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NeonSkye
05/28/09

In reply to The September Issue Less Than Flattering?
I saw this at Sundance this year (Ms. Wintour and her daughter were at the screening too - AW in JEANS & fur). IT IS SO GOOD. She isn't painted in a negative light at all and there are moments of real warmth (weird, I know). I walked away feeling I got a well-rounded look at how Vogue's biggest issue, the one for September (hence the title of the film) is put together. The working relationship between AW and Grace is the meat of the film because they both really need each other to be as awesome as they are at their respective jobs. Highly recommend parting with your $12-15 to see it in a theatre.
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Penny
05/28/09

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I look forward to seeing this. And, it sheds some light into why American Vogue has been seriously lacking for years. One person controlling creative content makes for a very narrow viewpoint and is just plain stupid, really, from a financial and managerial perspective. The best creative managers are the ones who listen to those around them. I'm sure she has an unending supply of talented resources.
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PhillyLass
05/28/09

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How can Vogue turn a profit when Wintour demands that the same photoshoot get redone three or more times? Isn't it really expensive to stage a scene, hire a fancy photographer, get the hair, makeup, fashion people signed up, etc? And is the pic above the one that got cut or the one that AW finally accepted?

Also, I kind of want to buy purple tights now. Is that weird?
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MyrtleWilloughby
05/28/09

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Poor Anna wants to kill the shot with photoshop. The composition of the Jump Shot totally hangs on the cameraman's tummy. He's echoing her shape. It's the old compositional formula of round meets pointy. (See also the Trilon & the Perisphere, and American Gothic.)
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badmutha
05/28/09

@MyrtleWilloughby: I love that picture. It is really cute.
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badmutha
05/28/09

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Wow. She comes from a very accomplished family. Her remark that they find her work amusing seems almost like she also considers her work inferior to theirs. It would definitely be tough at the holidays to discuss what everyone is doing.
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Whiskey and Popcorn
05/28/09

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Cutler's Cutting Camera Cull Conde Nast, Documents Wintour's Wacky Ways While Weight Watching, Whilst Helping Hearst's Harper's make Headway.
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lalaland13
05/28/09

In reply to The September Issue Less Than Flattering?
She wants the people who are in Vogue to be thin and perfect, unless she can promote them as a "novelty" like Adele. If she truly went to Minnesota and saw a bunch of "little houses," I kind of feel sorry for her. No, there's nothing wrong with thin people. But there is something wrong with this attitude that even Oprah needs to lose weight, and everyone needs to lose weight, and my God we're all so fat, and are you reading Vogue and eating McDondalds, young lady? Get out of here, you cow!

Yes, America is obese. But I don't see how Anna thinks she's helping.
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BlondeGoddess
05/28/09

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I so need to see this. Stat.
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hfree
05/19/09

In reply to Victoria Beckham Is A Birkin Addict; Michelle Wears Mizrahi, Alaïa
I would have been more impressed if Michelle had worn an Alaia to the Met Museum instead of the Met Opera House. It would have been like sticking it to the man after Alaia not being included in the Model's show.
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Mary McCarthyite
05/19/09

In reply to Victoria Beckham Is A Birkin Addict; Michelle Wears Mizrahi, Alaïa
Valentino holds nothing to the way Mary McCarthyite lives:

A thermostat that I cannot control in any season; the hum of the RFK Bridge outside my open windows; and un-uniformed chambermaid (self) quaffing Brita-filtered tap water from hand-me-down glasses.

I live in a Hansel and Gretel apartment. I don't even have toaster!
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R_Claw
05/19/09

In reply to Victoria Beckham Is A Birkin Addict; Michelle Wears Mizrahi, Alaïa
"Get on the ground"

"But this is an Alaia"

"An awhatta"

"She's like a really important designer"
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Flackette Goes Retro
05/19/09

In reply to Victoria Beckham Is A Birkin Addict; Michelle Wears Mizrahi, Alaïa
I've always preferred the Kelly to the Birkin. It's more tailored. (Not that I will ever own either, although I do have a vintage bag that is a vague knock-off of the Kelly).
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TriedandTrue
05/19/09

@Flackette Goes Retro: I, too, love the Kelly but prefer the Birkin over the 2.55
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nessalicious
05/19/09

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I cannot get my head around owning 100 Birkins! They're not even that nice! At least pick something like a 2.55, then again she does have rather questionable taste.
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Tequila Mockingbird
05/19/09

@nessalicious: It's about the history, luxury, and tradition with Hermes. Aesthetically, they might not be your thing...but there's the hand-stitching, craftmanship, made-to-order, customization etc. is the stuff of legends.

page 175 or so:

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nessalicious
05/19/09

@IrockIroll: I know about the background of Hermes, but the Birkin, to me is just such a yawnsome bag. I'd much prefer to have one of their amazing custom made bags, did you ever see the one they made to hold an apple? It was amazing.

@bleedingmouths: I agree, sometimes you can love the background but hate the item. I find this true with a lot of fashion designers and looks. I especially dislike the look of a YSL 'le smoking' but I understand that it was a beautiful and revolutionary outfit but god it's unflattering!
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dreamweave
05/19/09

In reply to Victoria Beckham Is A Birkin Addict; Michelle Wears Mizrahi, Alaïa
Dreamweave McJudgypants wants to say that her owning $2 million dollars of worth of fucking purses in ANY economy, much less this one, is seriously challenging my otherwise inexplicable love for Posh.
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Princess Leela
05/19/09

@dreamweave: Yeah ... I'm trying to justify by thinking of the nice old French leather workers in the Hermes factory (I assume they're nice, old and French, anyway) she's single-handedly supporting with her habit ... but hmm, still not so sure about this being an efficient use of resources.

Perhaps she could keep buying 'em, but then auction off one a month and donate the dough to struggling fashion students/soccer leagues for disadvantaged youth/some other apropos and deserving charity ... that would be a cool recessionista move.

(Oops. I forgot the ban on words ending in -ista.)
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LaMorena
05/19/09

In reply to Victoria Beckham Is A Birkin Addict; Michelle Wears Mizrahi, Alaïa
Honeslty, I'm shocked and impressed if Anna Wintour's office chairs cost $250 apiece. By Vogue standards, that's bargain-bin.
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pear.shaped.Sara
05/19/09

@LaMorena: yeah, even a crappy Office Max one is what, $70? And a nice retail one might be $150 or so? So it's really not too much of a price jump at all.
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Flackette Goes Retro
05/19/09

@LaMorena: Seriously. That's downright cheap for her. I've seen things in Pottery Barn that cost more.
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