{"id":59932,"date":"2015-11-03T17:55:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T17:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=59932"},"modified":"2016-09-22T14:26:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T14:26:42","slug":"7-wonders-words-wisdom-anna-wintour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2015\/11\/03\/7-wonders-words-wisdom-anna-wintour\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Wonders: Words of Wisdom from Anna Wintour"},"content":{"rendered":"
Happy birthday Anna Wintour, here’s some of your finest pearls of wisdom. If only they were real pearls, we’d wear them and call it couture.
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<\/a><\/p>\n Anna Wintour is 66 today. The editor-in-chief of American Vogue<\/em> and artistic director of Conde Nast is one of the most revered and feared women in fashion. We saw her ruthlessness in\u00a0The September Issue<\/em>, along with her honesty, pride and as cheesy as it sounds… passion for fashion. In her 66 years she’s done stints at\u00a0Harper’s Bazaar\u00a0<\/em>as well as British and American\u00a0Vogue<\/em>\u00a0and has even had a “fictional” film based on her life (The Devil Wears Prada<\/em>, duh).<\/p>\n Becoming editor-in-chief of\u00a0Vogue\u00a0<\/em>in 1988, Wintour has since become a firm front row fixture globally. Elitist? Maybe. Controversial? Certainly. Regardless, she’s changed the face of both\u00a0Vogue<\/em> and\u00a0American Vogue <\/em>almost\u00a0<\/em>irreversibly, a phenomenal feat and for that Anna, we thank you, happy birthday. Here’s seven eloquent bombs she’s dropped over the year.<\/p>\n Anna on longevity:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n “If you’re an overnight sensation, you can be yesterday’s news in no time, whereas building something slowly and carefully that has value and quality, that’s what’s going to have legs.”<\/p>\n Anna\u00a0on fashion education:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cYou either know fashion or you don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n Anna\u00a0on the definition of fashion:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cFashion is not beautiful, neither is it ugly. Why should it be either? Fashion is Fashion\u201d<\/p>\n Anna on the relevance of fashion:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIf you look at any great fashion photograph out of context, it will tell you just as much about what\u2019s going on in the world as a headline in The New York Times.\u201d<\/p>\n Anna on failing…\u00a0once<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI worked for Harper\u2019s Bazaar. They fired me. I recommend that you all get fired; it\u2019s a great learning experience.\u201d<\/p>\n Anna on decisiveness:<\/strong><\/p>\n