Anna Wintour

Anna Wintour Becomes a Presidential Appointee

Rebecca Alexander, Editor November 4 at 11:07 | Comments

Anna Wintour Becomes a Presidential Appointee fashion

Anna Wintour is now on the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Michelle Obama is the honorary chair of the committee which focuses on “arts and humanities education, cultural diplomacy, economic revitalization through the arts and humanities and special events dedicated to recognizing excellence in these areas.”

Fashion’s Night Out To Return In 2010

Kirby Marzec, Managing Editor October 30 at 11:37 | Comments

I hope you enjoyed the free booze and food, as well as the celebrity appearances, crowded street, long lines and discounts, because Anna Wintour and Mayor Bloomberg recently confirmed that another Fashion’s Night Out is in our midst. Call me crazy, but I saw little to no people walking around with shopping bags, so how on earth was this event successful for New York City or the fashion industry? But hey, nobody is complaining about another round of free drinks!

Thanks NY Mag!

GIRD YOUR LOINS. TODAY IS LAYOFF DAY AT VOGUE.

Daniel Saynt, Editor-In-Chief October 14 at 11:33 | Comments

Firings at Vogue
25% of Vogue’s staff is expected to get cut today. If you have any info on what’s up, send an email to saynt@fashionindie.com. Completely anonymous and if you get the ax, we’ll be more than happy to repost your resume.

MOMENTS OF PHOTOSHOP: Vogue’s November Cover

Hillary Frazier, Style Editor October 12 at 2:43 | Comments

MOMENTS OF PHOTOSHOP: Vogues November Cover fashion

Not quite sure what went wrong here, but Annie Leibovitz or Anna Wintour really fucked up this month. Maybe Vogue couldn’t afford to get all of these actresses to this mountain beach scene at the same time (or at all?) so they thought photoshop would be a good alternative. The results? SO BAD. I’m thinking it was Anna, because Annie scored bigtime on the inside:

MOMENTS OF PHOTOSHOP: Vogues November Cover fashion

However, Annie Leibovitz is known for making composites, but normally they’re pretty believable. Who do you think is the culprit?

LINK LOVE: Jezebel

Once, Twice, Three Times You’re Over!

Fashion Indie October 8 at 4:40 | Comments

Once, Twice, Three Times Youre Over! fashion

With all those cutbacks at Conde Nast, Anna can’t afford to NOT wear the same outfit three times!

PRINT IS DEAD: Condé Nast Will Parish

Fashion Indie October 8 at 4:10 | Comments

PRINT IS DEAD: Condé Nast Will Parish fashion

Newsweek guesstimates that Condé Nast’s 2009 revenue will shrink by $1 billion…which means Anna Wintour’s salary might shrink $1 million.

Celebrity: Anna Wintour Steps Out in Her Fall Skin

Fashion Indie October 2 at 12:54 | Comments

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Anna Wintour, the infamous Vogue Editor-in-Chief, was seen leaving Balenciaga show in Paris wearing snake skin coat to which some say she’s finally stepped out in her fall skin. And that’s all I will say about that.

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Even Anna Wintour Wears Things Twice…Or Three Times

Fashion Indie September 28 at 1:03 | Comments

You’d think that Anna has enough clothes in her wardrobe to never wear the same thing twice…but no!

AN AMERICAN IN LONDON

Rebecca Alexander, Editor September 22 at 4:37 | Comments

AN AMERICAN IN LONDON fashion

Anna Wintour sits next to Alexa Chung, and Pixie Geldof at the Twenty8Twelve show…and doesn’t look very pleased!

RUNWAY: Twenty8Twelve Spring 2010

Rebecca Alexander, Editor September 22 at 3:16 | Comments

RUNWAY: Twenty8Twelve Spring 2010 fashion

Front row at Twenty8Twelve sat Anna Wintour, Alexa Chung, Pixie and Peaches Geldof and Leigh Lezark. How nice it must be to be a celebrity…

QUOTABLE: Anna Wintour Shops To Stimulate The Economy

Hillary Frazier, Style Editor September 10 at 12:52 | Comments

Anna Wintour told the London Times that she doesn’t shop much, but is intending to pick some things up at Fashion Night Out just to stimulate the economy…oh, how nice of you Anna!

“What am I looking to buy? Something in red, some new boots, and some kind of savage fur (that’s American Vogue shorthand, so you know, for a rough, shaggy stole or collar of some kind). It’s not a lot, but isn’t that the whole point of shopping these days ?”

