Alexandra Shulman reveals what life is like after Vogue

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Since joining the title in 1992 after stints at The Sunday Telegraph, Over-21 magazine and fellow Conde Nast titles Tatler and GQ, Shulman was hailed as “the most successful editor of Vogue in its 100 year history” by managing director of Conde Nast Britain, Nicolas Coleridge. “Drop away from that scenario and you are confronted with a vast, formless expanse to be navigated and moulded.” While Shulman has managed to nab a long-list of productive jobs – she’s now vice-president of the London Library and writes a column for Business of Fashion – it seems the comedown since leaving Vogue has left her stumped as to what to do with such an overwhelming expanse of free time. In the article, Shulman goes on to complain about drinking “too many cups of expensive coffee” at hipster hangouts, watching Netflix all day and how being able to take as much holiday as she wants has ruined the entire concept of going away. Adopting the management term for juggling, “going plural”, Shulman also admits to often never needing to set an alarm and declares a distinct dislike for having to kill time between meetings as she learns to fit in with the lives of people bound by office jobs.