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New York Post
a day ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
What it was really like to work for Anna Wintour at Vogue
On Thursday, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour sent shock waves through the media world when the style icon announced that she was stepping away from the role after more than three decades running the fashion bible – with an iron fist. 'Power for her was what it was all about. Power's Anna's aphrodisiac,' a magazine staffer told author Jerry Oppenheimer for his 2005 book 'Front Row: Anna Wintour,' a tell-all on what it was like being in Wintour's orbit. Winter, 73, famously inspired Meryl Streep's ice queen lead in the 'Devil Wears Prada,' and those who've worked with her say the portrayal was accurate. In 'Anna: The Biography,' author Amy Odell writes of Wintour requiring her three assistants to do everything from handling her pets to organizing her clothes. Advertisement 17 On Thursday, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour sent shock waves through the media world when she announced that she was stepping away from the role after more than three decades running the fashion bible. GC Images One former editor who worked under Wintour recalled the expectation that she would be in heels, not flats, when the boss was on the floor. She also remembered that it was understood that Wintour only let the prettiest assistants work the Met Gala. Advertisement Merle Ginsberg, a longtime fashion writer and former editor for Women's Wear Daily, W Magazine and Harper's Bazaar, among others, recalled first meeting Wintour during an interview for a senior editor job at Vogue back in the 90s, when she was working at W. A friend at Vogue had helped get her the interview, and gave Ginsberg strict advice on what to wear, telling her she should don 'a matching dress and coat – with no stockings, Anna hates stockings – and Manolos.' 17 Winter, 73, famously inspired Meryl Streep's lead in the 'Devil Wears Prada,' and those who've worked with her say the portrayal was accurate. In 'Anna: The Biography,' author Amy Odell writes of Wintour requiring her three assistants to do everything from handling her pets to organizing her clothes. The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images 17 Merle Ginsberg, a longtime fashion writer and former editor for Women's Wear Daily, W Magazine and Harper's Bazaar, recalled first meeting Anna Wintour during an interview for a senior editor job at Vogue back in the 90s: [I] was really shaking when I went up there. I recall her desk was far away from where I was sitting – like 'Devil Wears Prada.'' NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Advertisement 17 A friend at Vogue had helped get her the interview, and gave Ginsberg strict advice on what to wear, telling her she should don 'a matching dress and coat – with no stockings, Anna hates stockings – and Manolos.' Getty Images Ginsbreg followed her instructions, but the interview didn't go well. '[I] was really shaking when I went up there. I recall her desk was far away from where I was sitting – like 'Devil Wears Prada.' First question: 'Why should I hire you if Patrick McCarthy at W will hate Me?'' Ginsberg recalled. 'She never looked me in the eye.' Then, Wintour asked her to pitch some stories. Ginsberg started to offer up ideas, but they weren't received well. Advertisement 'She stopped me [and said], 'Vogue is a supermarket magazine, these ideas are far too exalted,' Ginsberg said. Not surprisingly, she didn't get the job, and, she said, Wintour told her then-boss McCarthy that she'd applied. '[I] could not believe that,' Ginsburg added. 17 A former staffer at Lucky magazine, which shuttered in 2015, recalled at time after a meeting when Wintour walked off and forgot to take her wallet. 'Someone yelled out that she had left it,' the source told The Post. 'Anna stopped and held her hand out behind her without turning around. One of my coworkers ran to put it in her hand, and Anna just kept walking.' Christopher Peterson / 17 From left, Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace, Wintour, Karl Lagerfeld and French fashion designer Christian Lacroix during Fall Fashion Week in September 1990 at the Paramount Hotel. Getty Images 17 'She stopped me [and said], 'Vogue is a supermarket magazine, these ideas are far too exalted,' Ginsberg recalled of Wintour's reply to her fashion pitches during a meeting. Here, the ice queen editor is pictured with late designer Karl Lagerfeld. Stephen Lovekin A former staffer at Lucky magazine, which shuttered in 2015, recalled an entirely different but similarly cold interaction with Wintour. After a meeting at Lucky, Wintour walked off, forgetting to take her wallet. 