As one of our favourite fashion scribes, Plum Sykes is so much more than stilettos and couture. This British born fashion writer has penned two saucy bestselling novels – Bergdorf Blondes and Debutante Divorcees – and as contributing editor at Vogue is always spotted front-row and on the fashion radar. She even made a cameo appearance, alongside Andre Leon Talley, in the first Sex and the City movie where Carrie played “wedding dress model for a day” for Vogue. Moving away from fiction and fashion, Plum recently published a “mini memoir” called “Oxford Girl” that revolves around her first year in college. New York magazine featured a fabulous interview with the chic and classic Plum where they talked about the memoir, Vogue and of course New York… here are a few excerpts of the piece.

“Aside from the personal pieces you've written for Vogue, this is your first autobiographical work. What made you decide to do it now?

I've actually always wanted to write something about being at Oxford, because it was such an extreme little world and it's such a good setting. I also wanted to write about the habit that people have in college or high school of being snobs, because I thought that was amusing. It's very, very snobby. And although it wasn't very nice, I thought it was one of those funny things that people might enjoy reading about.

Do you miss New York?

It never changes, and I'm back quite often. I mean, there's a few new restaurants that I haven't been to, but they'll hopefully close before I have to go to them.

Where do you shop when you come here?

The things that I really love in America are the cool sportswear things that you really can't buy in London. Or if they do come over to England, they're really expensive. Like these Rag & Bone jeans, if I bought them in England, they'd be at least twice as much. I also love Vince, and I love Earnest Sewn. I always love going to Bergdorf — the makeup floor there! I went to Bergdorf for like, five hours the last time I was here. I didn't even buy anything; I was just like, "Oh, this is so nice!" Sometimes I go to Jeffrey.

I know that you're not a fan of the term "chick lit" — do you still get annoyed when people categorize your books as such?

To be honest, all female authors have this problem of being categorized as "chick lit," just because you're a woman writer. And I always was like, "No, I'm writing a social comedy." And guess what — I really hate chick lit! I can't stand it. I hate all those bad versions of Bridget Jones's Diary. I thought Bridget Jones's Diary was an amazing book, and I thought that Sex and the City was an amazing book, but the other ones of the chick lit genre … ugh.”

Read the full interview here:

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