I just watched her making the quote in the documentary and she definitely was not insulting people who shop at Kmart. Sh
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MydnightRose — 14 years ago(December 09, 2011 05:28 PM)
I just watched her making the quote in the documentary and she definitely was not insulting people who shop at Kmart. She was defending herself and people like her by saying just because they don't shop at Kmart doesn't make them dumb. BTW shopping at Kmart doesn't necessarily mean you are unfashionable, although I loathe to shop at Kmart and prefer Wal Mart and the mall.
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kaskait — 13 years ago(August 15, 2012 06:28 AM)
I don't think we have the whole story.
But the fact of the matter is, she is powerful in a business that is mainly powered by men. She has to be strong to get her way. Her persona is to stop people from taking advantage of her. There are also a lot of people out there who want her job. She has to be on her toes all the time to pick out trends and styles that are current. The minute she loses that ability is the minute they will retire her from that world.
The most interesting elements about the film was when Wintour discussed her family. The rest of the family (now including her own daughter) have high powered jobs that are extremely intellectual. Wintour was obviously in awe of her father. The unspoken was that maybe her father thought she was only smart enough for Vogue. I don't know if the rest of her family thinks she isn't a smart person, but I think Wintour thinks at times that they do.
The most telling detail of the film is the contrast between Wintour and her father. He is a very strait laced and correct man with an impeccable voice (accent). He is the epitome of Englishness.
Wintour herself has gone out of her way to scrub that familial accent out of her speech patterns in order to sound American. That says something rebellious to me. -
bannna — 13 years ago(January 03, 2013 03:12 PM)
"One other bit? When Wintour blithely said "Excuse me" to an underling and that underling JUMPED to attention and moved aside with the speed of a cockroach . "
Watched the documentary yesterday and was just wondering if other people noticed this. These few seconds speak volumes. It was so Miranda-ish. Like Anna was wearing a mask while cameras were rolling, but it slipped.
Also her assistant/secretary (I suppose that would be the position held while ago by the author of DWP book) seemed scared of her.