'Someone yelled out that she had left it,' the source told The Post. 'Anna stopped and held her hand out behind her without turning around. One of my coworkers ran to put it in her hand, and Anna just kept walking,' Advertisement Over the years, a lore developed around Wintour and her peculiarities. She reportedly has a hairdresser come to her home to blow out her perfect bob every morning at 6 a.m. She has a penchant for leaving her sunglasses on. She hates the color black and loves fellow Brits, such as good friend Sienna Miller and restaurateur Keith McNally. 17 One former editor who worked under Wintour recalled the expectation that she would be in heels, not flats, when the boss was on the floor. Getty Images 17 Over the years, a lore developed around Wintour and her peculiarities. She reportedly has a hairdresser come to her home to blow out her perfect bob every morning at 6 a.m. She has a penchant for leaving her sunglasses on. She hates the color black and loves fellow Brits, such as good friend Sienna Miller and restaurateur Keith The Met Museum/Vogue In Oppenheimer's 'Front Row,' Laurie Schechter — who started as Wintour's assistant at Vogue and became style editor — describes her former boss as 'very mercurial,' noting 'She's a lot like fashion — short skirts this season, long skirts next. She can be a bit like that with people, too.' Advertisement Schechter claims she lost out on some top magazine jobs because of Wintour's advice. 'Anna knew about my capabilities, and if you're a potential threat to her, competition to her, she's not going to help you do a better job at competing with her,' Schecter, who eventually left Conde Nast, told Oppenheimer in his book. The author also writes of Wintour's 'horrific treatment' of creative staff fashion editors Liz Tilberis and Grace Coddington. during her time as the Editor-in-Chief at British Vogue. 17 In Oppenheimer's 'Front Row,' Laurie Schechter — who started as Wintour's assistant at Vogue and became style editor — describes her former boss as 'very mercurial,' noting: 'She's a lot like fashion — short skirts this season, long skirts next. She can be a bit like that with people, too.' Dylan Travis/AbacaPress / Advertisement '[They] believed Anna was out to get them,' Oppenheimer writes in his book. 'Anna constantly demanded that Coddington take reshoots, sometimes three times before Anna signed off. When Coddington was forced to turn in a Polaroid to Anna before the actual shoot took place, Anna would only brusquely respond, 'Like it,' or 'don't like it.' And if the latter, everything had to be reshot.' While Coddington had decades of experience, Oppenheimer notes that Wintour treated her 'like a lowly intern and even scolded her if she was at lunch and a few minutes late returning to the office.' Wintour has a taste for blood — not just when it comes to office politics. In a viral TikTok video, celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian described how she would come into the Lambs Club for lunch every day and have a cappuccino; a 'very rare,' heavily salted hamburger patty, sans bun; and a small pot of ultra-buttery Robuchon mashed potatoes. Advertisement 17 Wintour inspired Meryl Streep's character (center) in the book and film 'The Devil Wears Prada,' which also starred Anne Hathaway (left) and Emily Blunt (right) as her hard working fashion assistants. 17 Wintour counts actress Sienna Miller as one of her dear friends. Here, the duo appear at the opening night of the play 'Straight Line Crazy' at The Shed in 2022. Getty Images 17 Wintour has long been a front row fixture of Fashion Week alongside high profile stars like Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner, seen here. 17 Wintour has been the editor-in-chief at Vogue for more than three decades. Here, Hailey Bieber is photogrphed on the magazine's Summer 2025 issue. 'She would obliterate the entire thing in 15 minutes,' Zakarian says in the post. Other restaurant folk have less fond recollections of her. In his book 'Your Table Is Ready,' Michael Cecchi-Azzolina, the former maître d' at a number of top NYC restaurants, writes that Wintour was 'absolutely horrid,' and would 'march in with no reservation and demand a table,' at Raoul's in Soho. She would then order a steak 'very rare' and requested it be served immediately. 