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Concessions. People say you have to make something happen if you want to be able to make your way in life. You start with a project, an idea; where you put all your heart and soul, you have a vision, a really good view of the goal you want to hit - but the thing is, the whole thing is not really working the way you would like it to. So to make it work you have to allow for concessions; have to accept the fact that by transforming the thing, it may actually finally work. The question is, how much are you ready to give away? How many concessions are you ready to make in this process, and where is the limit? What about if you make too many concessions and you’re even not able to recognize this thing as your own anymore? It may indeed feel as though it is not yours anymore, because it's too far from the vision you originally had. This is a really delicate process, and you have to be open for changes, of course; but also ready to accept that your initial idea was maybe not as good as you once thought it would be. This is not just about your project, at the end - this is
also about yourself and to be able to look at your actions with some distance, and to be able to readjust. When I heard that we had to reduce 400 pages of our beloved collection down to 200, I was angry and sad, because I thought if we only print 200 pages, that this is not us anymore, this is not what we created. However with a good long look at it, and seeing with an open mind the facts and the way they are, I can truly say that this Collection [Noire] is by far the best we have done yet. The content is thick-and-tight, really fits the theme, and the editorials and the interviews are just on point. Here we are, always trying to push ourselves to be able to present a beautiful product to our readers, and for once we can stand proud, and be sure that you’ll understand. We are in constant evolution, because we try to evolve with you. Thank you to everyone who has helped to make it possible this time, and god knows that they are a lot of people to name.
Thank you for being fidele. I really hope you did enjoy it. Yours Nicolas
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