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Style | 12/05/2008 9:00 am

Anna Wintour Isn't 'Angry Enough' to Leave Her Throne at Vogue

By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Anna Wintour isn't smiling here
Wikipedia

Is the devil happy?

The editrix of Vogue magazine, Anna Wintour, said Thursday that she has "no intention of leaving American Vogue now or in the foreseeable future" but she does know when she’ll pass down her crown:

Wintour said, "when you get angry enough," that’s when you "should leave." 

Wintour denied that this foreshadows an angry departure from the magazine, and that this was just a lesson she learned from her father, who was the editor of London’s Evening Standard, reports the New York Post.

The 59-year-old editor reportedly makes a whopping $2 million a year and is widely recognized as one of the most powerful dames in the fashion and publishing industries. For years, she grew Vogue’s empire but with the recent fall of the publishing industry in general, Wintour, too, has taken a fair share of blows. It’s being reported that Wintour’s contract is up soon with Condé Nast.

And we’re sure Wintour’s reading the reports that are coming out about worthy candidates to replace her. Among the names mentioned is the very bourgeois editor of French Vogue, Carine Roitfeld. Also with the latest news that Vogue’s ad pages dropped more than 22 percent and Wintour’s Men’s Vogue folded — we’re wondering what in the world makes Wintour angry? Spilling a martini on her fur coat, perhaps?

 

 

6 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

elaine s
Gird your loins!”
By elaine s on 12/05/2008 2:26 pm
HA BIBI
The Devil don’t look to happy”
By HA BIBI on 12/05/2008 3:22 pm
kermie b
Editrix? She is an editor. I hate words like editrix, poetess, etc. Come on! It is almost 2009! Write like you really care about women’s rights!
By kermie b on 12/07/2008 2:41 am
Ms. Dee
I understand where you’re coming from, Kermie, but I sorta like the gender-specificity. Women bring something uniquely female to every job they tackle, so I don’t see any implication of inequity in feminine distinction. Funny, though. The only other place I’ve ever seen the “trix” suffix is on “dominator”…so maybe that’s the joke. I reallly could care less about Anna Wintour, but the fashionistas love to deify their own.
By Ms. Dee on 12/09/2008 2:27 pm
rocky rocky
Is this much ado about nothing? If she is set up like many of the top execs we’ve been reading about, whatever happens — whether her employment is to be brought to an end with a golden parachute or by end-of-contract benefits likely including a humungous no-strings bonus — she’ll come out ahead. Why ever should any CEO quit?
By rocky rocky on 12/07/2008 12:00 pm
Cookie M
I neither know nor particularly care what Ms W is like behind the scenes. I think she always looks amazing - her taste in her own wardrobe is fantastic. My only negative comment is that it looks like she is a smoker - and that can seriously damge the skin. I would rather be slightly plump and keep the firm tone than be skinny and have damage. The other supposed contenders look like smokers without Ms W’s great elegance and discipline. So I vote for Anna to stay on the Island!
By Cookie M on 12/27/2008 12:10 pm