For those of you unfamiliar with Vogue, every issue has a number of articles under the category of "Flash." These are articles just like those found throughout the magazine. The only difference is that they are significantly shorter--anywhere from one sentence to about a page and a half. It's basically Vogue's version of news--fashions news, that is. It's a way to keep track of new things and memorable events happening in our fashion world.
This particular Flash article is about the city of East London. It is very brief but beautifully written. It captures a city filled with gorgeous, well-dressed young people, fashion, vivacious outdoor markets, and impressive botany. This article allows the reader to envision a perfect city where everyone is young, everyone is successful, and everyone is full of life. What seems impossible apparently takes form in East London.
What is powerful about this? The idea of a dream. I can't emphasize enough how important dreaming is. Take a look around. I bet most young people you know aren't exactly living vicariously. In our every day lives, we are typically surrounded by the opposite of glamour. Personally, everyone in my life who is my age is working one or two minimum wage jobs to put themselves through college. It's not exactly a desirable lifestyle...just something we know we have to do in order to one day succeed. It's nice to be able to open the pages of Vogue and fantasize about a place where none of that is real for people our age...or at least if it is, we can have a really cool market to hang out at at the end of the day.
Articles like these are important to young people. They give us hope for our futures...maybe one day, we'll be as glamorous as the strange people living across the Atlantic, right? Maybe one day we'll even be able to up and travel to East London, and we'll have Vogue to thank for that suggestion.
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