A Woman of Substance in A Glossy World
Cutler followed Wintour and her team of editors for nine months and went into her Greenwich Village home as well as her Times Square office. Cameras were there in Paris when she hosted a retailers luncheon during Fashion Week. Neiman
Marcus executives applaud upon hearing that the Vogue editors have spoken with designer Miuccia Prada about her penchant for fabrics that are too heavy and hot for their Southern markets and report that Prada has agreed to cut part of her collection in a lighter silk blend. Still needy, however, Neiman chief executive Burt Tansky laments that retailers have an ongoing problem with deliveries. The clothes are simply not getting to the stores in a timely manner. Could Wintour do something about that? Her joking response: "What would you like me to do, rent a truck?"
Cutler captures Wintour in her usual sphinxlike posture at runway shows. But he also talks to her, along with her daughter, Bee Shaffer, a college student who is more inclined to pursuing a law degree than an editing job at a magazine.
And an amateur psychologist would find much to dissect in Wintour's brief conversation about her family. Her father was a respected British journalist. Her three siblings are all trying to save the world in various politically correct ways. And what do they think of Wintour's job: mixing couture shoots and Botox stories with political profiles? After a long pause, a few downward glances and a smile that exudes a complicated mix of emotions, Wintour says they're "amused by what I do."
source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/11/AR2009061104462.html
No comments:
Post a Comment