'God forbid it was the least bit overcooked. She'd look at the server as though he'd just served her rat and have it sent back and redone,' he writes. 'You'd think the raw meat would make her less sanguine.' In 2022, he recalled to The Post that Wintour once showed up a Raoul's and insisted on sitting in the back room, even though they were closing that section for the night. 17 For those who could deal with Wintour's demands, the rewards could be great. 'I knew a few of her assistants. I have to say, she gave them all promotions if they worked hard,' Ginsberg said. Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions 'We had to keep a waiter there and give her her own waiter. Boy, was that waitress pissed,' Cecchi-Azzolinat said. 'Boy, was that waitress pissed.' The Post has reached out to Wintour and Conde Nast for comment. For those who could deal with Anna's demands, the rewards could be great. 'I knew a few of her assistants. I have to say, she gave them all promotions if they worked hard,' Ginsberg said. While Wintour is shifting her focus, she's in no way retiring. She will remain on as Conde Nast's global chief content officer and Vogue's global editorial director. The magazine will hire a head of editorial content who will report to her. 17 While Wintour is shifting her focus, she's in no way retiring. She will remain on as Conde Nast's global chief content officer and Vogue's global editorial director. The magazine will hire a head of editorial content who will report to her. Here, she's pictured with her daughter, Bee Shaffer (left). WireImage 17 'She earned every bit of her success and I suspect as the overall Conde content director she will never fully cede her dominion over Vogue,' Tina Brown, the former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and The Daily Beast, told The Post. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Tina Brown, the former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and The Daily Beast, told The Post that she anticipates Wintour will be quite involved in Vogue's pages. 'Being queen of the glamosphere never stopped Anna working harder than anyone I know,' she said. 'She earned every bit of her success and I suspect as the overall Conde content director she will never fully cede her dominion over Vogue.'
Cosmopolitan
2 days ago
- Business
- Cosmopolitan
Anna Wintour's net worth decoded, as the Vogue editor steps down after 37 years
Since Dame Anna Wintour – one of the most influential figures in the fashion world – officially announced her decision to step down as the Editor-in-Chief of American Vogue, after a remarkable tenure spanning nearly four decades, we started getting curious. As well as being a renowned EIC, she's an icon of her own making... so, does she have a gigantic net worth to match all her success? In a nutshell: yep. And below we detail exactly how much it's reported that Wintour is worth, thanks to not only her day job but her savvy property choices and other ventues. Oh! And while Wintour is waving goodbye to being Vogue's top dog, she's not going to completely disappear. Instead, she will retain her influence as Global Chief Content Officer and Global Editorial Director at Condé Nast, the publishing company behind the title. It all sounds like it could be straight out of of the Devil Wears Prada sequel set to drop next year (which, as well know, is extremely Anna coded). Ok, so first up it's important to say that given she has never explicitly spelled it out, the figures around Anna Wintour's wealth are educated guesses: in 2020, Business Insider reported that she was worth $30 million (£21 million). Elsewhere, and a few years on, in 2025 Wintour's net worth is estimated to be about $50 million. Various sources, including Celebrity Net Worth and The Mirror US, report her annual salary during her time at Vogue reached $4 million a year. But of course that's not all that goes into estimating what someone is 'worth'. Elsewhere, Wintour's impressive portfolio includes some super. high-value real estate assets. Notable properties include her historic townhouse in Greenwich Village, New York City, which she purchased in 1992 for $1.4 million and which is now valued at close to $10 million. Additionally, she owns a sprawling Long Island estate of over 40 acres, valued between $10–15 million. Combined, these properties contribute significantly to her overall wealth. While Wintour is synonymous with Vogue, her ventures go far beyond the magazine. For decades, she has also co-chaired the annual Met Gala, one of the