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Meanwhile, high above Rockefeller Center, Laura Brown (formerly InStyle’s editor in chief) and Kristina O’Neill (formerly WSJ. Magazine’s editor in chief) gathered longtime friends and colleagues on the Rockefeller Rooftop to fête their new book, All The Cool Girls Get Fired. The 200-person guest list included Julianne Moore, Candace Bushnell, and Sophia Bush.

Dressed by Veronica de Piante, Brown wore a chamois-hued corduroy two-piece, while O’Neill opted for an all-black look with a sequined top—their complementary ensembles a perfect reflection of their yin-and-yang dynamic. Friends since 2001, the pair met at a fashion show, later working together for eight years at Harper’s Bazaar before taking the reins at their respective magazines.

Their book was born from an infamous Instagram post the duo shared after both were dismissed from their editor-in-chief roles within fourteen months of each other. “We were greeted by an absolute deluge from women of all different stripes—some we knew, some we didn’t,” Brown recalled. “We knew we’d uncorked something that needed to be released—women and the shame around job loss.” Shortly thereafter, O’Neill texted Brown mid-morning: This is a book.

All The Cool Girls Get Fired examines resilience, reinvention, and the humor in professional setbacks, with interviews featuring Oprah Winfrey, Katie Couric, Lisa Kudrow, Carol Burnett, and Jamie Lee Curtis, among others.