Comments on: SUNGLASSES AT SUNDANCE http://fashionrules.com/2009/01/sunglasses-at-sundance/ Daily Fashion Blogging Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:20:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sarah Steed http://fashionrules.com/2009/01/sunglasses-at-sundance/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Sarah Steed Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:50:07 +0000 http://fashionrules.com/2009/01/sunglasses-at-sundance/#comment-323 Thank you so much for writing a post about R.J. Cutler’s “The September Issue”. As a person who is incredibly fascinated and curious about the life of the fabulous Anna Wintour, I can not wait to see this documentary in September. I really enjoyed the two arguments you presented about Wintour’s motivation for participating in Cutler’s project. First, you have proposed that the slump in magazine sales at Vogue has left Anna with no choice but to utilize this mode of advertising, which she not so long ago had major hostility toward. I completely agree that for Wintour and Vogue, “The September Issue” is more of an investment in marketing, and is not merely an artistic display of one powerful woman. As “Vogue’s ads are currently down 28 percent from last year,” anything to prompt interest in the magazine is worth it. Your second argument, that this film will finally show viewers that Anna Wintour is not like Meryl Streep’s “Miranda Priestly” of The Devil Wears Prada, is very likely, however I do not agree that it was a factor in Wintour’s decision to do “The September Issue.” I have no doubt that as a mother, Wintour must have a softer side, but in all honesty, it does not seem that Wintour has much care invested toward the maintenance of an image as a nice person. She does her job well—better than anyone else, and she knows it, and that alone in my view, is what she prides her image upon. Thank you so much for writing a post about R.J. Cutler’s “The September Issue”. As a person who is incredibly fascinated and curious about the life of the fabulous Anna Wintour, I can not wait to see this documentary in September. I really enjoyed the two arguments you presented about Wintour’s motivation for participating in Cutler’s project. First, you have proposed that the slump in magazine sales at Vogue has left Anna with no choice but to utilize this mode of advertising, which she not so long ago had major hostility toward. I completely agree that for Wintour and Vogue, “The September Issue” is more of an investment in marketing, and is not merely an artistic display of one powerful woman. As “Vogue’s ads are currently down 28 percent from last year,” anything to prompt interest in the magazine is worth it.

Your second argument, that this film will finally show viewers that Anna Wintour is not like Meryl Streep’s “Miranda Priestly” of The Devil Wears Prada, is very likely, however I do not agree that it was a factor in Wintour’s decision to do “The September Issue.” I have no doubt that as a mother, Wintour must have a softer side, but in all honesty, it does not seem that Wintour has much care invested toward the maintenance of an image as a nice person. She does her job well—better than anyone else, and she knows it, and that alone in my view, is what she prides her image upon.

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