Anna Wintour - Editor-in-Chief, US Vogue

[valentinavee]

I don't feel so guilty posting this now.. it's not the full article, but Interview posted this on their website.

Vintage Wintour

By Caroline Bankoff 08/20/2009 01:28 PM

Last night, The September Issue, R.J. Cutler's highly anticipated documentary about the creation of Vogue's 840-page 2007 September edition, premiered in New York. The film's main attraction is, of course, editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, and fashion followers of all stripes are counting on Mr. Cutler for a bit of access to the frequently tight-lipped legend. Back in December 1993, then Interview editor-in-chief Ingrid Sischy sat down with her Vogue counterpart for a boss-to-boss chat. Below, a few vintage insights from the world of Wintour to tide you over until the movie hits theaters next week.(PHOTO BY ELLEN VON UNWERTH)
On diversity:

"We try to come up with the best possible mix for an issue. I like it to be a good dinner party–a pretty girl, a tough politician. It's not all about everything looking the same, because nothing does."
On her readership:
"A magazine about fashion is inherently about change. Of course, you have to have enough reality in the magazine not to lose a lot of readers, or a lot of people who aren't as hip as everybody else or as willing to accept change, so I am always trying to keep that in mind, too."

On Vogue's role in the universe:
"Fashion's my job. And I do it the best I can. But I don't sit around at home talking about velvet. It's all about self-respect. You want to look good, you want to feel sexy, you want to have clean hair, you want to know what's going on with makeup or whatever it may be–why shouldn't that be interesting? It doesn't mean you don't care about everything else as well."

source: interviewmagazine.com

[kasmslo]

^ Thanks for posting. I always consistently enjoy her quotes, she speaks with such diligence and eloquence.
I'm sure the full interview is amazing.

[valentinavee]

It's great. There are some great photos, but again, I don't want to commit corporate espionage. Enjoy!

[helloearth]

mark my words one day i will become the head of US Vogue. I'm so envious of the public image she's created plus the fact that she started at the bottom and climbed/clawed her way up is admirable.

[Gab89]

from my blog

[Polynator]

wow good find valen

[ilaughead]

When are those from? She looks fantastic! She should really wear some of her couture more often...it would justify the price easier. (But I guess that's just not how Anna rolls. I can't imagine that that Carolina Herrera dress cost much and she wore that a few thousand times this year.)

[Gab89]

^ The photos are from Milan and Paris fashion weeks

[diorrnottwarr]

Happy birthday Anna! I cannot believe she turns 60 today. She really does look great for her age.

[shuffle]

That is a beautiful dress, congratulations on turning 60 Anna.

[vogue28]

Her hair always looks immaculate, and is defiantly iconic. But I would love to see something different.

[ilaughead]

Some pretty amazing news involving the Obama administration...

[NakedIfIWantTo]

that '93 picture is beautiful

[kasmslo]

Originally Posted by ilaughead

Some pretty amazing news involving the Obama administration...

well i'm definitely not surprised, i would say this was pretty inevitable.
i bet her siblings are so ~thrilled~ being the political zealots they are.

[diorrnottwarr]

Originally Posted by ilaughead

Some pretty amazing news involving the Obama administration...

WOO! This is huge.