Word: nast
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Since taking over the Conde Nast publication in 1988, Wintour has guarded the magazine's No. 1 status among fashion publications--in both circulation and prestige. But she has brought the magazine's tone down from its Olympian heights, acknowledging that trends are as likely to start from the ground as be decreed from on high and offering tips on how to get runway looks for real-wage prices. Part of this is out of necessity: to maintain a high circulation, she must appeal to as broad an audience as possible. But she has proved herself committed to discovering...
...Americans, a jingoistic association that more or less constituted the political wing of the Freemasons, organized to oppose the integration of the new immigrants into society. Efforts to deny them franchise and educational benefits were undertaken in state legislatures. Some of their efforts were hardly subtle. Eminent cartoonist Thomas Nast drew a rather frank editorial cartoon, entitled “The American River Ganges,” published in May 8, 1875 in Harper’s Magazine. Cast in the distance of Nast’s drawing, St. Peter’s Basilica is a gilded structure across...
...busy day on the 12th floor of the Conde Nast building in Times Square in New York City, where Vogue creative director Grace Coddington is preparing a four-day fashion shoot in Paris. But Coddington seems unruffled. After all, she's been at this for three decades: 15 years as the creative director of Vogue, and 19 before that at its British counterpart...
...their share of the German food market to almost 38%, from 33% in 2001, fueling a price war with more traditional supermarkets. You might think that officials would be happy that consumers are saving money in tough times. But the discounters' success is controversial in Germany: Renate Künast, the government Minister for Consumer Protection, last month vowed to "break their power." She was quickly chided by Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. But her remarks came just as Germany's Justice Ministry was working on a revision of the unfair trading law, and others rallied to her defense, including...
...must admit that it's hard to work up much sympathy for her. After all, having a vantage point at the top of fashion publishing by age 23 ain't so bad. How else can you get a book contract at 24? Sylvia Plath wrote the great Conde Nast novel, The Bell Jar, in 1963, and her crown is secure. Lighten up, and enjoy the show on the runway. And please don't confuse me with any loose-lipped assistants...