Wintour at the opening night of 'THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN' on Broadway earlier this month
Wintour, who turns 72 this week, has spent five decades in fashion, dedicating her life to the whims and diktats of the catwalk and seems to have lived by the maxim 'you can never be too rich or too thin'.īut this latest transformation is her most ambitious and fashion-forward yet.
'She walks in a room and says, 'Why is this room so white?' For someone who propagated white culture for decades, it's a bit rich that that's her new phrase.' She's the first to look at a magazine layout and ask whether there are enough black and minority models, stars and photographers.'Īnother peeved insider adds: 'She does it all the time, she's known for it. But insiders at the world's most glamorous magazine insist this 'new Anna' is all too real – the fashion queen once accused of promoting a 'white-centric' universe from a glass-fronted New York skyscraper, has turned woke.Īs one former colleague told The Mail on Sunday: 'Anna has gone from being the epitome of a white, privileged woman to the champion of diversity.
