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...great Japanese designers over the past 20 years, they remain niche players in the industry. Although no one disputes the artistry and creative brilliance of the major Japanese talents, young Americans and Brits are the ones who have been named to take over the great Paris fashion houses. Anna Wintour, editor of American Vogue, has a succinct explanation for the phenomenon: "It's because their clothes aren't commercial enough: they're too difficult to wear...
...makes your shoes?" someone asks. She can't remember and slips off the sneaker pump to let them look at the label. Before the shoe is back on, they're after their next target. It's flattering to some, but not others. "They're relentless," says American Vogue's Wintour. They have to be. Reporters from a dozen similar magazines wait in front of each big show...
...industry in which Vogue editor Anna Wintour's decision to wear fur in defiance of animal-rights protesters constitutes a courageous political act, Aucoin's recent assertion that he would never ply his brushes on the face of a right-wing Republican because it would be like "a Jew doing makeup for Eva Braun" marks him as something of an anomaly. Over the past decade, he has worked on more magazine covers than anyone else in his field. On Oscar night, his ministrations are coveted by Gwyneth Paltrow and Nicole Kidman. Yet he has proved himself as likely to make...
Both sides insist that any rivalry is merely professional. Vogue is the prestige fashion title for its publisher, Conde Nast, while Bazaar holds the same distinction for its parent company, Hearst. Indeed, from all reports, the women worked well together at Vogue, with Betts' skill as a writer complementing Wintour's impeccable eye. And with the exception of a newspaper article in which Betts, who gave birth to her first child only days after accepting the Bazaar post, expressed disappointment that Wintour had not sent her a baby gift, both women have behaved with determined gentility. Wintour praised Betts...
...industry leader Vogue no longer focuses exclusively on the cloistered world of high fashion. Last December it co-sponsored the VH1 Fashion Awards, and a cover line on February's issue promises "The Look for Less." "We certainly must be aware that movie stars and musicians affect fashion," says Wintour. "A lot of women today are influenced by what Lil' Kim may be wearing, or even Britney Spears...