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Jess Cartner-Morley is the fashion editor for The Guardian. So many people want to be a fashion editor but they don’t really know what an editor does. It used to be that a girl growing up wanted to be a princesses or a vet and now everyone wants to be a fashion editor.

What is your fashion background?
I didn’t study fashion at college – I have a history degree. When I graduated I started out doing work experience on Just 17 and progressed from there. I came to the Guardian as a researcher 13 years ago but moved back into fashion soon after, as Deputy Fashion Editor. In June I will have been Fashion Editor here for for ten years

Most people don’t really understand what a fashion editor does. Can you tell us what your job entails?
The Fashion Editor title can mean two totally different jobs. Fashion Editors on magazines are usually stylists, on newspapers it usually means you’re a writer, like me. Not very many people do both. My job is to cover the fashion beat for the paper, which means reporting on everything from the haute couture shows to X Factor to street trends to politicians’ ties. I have a brilliant team, there are 5 of us including a stylist and a fashion assistant, and between us we produce all the fashion pages for the paper and for Weekend mag and provide fashion content for the website.

What is a typical work day for you?
No such thing, which is why it’s such a great job. I could be in the front row in Paris, or interviewing a new designer in Dalston, or at my desk with the team writing a column and having a laugh putting the measure together. It’s all fun.

How many hours per week do you work?
I’ve got two children, and so I work part time – for ten weeks a year during the shows I work full pelt, and the rest of the time I work a three day week. If I’m in the office it’s generally a 9.30 – 6.30 job but there are often evening events to cover, and during catwalk season I’m generally working till at least 10pm every night of the week.

You’ve worked for the Guardian for over 10 year, what is the biggest shift you’ve seen in the fashion world?
How fashion has gone from being a niche subject to something everyone talks about. It’s great.

Is there a fashion moment that stands out for you?
Some of the great catwalk shows I’ve seen will stay with me forever. McQueen and Galliano stand out. When a catwalk show is really incredible, you just can’t beat it.

Did you know you have a fan club on facebook?
I do! Someone told me about it. I’m thinking of joining.

What’s your favourite place for breakfast?
For a working breakfast it’s got to be The Wolseley for scrambled eggs and people-watching, two of my favourite things. If I’m not working my dream breakfast is Ottolengi on Upper Street – toast with mashed banana and honey, a couple of flat whites and all the papers. Heaven.

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Issue five of FMS is the first copy to be stocked worldwide. Not only have we been accepted at Barnes & Noble (the US equivalent of WHSmith) but we’ll also be sold in countries such as Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Austria, Norway, Croatia, Turkey, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Canada and Brazil…and we’re well excited! We celebrated at a night out at Punk.

Sarah Hardy, Editor and publisher (on the left) wearing a very cool dress from Religion and me (fashion editor). Fashion.Music.Style launched in 2009 and it’s been going strong ever since!

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There are so many interesting jobs in fashion and it’s hard to learn what people really do. I had the opportunity to ask Jessica Bumpus from VOGUE.COM a few questions about her job.

What does a Fashion Features Editor do?
JB – As fashion features editor at VOGUE.COM I write and break daily fashion news (with my colleague Lauren Milligan), interview designers, compile and edit the VOGUE.COM Loves page (looking for interesting new designers, products, places etc. to feature), edit and compile the Street Chic pages (whereupon I take to the streets of London – or go to places like Chelsea Flower Show and Royal Ascot – to find the capital’s most stylish people), as well as attend/cover events and the shows during Fashion Week – which I especially love. It’s busy, varied and exciting – again, all of which I love.

What is the best part about your job?
JB – The variety, and the fact it’s the job that I always wanted to do – being a fashion journalist – and I’m actually doing it. One day I could be out reporting on the shows during London Fashion Week, another I could be filming or politely chasing someone down the street to take their picture for Street Chic and on another I’ll be wading through hundreds of emails in the office.

Another great part of my job is the people I get to meet and work with; from new designers that you’re really excited about to established designers that you’ve admired for so long, and the rest of the VOGUE.COM fashion team.

Who is your favourite writer?
JB – That’s a really difficult question and depends on what exactly I’m reading, though I don’t think I have just one favourite – I just like to read as much as I can by a variety of people. It’s always good to get a different perspective on things.

What are you reading right now?
JB – The new issue of Vogue, J.B. Priestley’s The Good Companions and Carrie’s War – which I saw at the theatre at the weekend and just loved. I’m also getting excited about the new Philippa Gregory books that are coming out.

What advice do you have for someone wanting to get into the fashion industry?
JB – Work hard, be willing, keen and enthusiastic – but be realistic – and try and do as much work experience as you can. It’s the way in and it’s invaluable in terms of you learning about yourself and developing your own skills, as well as finding out about the way the industry works, which is something that can’t be taught in a classroom.

I’ve heard you never wear the same outfit twice. Is this true?
JB – Um, possibly! Though it’s not necessarily on purpose – I do just have a very vast wardrobe and pluck things out from years and years ago that people have never seen before, mixed with new purchases and old favourites. I like to think of it as collecting!

What is your favourite flavour of crisps?
JB – I’m not too keen on crisps but if I had to make a choice it would be Walkers Worcester Sauce or Flamin’ Hot Monster Munch, I think.

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In today’s Daily Mail there’s a great article about a letter Alexandra Shulman recently sent to designers saying their samples are too small. She sent the letter to major labels including Karl Lagerfeld, John Galliano, Prada and Versace.

She’s fantastic! Alexandra Shulman is all about business sense, and it’s great that her main argument is that it’s bad for business: she says her readers don’t want to see models that thin in editorial or advertising.

She’s so right – it’s always been amazing to me how small some samples are. I’ve styled shoots where we can’t even do up the back or any of the zips because the clothes are so small – and not just for the women’s clothes but for the men’s too!

We all have to do our part to correct this problem – it’s just good business!

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