Mag World: Mad Magazines, Fad Fashion, Bad Beauty And Finding The Way Out is Emilia Ferrara’s debut non-fiction book. After working as a fashion journalist in New York City, Ferrara writes about the how the beauty, fashion and magazine industries could be healthier in the future — especially as an influence on young readers.
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about emilia
Emilia Ferrara is a born and raised Washingtonian, an author, editor and teacher, and has worked as a fashion journalist for over 10 years. After attending the National Cathedral School, she earned her B.A. in English and Philosophy from Georgetown University, graduating Cum Laude. She earned her masters from Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism and began working at T: The New York Times Style Magazine. In 2016 Ferrara founded Capitally Magazine, an online publication reporting on sustainable fashion, green beauty and wellness — and served as it’s editor-in-chief. Ferrara’s first book, Mag World: Mad Magazines, Fad Fashion, Bad Beauty and Finding the Way Out was published in 2017 by Gilbert Robinson. She is a former board member of the D.C. Sustainable Fashion Collective and former adjunct at Georgetown teaching fashion journalism. In 2019, Mayor Muriel Bowser appointed Ferrara to the D.C. Commission on Fashion Arts and Events…