Anna Wintour
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Podcast Appearances
The behavior followed.
But the real revolution went deeper.
Fashion magazines operated like art museums.
Slow, contemplative, precocious.
Anna brought newspaper urgency to an industry that thought deadlines were just suggestions.
She wasn't just changing Vogue.
She was changing what a fashion magazine could be.
The devil wasn't in the details.
The devil was ignoring the details.
Anna came from newspaper blood.
Remember her father, Charles, ran the Evening Standard.
She understood what fashion editors didn't.
Speed creates quality under pressure.
Mirabella had run Vogue like a museum, everything written down, committees for committees.
Anna walked in and saw a bureaucracy where there should be velocity.
First, she killed comfort.
Out went beige walls and butter-colored chairs.
In came white walls, glass offices, and metal seats.
Comfort breeds complacency, and discomfort breeds decision.
Her meeting revolution was pure newspaper.