'Teen Vogue' fortunately has proved you can have smart, political, and fashionable content delivered in one place, and you don't have to choose.
— Elaine Welteroth
Trump gets too much credit for 'Teen Vogue''s evolution.
What I find is that when young people find a brand they relate to, that they feel speaks to them, they want it in every format they can get.
I don't think there's anything to be ashamed of about being a woman who loves fashion. Fashion is a vehicle for self-expression, it tells the world who you are and how you want to be seen. If you use it as a canvas for creativity, then you might want to talk about it, you know? And I fully embrace that.
I do think that the desire to permanently alter your body is triggered by this easy access to Photoshop on your phone.
I think the word 'woke' is now over. The first time I heard my mature, white dad use that term, I was like 'OK, this is done.'
Even with the beauty stories we put out, we saw there was an opportunity to address issues of representation, identity, self-expression. We created the community that we wanted to have at 'Teen Vogue.' We were willing to lose some to have more.
I honestly think our readers are gonna save the world.
Young people are craving something real, craving authenticity.
If you feel that it diminishes your intelligence to be asked about your fashion choices for an evening on the red carpet, so be it.
I grew up with social media. I am the boomerang queen. I enjoy this. I live this. The day I don't is the day I need to resign.
The evolution at 'Teen Vogue' is not a result of dinosaurs in a board room coming up with a strategy to reach the kids.
As a young aspiring journalist, I felt I was put into a box.
My mom used to call me 'Oprah' because I was always in a corner crying with somebody. I've always been attracted to storytelling around women's lives.
I'm in a generation where MAC is the reigning brand for a lot of women - black, white, and other.
It's only shocking to the uninitiated that 'Teen Vogue' would have the audacity to be political and style-focused.
I don't think young people are prepared for the moment of reckoning at the end of college - if you even go to college - where you have to get off of the hamster wheel and decide, 'Wait, where do I go from here?'