LINK LOVE: NY Mag

LOL: Anna Wintour, The Club-Hopping Hipster

Hillary Frazier, Style Editor September 9 at 12:30 | Comments

Gawker got wind of Anna Wintour’s high school newspaper (courtesy of a classmate), and has discovered that in the 60s, 17-year-old Wintour was the town’s Aaron K, entertaining her classmates with stories of her nightly escapades:

“In vogue at the moment are the Garrison, the Scotch of St. James and Dolly’s. The Garrison, run by smooth, dinner-jacketed waiters is ostensibly where the upper crust of London’s rich young jet set while away time between flights…The Scotch of St James (actually it’s in Mason’s Yard) is small and crowded to near suffocation point…The pessimistic are already gloomily predicting that the Scotch will soon be passee but its popularity among the uninitiate is still high.

[At] Dolly’s…the most way-out outfits are the expected uniform and the kinkiest of gear is accepted without the blinking of an eyelid.”

In Vogue? Guess she was destined for print. I’d love to see a mod Wintour ‘Out with Aaron K’

LINK LOVE: NY Mag via Gawker

Kirby’s Issues With The September Issue

Kirby Marzec, Managing Editor September 3 at 1:31 | Comments

My mother always told me to think positively, but never get my hopes too high about something. Seeing that I am the rebellious child in the family, obedience isn’t necessarily my forte, as I tend to get super excited for things that usually crash and burn. Point blank: R.J. Cutler’s The September Issue.

I have mixed feelings about Anna Wintour. I think we all do. I love her because she’s corporate and decisive; after-all, she has kept Vogue afloat since 1988. I hate her because her conservatism really hinders the potential of Vogue and the potential of fashion in general. But there is so much more to Vogue than Anna Wintour, is there not? I thought the purpose of a documentary was to document reality. If you call R.J Cutler’s shoddy filming and manipulative editing ‘reality,’ we’ve got some serious issues on our hands. If you pick all the clips where Anna seems cold, distant and heartless and splice them into a montage, yes, everyone is going to think she is a bitch. Again, should you pull all of Grace Coddington’s moments of undermined superiority, you automatically assume she does all the work and Anna alters and takes credit. But in reality, Anna probably agrees with Grace more often than not and Grace is probably a demanding sod. Manipulation? I think so.

Speaking of reality, is launching a September issue really that lax? Where’s the hustle? Where’s the stress? Where’s the writers slaving over deadlines? WHERE ARE THE WRITERS!? Oh, and please tell me the Vogue offices aren’t that drama free and boring. I realize that David Frankel’s The Devil Wears Prada was only inspired by Vogue/Anna Wintour and is a silver-screen dramatization, but it’s sad when a movie seems more realistic than a documentary. Really, Mr. Cutler, you made Vogue seem like another, no big deal, walk in the park. I highly doubt that is so.

All in all, had I not been slightly tipsy and in good company at The September Issue, it would be safe to say that last night was a complete and total failure. But hey, at least I learned a few important things: Reality does not exist (oh, how profound of me), Grace Coddington needs a serious makeover, jenky Long Island girls are worthy of manning the Vogue reception desk and mom is always right. Let’s just hope Fashion Week let’s me down easy if letting down is in the cards.

P.S. Daniel and I both agree, Coco Before Chanel looks like shit. Our opinion radiated throughout the Lincoln Center AMC too.

The September Issue’s Opening Weekend is the Fifth-Biggest Documentary Debut Ever!

Monique Montagnese, Contributor August 31 at 4:32 | Comments

The September Issue’s Opening Weekend is the Fifth Biggest Documentary Debut Ever! fashion

I know I enjoyed every second of this documentary, and apparently the rest of the world did too. If you haven’t seen it yet I suggest you do, I know you want to be part of the $240,078 the movie grossed in only six theaters! That’s an average of $40,013 per screen, the second best theatre per-average in the year of 2009. Amazing – I guess it’s true, Anna is all powerful. Oh, P.S: Gawker has a picture of Anna waiting in line and (shocker) wearing a t-shirt, just like the rest of us.

SOURCE: NY Mag’s Cut Blog

QUEST: Who’s Going To Be The Best Dressed Player At The U.S. Open?

