Part myth is the best way to describe her. In fact, our grandchildren might not even believe us when she say she existed. But her impact on the fashion industry is undeniable, even if you believe she hasn’t influenced a single thing you’re wearing (she has) you can’t deny her ability to have the industry obsessing about her proves the point.
In the New York Times today, Cathy Horyn has profiled Anna Wintour, the editor of US Vogue. It’s an interesting perspective, a fantastically written prose (for want of a better term) and well worth your time.
And to millions of people to whom her power is less real… she is also a symbol: the small cross-armed woman in the front row, inscrutable behind her dark glasses and self-protecting English bob, her effect equal parts terrifying and calm, like the center of the storm she has dominated for 19 years.
And of her role in the industry;
In recent years she has gone beyond the editorial domain and involved herself in the placement of designers at fashion houses. Her efforts fall across a spectrum of involvement, from outright pitching the name of a person she likes to a chief executive, to putting her weight behind a pending decision, to effectively make a marriage.
