Anna Wintour. The 60 Minutes Interview

Graphic: Chris Sauve

Is Vogue editor Anna Wintour a “huge bitch?” She says she’s drawn to Vogue because of her “passion for the magazine” — and if that makes her a bitch, so be it. With a 200,000 a year clothing allowance not including her daily hair and make-up costs (all paid for by publisher CondeNast) what Anna considers “reasonable, like a $1200-dollar Alexander Wang cocktail dress, isn’t always accessible.

What bores you? “Mediocrity,” she responds “It doesn’t as much as bore me as much as anger me.” In a post recession world, the designers come across more as caricatures than real people — puppets in a game played by French aristocrats and International business men.

Who will replace Anna? It’s not clear. But when the time comes, she responds that her sorte will come, “Certainly, very quietly.”

The best commentary on the Anna interview come from New York Times reporter (and force to be reckoned with) Cathy Horyn:

No one would bother disputing the assertion that Wintour is the most powerful person in fashion, and that she exerts her power in a variety of directions, beyond editorial decisions. But what’s the impact of all that power? And, more, what’s the downside? It’s also surprising that CBS didn’t put up a countering view of Wintour’s influence. Grace Coddington and Andre Leon Talley were candid about their boss, saying that she can be intimidating and so forth. But the segment needed outside opinions.

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