The Ledger
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Anna Wintour routinely scrapped six-figure photo shoots to enforce ruthless quality standards
“Photo shoots could cost six figures, and Anna did not feel that she had to publish the result just because they were expensive. She killed entire shoots to drive home the understanding that editors and photographers who wanted to have their work in her magazin…”
Vogue sells $100,000 annual club memberships purely for access to Anna Wintour
“Vogue actually sells something called the Vogue 100. It is a private club whose members pay a 100,000 dollars a year just for access to Anna.”
Anna Wintour personally approves every Met Gala guest and seating assignment
“Not only does the person buying the table, usually a company have to be approved by Anna, but then even after you buy the table, if you say, Hey, I want to bring five guests, Anna has to approve all the guests that you bring, even after you bought the table. A…”
Anna Wintour explicitly told Vogue editor Grace Mirabella she wanted her job
“Impressed with Anna's work in New York, she arranged a meeting with Mirabella. Mirabella asked Anna What job she would like at Vogue? And Anna replied, yours. That ended the meeting.”
Condé Nast created the Vogue creative director role specifically for Anna Wintour
“In fact, Lieberman thought she was so talented, he made up a job for her that did not exist just to get her in the Condé Nast organization. That role was creative director of Vogue, a job that did not previously exist, and much to the annoyance and alarm of th…”