It’s no great stretch to imagine the magazine world as a grown-up version of high school, given its advanced stage of adolescent histrionics and maneuverings. Editors in chief rule over cliques of staffers, pushing trays in glossier cafeterias than they did as gawky teens. Be they born queen bees or reformed slackers, boot-licking overachievers or obstinate rebels — or, most likely of all, incredibly nerdy — it is safe to say most were hoping to leave actual high school buried in the past.
No such chance. WWD has scoured the archives and the mastheads and gathered together high school photos of some top editors. Revelations along the way were by turns predictable (Seventeen editor in chief Atoosa Rubinstein was voted biggest brown-noser) and surprising (US Weekly’s Janice Min is remembered at her alma mater for her focus on hard news and her disdain for features). Elle editor in chief Robbie Myers was denied senior yearbook glory when her high school mistakenly printed in her place the photo of an African-American girl who was not a student there.
For everyone else, just in time for the end of summer and fashion week, it’s back to school.
For the full collection of yearbook photos, click here.