I was never one for watching the TV, but since the TV became accessible through  the internet I have developed an unhealthy addiction. I have watched countless programmes, some awful and some brilliant but none have ever stuck with me the way Black Mirror does. It is so hard to attach a genre to it but it does have underlying tones of horror, shocking its audience with its intelligence every single episode.
I began watching it on Channel 4, done through recommendation by my brother as he told me mad plot points that sounded too explicit and simply too mad for television. He was certainly correct and I became hooked from that first satirical, dark and twisted episode- for all those who watched it I'm sure you've never looked at the Prime Minister nor a pig the same. The writers were not shy and went further than anyone ever had to portray interesting messages to the audience.



Since Netflix's takeover, the only change has seen the show become even more high resolution, more Americanised and higher budgeted. It sees a few well known names join the cast as they continue to play out complex and thought provoking episodes. This recent series has received huge media attention for attacking such big problems such as parents policing their children through technology and what happens when technology advances, will it get so far that one coder could be in complete control of lives? It is the topics that makes the show what it is, everyone can relate to a story in one way or another or has questioned a similar topic that the show tackles. 



If you have never watched the show I hope this has helped to convince you to try it.

If you have watched it, what do you think?

I can imagine that for most fashion students, their goals in life would be very similar to mine and although I'm debating many other routes, a life dream would be to have the title of editor-in-chief of a huge name such as Vogue.

I was inspired to write this post after watching the documentary about the Italian Vogue editor in chief from 1988 to 2016, Franca Sozzani. The documentary was titled 'Franca: Chaos & Creation' and was directed by her son, his aim was to understand and learn more about his mothers career.
She was made the editor in chief after working for Vogue Bambini and Per Lui before that. 
During her time in her position, Franca was seen as a highly controversial editor. Many of her issues were seen as of ill taste and were highly criticised by many. I personally saw her features as confronting issues and bringing them into light through the fashion magazine. Although it may not be the place you expect to see societal issues, she asked why not see them here? 


Many said this was exploitive of women's issues and seen to romanticise struggle to sell magazines.

Another highly controversial editorial includes their commentary on the BP Oil spill in 2010. The inspiration came from the horrible environmental disaster and sees the model oil-slicked and sickly looking. I believe that by humanising the disaster it evoked emotion from the viewer, as art and photography should aim to do. Instead, people insisted that the shoot was of bad taste and even protested Franca's role in Vogue.