most prestigious events in fashion, helping to raise over $50 million for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute throughout her tenure. Recognised as a powerhouse fundraiser, she redefined this event into an internationally lauded spectacle and it's unique theme every year provides some of fashion's biggest (and most entertaining) moments. Additionally, Wintour played a pivotal role in nurturing emerging fashion designers. Through the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, via which she has mentored and financially supported numerous successful designers, including Alexander Wang and Proenza Schouler. When announcing her decision to step down as E-I-C, Wintour told her team she will still be very much on hand to support and guide "the next generation of impassioned editors storm the field with their own ideas" and expects to remain Vogue's "tennis and theatre editor in perpetuity". Jennifer Savin is Cosmopolitan UK's multiple award-winning Features Editor, who was crowned Digital Journalist of the Year for her work tackling the issues most important to young women. She regularly covers breaking news, cultural trends, health, the royals and more, using her esteemed connections to access the best experts along the way. She's grilled everyone from high-profile politicians to A-list celebrities, and has sensitively interviewed hundreds of people about their real life stories. In addition to this, Jennifer is widely known for her own undercover investigations and campaign work, which includes successfully petitioning the government for change around topics like abortion rights and image-based sexual abuse. Jennifer is also a published author, documentary consultant (helping to create BBC's Deepfake Porn: Could You Be Next?) and a patron for Y.E.S. (a youth services charity). Alongside Cosmopolitan, Jennifer has written for The Times, Women's Health, ELLE and numerous other publications, appeared on podcasts, and spoken on (and hosted) panels for the Women of the World Festival, the University of Manchester and more. In her spare time, Jennifer is a big fan of lipstick, leopard print and over-ordering at dinner. Follow Jennifer on Instagram, X or LinkedIn.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Anna Wintour's exit? The truth behind her Vogue departure and who's next
After three decades of running the fashion universe in high heels and sharper-than-your-tongue bob cuts, Anna Wintour has decided to step down as Editor-in-Chief of American Vogue. But no, she is not vanishing into a garden in the English countryside. She is simply "reshuffling" her power. Anna Wintour is not leaving the fashion building, just swapping offices At 75, Wintour told Vogue staff that while change is essential in the creative world, she is not stepping away from the action. Instead, someone new will take over as 'head of editorial content' for Vogue US, but still report to her. Translation? She is still the boss' boss. And while everyone's whispering about who the next Vogue deity will be, Wintour is busy planning the next Met Gala, shaping global content across Condé Nast, and, according to her own dramatic flair, remaining Vogue's self-declared 'tennis and theatre editor in perpetuity.' A true queen move. So, what exactly will Anna still be doing at Vogue? Wintour may be passing the torch, but not the fire. She will continue as Condé Nast's Global Chief Content Officer and Global Editorial Director at Vogue, overseeing ALL the editions worldwide. From Vanity Fair to GQ and Architectural Digest, she still has her stylish fingers in every pie. She also remains the mastermind behind Vogue World and the Met Gala, basically, anything that makes fashion exciting, expensive, and impossible to ignore. So, while she will not be making monthly cover calls, she is still running the show. Who's got next? That is the golden question. The fashion world is buzzing about who could possibly take over one of the most influential jobs in media. Wintour herself said the next EIC should bring a bold, fresh perspective, basically, someone who can shake the Vogue archives and not get buried under them. From Devil Wears Prada to real-life power plays Her icy reputation and the Miranda Priestly comparisons? Legendary. Her September Issue documentary? Groundbreaking. Her decision to put jeans and a $10,000 sweater on her first Vogue cover in 1988? Revolutionary. Wintour has rewritten the fashion rulebook, and now, she is rewriting her own legacy. Whoever dares to follow her better come dressed… for battle.
