with Fashion Editor, Suze Yalof Schwartz

In this video you will see Ashley Baker, the blogger for Slaves to Fashion and was associate editor, style now has been promoted to fashion features editor according to Fashionweekdaily.com. Even though she is sitting down she is extremely tall with long vivacious red hair. Honestly everyone was so pleasant and sweet. I really had a great time meeting Suze and the rest of the Glamour staff. Thanks again Suze.

Suze Yalof Schwartz - 5:16 PM

The preparation to the actually interview

The interview with Suze took place Wed. June 13, 2007 my class presentation was the next day. So I really needed this interview to work out...

In my recent post I mentioned that I was working on class project that hopefully fashionistas will enjoy. Well my clss project was for us, fashion students to have a presentation in front of the class a subject matter that had to do with fashion. Some of my fellow classmates had presentations about how to do make-up, history on wedding dresses, lingerie, perfume, nolita style and this one girl who was from Sweden came into the classroom with a Swedish costume and talked about her Swedish culture which was really nice. Some students when they presented had a powerpoint presentation, a presentation board and some students even handed out products to the class.
When my professor told the class about this project my first thought was FASHION MAGAZINES. However a few days before the announcement of the assisgnment, I recieved a lovely email from Suze Yalof Schwartz, the Executive Fashion Editor at Large at Glamour Magazine and also a blogger at Suze on Style about how she liked my blog and to add her as a link to my site. If anyone, no sorry if any fashionistas knows about magazines they should have a huge clue on Suze Yalof Schwartz she has been on countless morning shows, Oprah, basically she is a commentary-on-fashion-tv-personality-maven (if that makes any sense) for Glamour Magazine. But anyway I drummed up enough courage and emailed asking her can I have a video interview with her for my class project. Seriously only a few minutes after I press the send button on my computer I recieved a phone call and yes it was Suze Yalof Schwartz. I was in total shock and overwhelmed I had to literary run out the library.

After I got off the phone with Suze I thought I was going to have an asthma attack, I hadn't have one since I was 9 years old. I couldn't believe that I set a date with her so I can interview for my project. I have to be honest with the movie such as The Devil Wears Prada and the show, The Hills there is a stigma that people in the magazine industry well, people in the fashion industry are snobs and many people believe that. However when I arrived at the Conde Nast building the people there were really nice and friendly. As landed on the 16th floor which was the Glamour magazine floor, btw each magazine has their own floor (I'll talk about that later). I sat in the waiting area nervous and anxious, I was then greeted by Nayda, Suze's fashion intern then I meet Suze Yalof Schwartz. She looked pretty and well put together she had on this vibrant colored Tibi dress (I was trying to find the dress on the internet but I couldn't).

Well I will definitely elaborate more later so here are the videos:

Inside Glamour Magazine with Suze Yalof Schwartz Pt. 1