O's Adam Glassman: 'Even Oprah thought I was nuts in the beginning'

If only he had enough hours in a day. That’s the most challenging part of Adam Glassman’s gig as creative director of O: The Oprah Magazine, a post where he’s constantly navigating the worlds of graphic design, fashion and media. In the latest installment of Mediabistro’s So What Do You Do? series, Glassman recalls his groundbreaking decision to use real women over fashion models.

“I don’t want to say that we don’t ever use models because there are times that we do, but as we speak to these three generations of women, how can you do that?” he said.

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