AMY SPINDLER; AN "ENERGETIC FORCE" WHO BECAME THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE STYLE EDITOR.(interview)(Brief Article)

Daily News Record, December, 2001 by Colavita, Courtney

When Amy Spindler saw an ad for a stylist/writer at DNR back in 1988, she knew she had found her dream job. However, a batch of missing clothes almost prevented her from ever reaching the Fairchild offices and her interview with then DNR editor-in-chief Edward Nardoza. "I had to cancel my interview with Ed so that I could go downtown and deal with this shoot," Spindler recalls. "I was heading downtown, but I had this instinct to go to the interview anyway. I must have made the cabbie go around the block three times before I finally decided to go to Fairchild."

Nardoza recalls Spindler's showing up soaking wet around the time of the interview wearing Robert Clergerie shoes. "She may not have had a lot of experience, but I knew she knew fashion because of the...

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