Read next: Interview with fashion designer, podcast host Lawrence Zarian<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n How old are you (or how old do you feel)? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Are you kidding? No comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How did \u201cElements of Style\u201d begin? Do you have a background as a fashion writer?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Not really. Like the best things, I sort of just fell into it, though I have always been completely obsessed with fashion. I tried studying political economy once but ended up making lists of clothes in the back of my notebooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where you draw inspiration for your articles?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m a compulsive shopper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You are our fashion column hero. Have you ever written a book? And if not, why?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n No, but I\u2019m a contributor to Travel and Leisure and I\u2019ve been writing a lot for Vogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What are five things people should not wear this spring\/summer?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I think people should wear whatever they like!<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a fashion writer for the hippest newspaper in NYC, do you have designers and retailers clawing at your door for a press mention? Do they ever send you free stuff?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I wish they were clamoring. I\u2019m still not invited to a lot of A-list shows. As for free stuff, newspapers — us and the Times anyway — don\u2019t allow you to take it. We have to pay for everything, which certainly keeps us in touch with our readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What are five things a tourist should know before coming to New York to shop<\/a>?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Has New York lost some of its \u201cfashion flavor,\u201d now that Gaps and Banana Republics seem to be on every corner?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nLynn Yaeger bio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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