Hindustan Times
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Anna Wintour steps down: Did Vogue editor really inspire Miranda Priestly from Devil Wears Prada? Here's the truth
Anna Wintour is stepping down as Vogue editor in chief in a move that has rocked the fashion industry. The 75-year-old, who will still remain the chief content officer for Condé Nast and global editorial director of Vogue, is now seeking a head of editorial content to handle more of the day-to-day operations. Anna Wintour has spoken about reportedly inspiring Devil Wears Prada(AFP and X) Wintour, according to the Associated Press, broke the news to Vogue staff in a meeting earlier Thursday. 'Now, I find that my greatest pleasure is helping the next generation of impassioned editors storm the field with their own ideas," she said. The 75-year-old transformed Vogue during her decades at the magazine. She was named creative director in 1983, served as editor in chief of British Vogue from 1985 to 1987 then rejoined the American title as editor in chief. Read More: Anna Wintour net worth: Here's how much Vogue's editor-in-chief made before stepping down However, her role at Vogue received massive media attention after 'The Devil Wears Prada' was first published. There has been a years-long speculation about Wintour being the inspiration behind Miranda Priestly, the character Meryl Streep played in the film. Did Anna Wintour really inspire 'The Devil Wears Prada'? The connection between Wintour and Priestly is widely accepted but nuanced. Lauren Weisberger, Wintour's former assistant at Vogue from 1999 to 2000, wrote The Devil Wears Prada based on her experiences. The novel depicts Priestly as the demanding editor of Runway, a fictional magazine mirroring Vogue, with a sharp bob, sunglasses, and exacting demeanor—traits closely associated with Wintour. However, Weisberger has consistently denied Priestly is a direct portrayal of Wintour, calling the character a 'fictionalized composite' inspired by various fashion figures. In a 2024 BBC interview, Wintour sidestepped the comparison, saying, 'I leave it to others to decide,' and noted she enjoyed the film. Meryl Streep, in a 2024 Variety interview, said she drew inspiration from multiple sources, including Diana Vreeland and Wintour's 'economy of words,' but not Wintour alone.
UPI
20-06-2025
- UPI
Report: Airport lights, weather may have contributed to deadly San Diego plane crash
Weather and malfunctioning airport equipment likely played a role in the crash of a private plane in San Diego last month that killed six people, including a prominent musician. File Photo by Caroline Brehman/EPA-EFE June 20 (UPI) -- Weather and malfunctioning airport equipment likely played a role in the crash of a private plane in San Diego last month that killed six people, including a prominent musician. The Runway Alignment Indicator or RAI lights were out of service at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport when the Cessna S550 carrying Devil Wears Prada drummer Daniel Williams crashed, according to the preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety Board. A notice to fliers issued by the Federal Aviation Administration meant pilots should have been aware the RAI lights had been out of service since March 28, 2022, according to the report. Weather conditions meant only a half-mile of visibility with a 200-foot ceiling at the time of the deadly crash on May 22. "The controller informed the pilot that the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) at MYF (Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport) was out of service and the pilot acknowledged that he was aware of that," the report reads. "The pilot then discussed alternate airport weather conditions with the controller in the event he had to perform a missed approach. He stated he would notify SoCal TRACON (air traffic control) of his selection of an alternate airport, but did not do so during the remainder of the flight." Music agent Dave Shapiro was among those killed and was reportedly flying the plane, which requires only one pilot. Eight people on the ground suffered minor injuries when the small twin-engine jet crashed near a military housing neighborhood. More than 20 vehicles also were damaged. The report also indicates the plane was flying too low, with a flight level of approximately 1,190 feet roughly 2.9 nautical miles from the public airport, which is located six miles north of downtown San Diego. The plane initially struck power lines when it was between 90 and 95 feet above the ground. Most of the wreckage was located 200 feet from that point of contact, with the entire debris field strewn over more than one mile, according to the NTSB report. The Cessna S550 or Citation II can carry up to seven passengers and was first introduced 1978.
