Franca Sozzani's Free Kicks

We are used to closing our eyes to the suffering, the chaos, everything that is happening around us. We assumed it was a shame to voice them out loud. However, each of them is actually a part of life. After 30 years in Vogue, Franca Sozzani has achieved many stunning successes in this sense. Every magazine cover she's ever put on has been an incident.

Fashion magazines have always attracted a special attention from the world.

Apart from being one of these magazines, the Vogue magazine is regarded as the holybook of fashion. Although many editors had been worked at Vogue, period when Franca Sozzani was the editor is the most impressive period of Vogue. She brought a new vision to the magazine. It is possible to see that the first issue she edited was prepared with a different perspective than other issues. While magazines are commercial and boring, editors are publishing these magazines purely for their market. She broke this frame. Sozzani published magazines with artistic skill and sensitivity. According to the editor the fashion magazine is not only to represent fashion, it was also for talking about art, cinema, and stories.

Franca went beyond the usual magazine understanding and added own flair to the photographs that affected many people in the world. She published things that no one could dare to oppose what was happening at the moment. Some of the most prominent magazine issues that can be shown as examples are as follows: Water and Oil, War Issue, Makeover Madness, Cinematic, Black Issue,... Maybe it can't be taken as a strategy, because this attitude was something in Sozzani’s own soul, the editor really worked with photographers whose point of view Sozzani trusted, and in a way set them free. Given all these considerations, it's no wonder that the reader has embraced Franca Sozzani so much. The thought of people reaching current and social events through fashion Franca gave the Vogue a new vision. Sozzani’s perspective is the eternal vision at Vogue magazine.

Tip who wants to know her: Franca: Chaos and Creation ( documentary )

Documentary maker Francesco Carrozzini takes a look back at the life of Franca Sozzani, former editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia and a key figure in the fashion industry who passed away on December 22, 2016. It’s an emotional documentary told by none other than the beautiful Italian’s son.