The Work of Venetia Scott

Scott started her career at British Vogue as Grace Coddington’s assistant, where she knew she wanted to work at since she was 13 — funny how life comes full circle sometimes. It is here that she developed a distinctive eye, one that is cinematic and stark and focuses on dressing characters for a narrative, working with photographers from Juergen Teller to Mario Sorrenti. Her styling career continued with work for i-D and the British and Italian editions of Vogue. In 1997 she began consulting for Marc Jacobs, becoming creative director in 2001, responsible for the Marc by Marc Jacobs Line. Voilà how the antidote to super-slick and glossy images became commercialised.

She became a photographer in 2005, her aesthetic appealing to niche magazines like AnOther Mag and Self Service, and large-scale publications including W Magazine and Vogue. Becoming fashion editor at British Vogue is likely to be a game-changer for the magazine — many call it a much-needed shake-up — so all that is left is to wait for the September and October issues to see just how much of Scott’s aesthetic will filter down to Vogue’s pages. — Victoria.