Why Anna Wintour will never go out of fashion

Why Anna Wintour will never go out of fashion

If you are Kim Kardashian, whose first Vogue cover was in 2014, you have all three.

With her signature bob and sunglasses, Wintour has become a star herself, never quite rising above the derisive nickname 鈥淣uclear Wintour鈥, earned for her no-nonsense management style. 鈥淚 have great affection for Anna, but she took to power rather than being the cozy, conspiratorial friend she used to be,鈥 former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter told The New York Times in March. 鈥淚鈥檓 impressed by her ability to take on more and more responsibility.鈥

Other nicknames came along, including the title from the 2003 book The Devil Wears Prada, written by her former assistant Lauren Weisberger, which went on to become a movie and musical. At the musical鈥檚 London premiere in December, Wintour told the BBC that it鈥檚 鈥渇or the audience and for the people I work with to decide if there are any similarities between me and Miranda Priestly鈥.

Viewers of the 2009 documentary The September Issue were given glimpses of her very Miranda Priestly-like imperious nature and the fear she instilled in designers, eager to win her approval and the fashion pages that came along with it. Stefano Pilati, then creative director at Yves Saint Laurent, memorably trembles when a less-than-enthusiastic Wintour arrives in his studio. Pilati was replaced in 2012.

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