“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.
”-- Fashion Critic Cathy Horyn on Anna Wintour's 60 Minutes interview. From New York Times.
“I loved the equal treatment, the equal value, she gave to the boots and to posh fur, or to glossy velvet and practical country tweeds. A v-neck shift in red-tinted fur looked as plain and everyday as a pair of leather waders seemed now prized and chic. What made this collection work so well—energetically, brilliantly—is that Prada applied the thinking across the board.
”-- Cathy Horyn, describing Prada's A/W '09 effort. From New York Times.
"There are too many stories about socialites — or, at any rate, too few such stories that sufficiently demonstrate why we should care about these creatures. What once felt like a jolly skip through Bergdorf now feels like an intravenous feed. To read Vogue in recent years is to wonder about the peculiar fascination for the “villa in Tuscany” story. Ditto staff-member accounts of spa treatments and haircuts."
Amen. From New York Times.
“Mr. Obama sometimes wears jeans, as he did for a rally on Oct. 28, but his jeans are the loose, jingle-the-change-in-your-pocket type. He belts them at the waist, and when he wears them with white sneakers and a windbreaker, one could almost say he had stolen the look from Jerry Seinfeld’s character on the television series. -- Cathy Horyn on President-Elect Barack Obama's uninspired casual wear
”From New York Times