Corey Moran, Mens Editor August 31 at 11:43 | Comments

QUEST: Whos Going To Be The Best Dressed Player At The U.S. Open? fashion

This week marks the start of the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York City. With a regular cast of fashionable characters in the crowd, such as Anna Wintour, we want to know who you think the most fashionable ON the court? My vote is for Roger Federer due mostly to the fact that Nike hooks him up hard, but those Williams sisters usually bring something good as well.

What do you say indies?

VIDEO: Anna Wintour on Letterman Last Night

Rebecca Alexander, Editor August 25 at 12:13 | Comments

Vogue’s editor-in-chief landed on Letterman’s Late Night couch to promote The September Issue.

EXCLUSIVE: Andre Leon Tally, Tennis Champ

Daniel Saynt, Editor-In-Chief August 21 at 1:25 | Comments

Andre Leon Tally, at the demand of Anna Wintour, set out to lose some girth 3 years ago. Judging by how new his Louis Vuitton gear is though, I’d say he started when the director yelled action.

WTF!?!: Anna Wintour At The ‘September Issue’ Premier

Hillary Frazier, Style Editor August 20 at 3:10 | Comments

WTF!?!: Anna Wintour At The September Issue Premier fashion

Sienna Miller and Anna Wintour acted buddy-buddy at the premier of The September Issue, but apparently after Miller appeared on the 2007 September issue cover, Wintour called her “toothy” and said she had “unruly hair.” I suppose everyone’s hair is unruly next to Anna’s perfectly coiffed bob, but I think Sienna out shined Anna at the premier..sorry Anna, but what is happening with that dress?!

SOURCE: Splash Mag

SPREAD UM: Natalia Vodianova By Mert Alas And Marcus Piggott For the Vogue September Issue

Hillary Frazier, Style Editor August 19 at 3:00 | Comments

Natalia Vodianova is all over September issues this year (Harper’s Bazaar UK). The first spread from Vogue’s September issue has been leaked (sorry Anna). Vodianova plays ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot, she looks like a dream in Nina Ricci and John Galliano. Hurry up, September!

LINK LOVE: Fashion Week Daily

Anna Wintour on Twitter?!?

Daniel Saynt, Editor-In-Chief August 18 at 9:16 | Comments

Anna Wintour on Twitter?!? fashion

Nope, just The September Issue.

WTF!?! Anna Wintour’s Old Hair!!

Hillary Frazier, Style Editor August 4 at 4:58 | Comments

LOL. No wonder she’s kept that bob for so long.

SOURCE: Jezebel

Anna Wintour To Host Premiere of The September Issue

Marissa Moshell, Student/Contributor July 21 at 11:50 | Comments

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Despite rumors that Anna Wintour wasn’t too happy about the documentary called The September Issue, word has it she’ll be hosting the premier of the documentary this August! The Vogue documentary is set to debut August 19th, gearing up for the magazines actual September issue.

LINKAGE: Style Caster

SPREAD UM: ADN de la Mode by Inez & Vinoodh for Vogue Paris August ‘09

Monique Montagnese, Contributor July 20 at 3:54 | Comments

SPREAD UM: ADN de la Mode by Inez & Vinoodh for Vogue Paris August 09 fashion

Anna Wintour, listen up! All is not lost, here IS hope for the boring studio shoots you insist on using every issue. All you need is some refreshing styling, posing that does not include jumping, and a diverse cast of the hottest models of the moment. A spark of Vogue Paris magic doesn’t hurt either, as proven by this epic studio shot in the August Issue of the French counterpart of Vogue. 64 pages long, this is a studio shoot that has a little something for everyone.

GALLERY: ADA de la Mode

SOURCE: Fashion Gone Rouge

RANDOM: Anti-Paparazzi Cluth Bag

Kirby Marzec, Managing Editor July 7 at 3:59 | Comments

I’m not famous enough for this awesome Anti-Paparazzi Clutch just yet, but once I replace Anna Wintour at Vogue and eventually take over the world, I’ll have to hit Adam Harvey up for this genius photog counter attack. Complete with a built-in LED flash, the device detects a camera flash and in turn, emits a brighter flash, ruining slow shutter speed and low light shots. While the wiring is small enough to fit inside a woman’s clutch, Harvey is working on making the device small enough to fit in a pendent or a tie clip. Should Harvey patent this Anti-Paparazzi device, Just Jared and Perez Hilton can kiss their celebrity empires goodbye!