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In Chapter 2 of 13, fashion stylist Lulu Chen discusses early fashion and publishing inspirations that have informed her career. At 12 years old, Chen begins reading Harper's Bazaar and connects with the visions, fantasy, and fashion the magazines present. Chen sees fashion as wearable art and something that allows someone to play a character one day.
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How Harper's Bazaar Piqued Fashion and Magazine Career Erik Michielsen: What peaked your early interest in publishing and fashion and what keeps you excited about working in those fields? Lulu Chen: I always loved magazines. I think ever since I was 12 or 13. I read Harper’s Bazaar as 12, 13-year-old which I never even -- I kind of skipped through the teen magazines and went just straight for the adult fashion magazines. I just loved the pictures. I love the fantasy of it. I loved the visuals and the fashion, just this life that they seem to show in the pages of the magazines and in publishing. I mean every time I saw a new magazine, it was always fresh and different or I learned -- or it was just eye candy to me, it was fun. So I really enjoyed -- I always enjoyed it. And I always just loved the expression of -- I guess how fashion relates to everyday life. It might sound a little cliché but fashion is wearable art. And it’s the expression of you or how you feel that day or if there’s a character you want to play.
