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I don't think of myself as a powerful person.

Anna Wintour

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Anna Wintour
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 3
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People constantly make the mistake of comparing London with New York, Milan and Paris and that's not what it's about. London has its own fashion identity. You come here to find the next Alexander McQueen or John Galliano.
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I'd just been on a trip to Minnesota, where I can only kindly describe most of the people I saw as little houses.
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Vogue' is the best of everything that fashion can offer, and I think we point the way. We are, you know, a glamorous girlfriend.
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Fashion is not beautiful, neither is it ugly. Why should it be either? Fashion is fashion.
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The notion that Anna would want something done now and not shortly is accurate.
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Gisele Bundchen, along w Kate Moss, is a phenomenon. I wish models knew they have to have a personality
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Create your own individual style. I'm not interested in the girl who walks into my office in a HEAD-to-TOE LABEL look that's straight off the runway. I'm interested in a Girl who puts herself together in an ORIGINAL INDEPENDENT Way
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Fashion goes in only one direction -forward- and I am a firm believer in thinking that way too.
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Tears? Are you going for a Barbara Walters moment?
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In the end I do respond to my own instincts. Sometimes they're successful, and obviously sometimes they're not. But you have to, I think, remain true to what you believe in.
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It's not so much about powerful women. In some cases, there are stereotypes about women. I often don't hear men talked about in the same way. It's more a sexist stereotype than a powerful stereotype.
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I've been very lucky to put women that I sincerely admire on the cover of 'Vogue:' the then First Lady and now Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and, more recently, First Lady Michelle Obama. Those were benchmarks for the magazine, and certainly covers that I've been very, very proud of.
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I'm an ice queen, I'm the Sun King, I'm an alien fleeing from District 9 and I'm a dominatrix. So I reckon that makes me a lukewarm royalty with a whip from outer space.
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Gisele Bundchen is a bit of a jock. 1 of my fave shoots is her playing football
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There's always a way to wear fur.
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I've never taken a selfie and I don't plan to start now.
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Go get a job. Whether it’s working as a designer or working in a restaurant and then doing your own thing in your own time, it’s a reality of life. In the end it’s going to be helpful to you and so many others.
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If you can't be better than your competition, just dress better.
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It’s always about timing. If it’s too soon, no one understands. If it’s too late, everyone’s forgotten.
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It's possible in today's world to be instantly famous, whether it's through Instagram or whatever platform it may be, but it's a very different matter to be successful financially and in the long-term
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