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The September Issue Less Than Flattering?

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NeonSkye
05/28/09

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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

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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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