Anna Wintour’s big promotion

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:10:00 +0000

She may not have gotten tapped to be President Obama's ambassador to the United Kingdom or France, diplomatic posts for which she had been rumored to be in contention.

But Anna Wintour has landed on her feet.

The editor of Vogue has just been named the "artistic director of Condé Nast," the company that publishes Vogue, Vanity Fair, the New Yorker and Glamour, among other publications. Wintour described her position as "almost like being a one-person consulting firm," running through ideas with editors at the publication and recruiting new talent.

Wintour has been extraordinarily effective in recent years at waving the flag for her publication, with a (now-ended) Fashion's Night Out event, appearances in multiple documentaries (most notably "The September Issue"), and a sort of good-humored series of public appearances after the release of "The Devil Wears Prada," a film about an icy, imperious fashion magazine editor. It's hard to imagine predecessors of hers at Vogue getting invited on David Letterman's talk show -- much less saying yes, then joking with him about how "you could buy lipstick" for $20 and her "ice queen ... dominatrix" reputation.

The André Leon Talley Show?

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:44:00 +0000

Leno, Letterman, Kimmel -- you're all quickly heading out of style, as Vogue's editor-at-large and front-of-book columnist André Leon Talley may be headed to late-night TV.

Women's Wear Daily reports that the "September Issue" star and "Entertainment Tonight" correspondent has signed a development deal with the production company Electus for a potential program Talley says "blends Dick Cavett’s approach to eloquence and sophistication with unparalleled access into my international fashion lifestyle."

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Anna Wintour’s big promotion

The André Leon Talley Show?