The fashion devil is an ordinary person

Rebecca 2022-07-14 20:58:19

Opinion, literally means the angle and position of looking at something. It's just a look at it, it's just personal perception and digestion, like "Pocky looking in the mirror - personal opinion". If it is expressed in words or language, it is not only a point of view, but more of a subjective opinion, and it affects others' speculation about something that has never been touched or seen or the formation of an image, just like a pockmark on the stage—— The end is the preconceived "people's point of view".

The reason why I think of these long-winded opinions about opinions is because of a movie September Issue (September Issue) I watched yesterday. A documentary filmed in 2007, so small that it was only shown in a few cinemas in Sydney. If the film was not followed by Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of fashion magazine Miranda, who was performed by Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada" The prototype of the film is estimated to be even less at the box office. Maybe it’s the same as Anna Wintour’s scornful remarks about the movie “The Devil Wears Prada”: what else is there to talk about going to the theater to earn the box office? Directly made into DVD folk circulation forget it.

From this perspective, Vogue and Anna Wintour should actually thank outgoing former assistant Lauren Weisberger for writing The Devil Wears Prada. At the same time as Lauren's fame, the high-profile Vogue became even more high-profile, and the low-key Anna Wintour also swayed from the top of the fashion pyramid to the majesty of the queen, the devil, and the godmother (whatever you call it) slowly spread to It is passed down by word of mouth in the streets and alleys of the eastern and western hemispheres. Fashion is no longer just the gorgeous packaging that carries the arrogance of ladies and ladies, but also the beautiful dreams of half the sky who are shy. What if you can't afford those fancy clothes? At least you can buy this VOGUE and cultivate it first, just in case.

Like the high-profile advertising slogan on a movie poster: Fashion is a religion, and Vogue is the bible. So, what is the head of Vogue? Of course it's Pope, commonly known as the "Godmother of Fashion". This is not like Dongfang Invincible shamelessly proclaiming himself the leader of the Sun Moon God, which is voluntarily worshipped by the fashion queen's subordinates, colleagues, and business partners (commonly known as "insiders"). It is true that many people who know Anna call her a devil, and that is also a point of view. It is an ideological thing, which can be avoided but not blocked. But most people like me, who were influenced by Lauren's book and the big-mouthed Hathaway movie "The Devil of Fashion," went to the September issue with a grim curiosity and laughed when they saw it. : It turns out that the devil is an ordinary person.

The documentary revolves around the planning, preparation and release of the biggest September 2007 issue in Vogue history. The publication goes to press and the film ends. In just 90 minutes, the scene followed Anna from the Vogue editorial office on the 12th floor of Times Square, Anna's stylish office, to Paris Fashion Week, the Ritz Hotel in London, from the city pavilion in Greenwich to the luxury house on Long Island. Thin and refined, with bob hair, black sunglasses, flowery dresses, pointed shoes, so-called devil's head, a delicate woman in her sixtieth year, although she pursues "cherishing words like gold" His creed, although unsmiling and powerful enough to make the people around him not angry, he was always a human being with flesh and blood. It goes without saying that the coolness and coldness of wearing sunglasses, and the gentleness in the eyes after taking off the sunglasses, if you happen to have a smile, it can only be described as charming. A woman who didn't even go to university, although she came from a family (basically, many people know that her father is a famous newspaper man in the UK, but not many people know that her great-great-great-grandmother is the one who played with Keira Knightley in the movie The Duchess. Georgiana, played by Georgiana, first became a best friend, then served with a husband, and then the Duchess of Devonshire, Lady Elizabeth Foster, who was in the right position. Professionalism is like her, strength is inevitable, otherwise how can you resist the dangerous and unpredictable intentions of "pressing down the gourd and floating the scoop" in Vanity Fair? This London woman who has pursued perfection for several years, such as getting up at 6 o'clock in the morning to exercise, arriving at the office on time at 8 o'clock in the morning, and going to bed on time at 10:15 pm, this mature woman who dominates and leads fashion but does not need to interpret fashion, is from a small town in the United States. The green university graduates who turned into violent, impermanent, and critical demons have their own reasons: How many of the superiors are not demons in the eyes of the subordinates? How many people in the countryside look at the city without anger? The little woman sees how many old women are not "Qianlang died on the beach" angrily? The arrogant and arrogant assistant should actually be thankful that the years of "devil training" in the fashion circle brought her not only the floating name of writing a few best-selling books that vilified her former boss, but also the inexhaustible creation of exquisite elegance. The real benefits of women are elusive. However, to realize this step, it will take many years for Anna's former assistant Lauren.

Anna's "Silence is golden", the film is mostly smiling, and more about her comes from Grace Coddington, the only creative director in the Vogue editorial department who dares to talk to her. Grace and Anna came to work in the editorial department of American Vogue on the same day, or it can be said that Anna brought the old part from British Vogue. Regardless of the weight, her talent is undoubtedly first-class. Otherwise, she has made up her mind to do a big job in the United States. Anna, who is not alone, will not choose her alone. In the editorial department, Grace and Anna are undoubtedly polar opposites: Grace has unkempt red hair for many years, a casual black dress, and her tall body shuttles through colorful fabrics, picking out the best for fashion trends. Match, whether it is clothing or color. Even the discerning Anna lauded her as a genius, but she was able to bend over and lace the shoes of models with limited mobility while laughing that the models were like her children. Thinking about it, this is the only imprint left by her illustrious modeling career. The rest, such as beauty and fame, disappeared in a car accident when she was young and famous. The repaired appearance did not affect her pursuit of beauty and fashion at all, but the role changed from performing fashion on stage to shaping fashion behind the scenes. She is almost old, and the romantic feelings in her heart have never faded. These can be felt in every issue of Vogue published in the past 20 years. Of course, it was performed in the 840-page beautiful picture in the September 2007 issue. more vividly.

Speaking of Anna, an old boss and old friend (also a fellow British), Grace mostly praises it, but criticizes a little: both women are stubborn, the difference is that Grace knows the bottom line and also knows Anna's bottom line. Whip, go my own way. I think this is also determined by the workplace status of the two people. The eldest is the eldest, and the decision is finalized; the second is the second, who can advise and must obey. Even in the documentaries that have appeared more than Anna, Grace reaffirmed Anna's boss status in seemingly understatement.

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The September Issue quotes

  • Journalist: Many people said that you are an 'Ice Woman'.

    Anna Wintour: Well, this week it was pretty cold, that's all I can say.

  • Tom Florio: Nobody was wearing fur until Anna put it back on the cover of Vogue, back in the early 90s. And she ignited the entire industry. If we get behind something, it sells.