In her debut novel, “The Rise, Fall, and Return of Sarah Mandelbaum,” former WWD beauty editor Cara Kagan draws from personal experience in the wonder and fashion publishing industries as inspiration for her protagonist, Sarah Mandelbaum.
WWD hired Kagan in 1992 to pioneer its coverage of mass-market beauty, where she built a Rolodex of industry leaders. She then expanded her reach to report on rising trends that spanned mass and prestige, resembling the influence of makeup artists and their eponymous lines.
After WWD, she became the wonder and fitness director for YM and Mode magazines before creating Girl, the primary multicultural and multisize fashion and wonder magazine for teens — years ahead of body positivity. Despite her self-described wild hair, sensible shoes...
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