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1
hey Paul - that's a tad vicious, though I laughted, I'll admit. I wish it were true that Wintour merely directed really thin women because then I would have to be thin, right? I have indeed gotten many ideas from the pages of Vogue and I have a nice, classic wardrobe that has lasted, and will last, for years. The movie sounds really boring though and not much competition for the truly awesome Valentino bio.

You look like hell in your picture, by the way.
2
Did we watch the same movie? Yes, Wintour comes off as stern and humorless, but she is respected, influential and successful. These things you malign her for are the very things that have made her a success. You may find the fashion industry to be frivolous and it's contributions inconsequential, but she is the head of a very successful publishing brand that in the changing world of media. As Editor of this esteemed brand, it is her responsibility to be decisive and unflinching and to make the hard decisions. As with any leader, her job is to make the business a success, not make friends. I wonder if this movie were a inside look at a male-dominated industry if you would have judged the protagonist's seriousness, decisiveness and steeliness so harshly or if you would have praised his strength and guile.
3
I'm pretty sure fashion is still male-dominated, though? Like most of the famous and successful designers are men? And also that Constant was clearly deeply impressed by Wintour, if not impressed and fawning?
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Paul, regarding your dismissal of the fashion industry, I suggest you rent the Devil Wears Prada (to which you referred) and watch two key scenes. One in which Wintour's avatar explains how even the most anti fashion among us are still influenced by it, and the other in which Stanley Tucci points out that fashion is art which one can wear. A two year old issue of Vogue is no more inconsequential that the two year old catalog from a show at the Met. Art is art.
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"Someone" declares there's a famine of beauty? SOMEONE???

That's André Leon Talley, dude, and he'll have more creative ideas and hilarious proclamations in an afternoon than you will in a lifetime.

@2 is absolutely right...Wintour is an innovator, a survivor, a success. And hell yes, she's a woman on top of it. All of which, in this crappy climate for media, makes her even more worthy of respect.

And I love how your insightful interview (cough, cough) makes no mention whatsoever of the great Grace Coddington and her relationship with Anna. The mutual respect and highly choreographed interplay between the two of them belies the "women just kill each other" stereotype of women in high positions of corporate power. Quite the contrary, these two are doing everything possible to keep each other alive.

I've never been more disappointed in a Stranger review. Seriously.

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