Anna tells Oprah - you're too fat!

Anna Wintour once told Oprah Winfrey that she was too fat to appear on the cover of Vogue and that she "had to drop a few pounds" before the photo shoot.

In un-aired segments of Wintour's recent interview on 60 Minutes, Ms Wintour admits to telling Oprah that she was too fat for Vogue.

She said :

“It was a very gentle suggestion. I went to Chicago to visit Oprah, and I suggested that it might be an idea that she lose a little bit of weight. I said simply that you might feel more comfortable. She was a trooper! She totally welcomed the idea, and she went on a very stringent diet. And it was one of our most successful covers ever.”

I doubt that it was a successful cover because Oprah was skinny. It was successful because it was Oprah. I am so glad that Oprah was happy and receptive to Wintour's suggestion. But you know, Oprah is Oprah and that's the reason we love her. I don't need her to be 100 pounds or 250 pounds, I just need her to be Oprah.

And you know I look at the cover and she looks kind of ....starved, and unhappy.

What do you think?

The September Issue

The much anticipated documentary about our the fashionista to end all fashionistas, Ms Anna Wintour has been much heralded. But the producers have kept it under very tight wraps. We all wonder why? There are rumors that people who have seen it have been forbidden to talk about it. It all sounds so terribly terribly Wintour!

I can't wait to see it! I am a sucker for fashion and movies about fashion. But so far there aren't even any trailers on youtube.

Ooooh the anticipation is building .... I'll keep you updated here.

This is TRUE style.

Yesterday's blog about Anna Wintour sparked a lot of twitter traffic and a few comments here ..... so today I thought we might concentrate on a couple of people who show the true essence of style.

First up. Aung San Suu Kyi. In Burma, she is simply known as The Lady, and you can see why. She has put up with the most extraordinary pressure, punishment and violation of her rights, for the sake of her country and her people.

Through it all she has maintained a dignity, poise and grace that many of us would find hard to maintain if we broke a nail.

Now she has been taken from her home (where she has been under house arrest for decades) and incarcerated for the flimsiest of excuses. And yet, she never ever is anything other than dignified and elegant.

True style.

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On the Town: Anna Wintour

Funny how these Vogue women just do not ever justify themselves and rarely grant interviews (see previous post about Carine Roitfeld).

But last night in NYC Anna Wintour stepped out for a public “conversation” with Jonathan Tisch. Anna spoke about how to “look good without spending a lot of money.” (I am wiping the tears of mirth away from my eyes, because quite frankly, I think Anna would know squat about this subject).

PETA - who stalk Anna and have a fury against US Vogue - were present having rallied troops before hand. "This woman skins animals alive!" they shouted from the audience. A groupie yelled out “I love you Anna.” In her crisp British cut glass accent Anna said “"Fur is still a part of fashion, so Vogue will continue to report on it…..fashion means different things to different people”, which is a widley disingenuous answer, given that Anna famously picks and chooses what she reports and has her favorite designers, models and stylists and a blacklist that sends shivers down the spines of the fashion mavens.

Natalia - All Class, All the Time

CNN is currently running, on rotation, a wonderful little documentary about Natalia Vodianova and Moscow.

Natalia - who was discovered selling fruit and vegetables in a Moscow market - has become the favorite of Anna Wintour who adores her, and many designers. In this documentary you can see why. She is classy, sweet, sooooooo photogenic and passionate. What's not to love?

You can see Part One of the Natalia special here. Watch Part Two here.