Video Clip From Hotly-Awaited Hagiography Released
One reason 60 Minutes producers have taken such a long time to broadcast the Anna Wintour 60 Minutes profile they’ve been filming since November: their footage contained spoilers for the recently-released May issue.
This 45-second clip, complete with the typical plodding Morley Safer voiceover, hints at the main newspeg of the whole segment: that four-syllable word that starts with “E” and rhymes with “nobody has any money anymore.” At an editorial meeting with André Leon Talley and Grace Coddington, among others, Wintour states that the September issue has to be about “value.” Yawn.
Looking over proofs for what would become the May issue, Wintour criticizes the subhead for a Stephen Meisel portrait of some of the photographer’s current favorites models, Isabeli Fontana, Natasha Poly, Raquel Zimmerman, Liya Kebede, Karen Elson, Sasha Pivovarova, Natalia Vodianova, Lara Stone, Coco Rocha, and Caroline Trentini. An editor wanted to headline the photo “The Faces of the Moment,” because that’s the issue’s cover tagline — even though these models are a slightly different group than the cover gang — but a nonplussed Wintour replies, “Keep thinking.” (I just checked Vogue. The picture ends up getting called “Divine Inspiration.”) Snooze.
Ever the hard-hitter, Safer also apparently gets Wintour to explain why she wears sunglasses indoors. Snore.