Vogue head honcho Anna Wintour explains why she refuses to take off ‘prop’ sunglasses

Style icon and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour is addressing her trademark look – her signature sun shades. 

Whereas Wintour, 75, has rocked the shades and her daring bob coiffure for many years, she defined why she selected to rock the precise ensemble. 

“They assist me see, and so they assist me not see. They assist me be seen and never be seen. They’re a prop, I might say,” she shared with the BBC. 

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When Wintour, who’s been editor-in-chief of Vogue since 1988, was requested if her public persona with the “sharp, bobbed hair, the meticulous outfits, the glasses” was a job she “seems like she has to carry out,” she merely replied, “I don’t actually give it some thought.”

“What I’m actually desirous about is the artistic side of my job.”

“They assist me see, and so they assist me not see. They assist me be seen and never be seen. They’re a prop, I might say.” 

— Anna Wintour

In January, the famed Condé Nast government did not take off her signature darkish sun shades when she knowledgeable staff of Pitchfork they had been all shedding their jobs, in keeping with one of many impacted staffers.

Wintour, 75, has rocked the shades and her daring bob coiffure for many years. (Victor Boyko/Getty Photos)

The layoffs got here as Wintour reportedly introduced to staffers in a memo that Pitchfork was merging with GQ. Wintour has a popularity for being equal components demanding and controversial.

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“It’s unclear whether or not Wintour’s reported choice to not take away her eyewear through the assembly was a deliberate style alternative or, moderately, a strategy to keep away from having to look Pitchfork’s staff within the eye,” Selection’s Todd Spangler wrote.

In January, the famed Condé Nast government did not take off her signature darkish sun shades when she knowledgeable staff of Pitchfork they had been shedding their jobs, in keeping with ex-staff. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Photos)

“One completely bizarro element from this week is that Anna Wintour – seated indoors at a convention desk – didn’t take away her sun shades whereas she was telling us that we had been about to get canned. The indecency we’ve seen from higher administration this week is appalling,” Allison Hussey, a now-former Pitchfork worker, posted on X on the time.

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Together with being editor-in-chief of some of the in style style magazines, Wintour has been the lead chairperson of the Met Gala since 1995. 

She additionally debunked the misperception of her icy persona and was requested if she believes different folks worry her presence throughout her new interview with the BBC. 

“I hope not,” Wintour advised the media outlet. 

Wintour’s demeanor has been in comparison with the crafty journal editor Miranda Priestly, portrayed by Meryl Streep in “The Satan Wears Prada.” (Jeff Spicer/Getty Photos)

In the meantime, the style powerhouse continued to handle the rumor that she by no means hears the phrase “no,” regardless of her high-profile standing. 

“That’s completely unfaithful. They usually say no, however that’s a superb factor. No is a superb phrase,” she defined. 

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As for any perceived similarities between her and fictional crafty journal editor Miranda Priestly, portrayed by Meryl Streep in “The Satan Wears Prada,” she beforehand weighed in on the comparability. 

“[It’s] for the viewers and for the folks I work with to determine if there are any similarities between me and Miranda Priestly,” Wintour shared with BBC on the time. 

Wintour has been editor-in-chief of Vogue since 1988. (Rose Hartman/Archive Photographs/Getty Photos)

Wintour has turned Vogue into a world model and can be the worldwide content material adviser for Condé Nast, the journal’s writer. 

The style icon continued to say that retirement isn’t within the playing cards any time quickly. 

“I’ve no plans to depart my job,” she stated, and added: “At the moment.”

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Fox Information Digital’s Brian Flood contributed to this report.