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May 2024
32m 51s

Plum Sykes On the Golden Days of Vogue

Vogue
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The Met Gala is less than a week away! Plum Sykes, the writer, editor, and noughties it-girl came on the podcast to talk with Chloe and Chioma about her new book, Wives Like Us, and her most hilarious Met Gala memories, beginning in the ‘90s when she first arrived on the scene at American Vogue. 

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