Anna Wintour

Anna Wintour started attracting attention well before she moved into the editor's office at Vogue magazine 11 months ago. But now she even steals the spotlight at fashion shows. It happened this spring in New York when Marc Jacobs, the new designer for Perry Ellis, noticed Wintour in the front row at his show, shot an insecure look in her direction and shouted from the runway: "Was it all right?" Heads swiveled toward Wintour, who smiled in characteristic noncommitment, just as she did several days later when Giorgio di Sant' Angelo, another New York fashion maker, knelt down on the runway after his show and kissed her in apparent homage.

Halle Berry's dress kept "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno more than engaged during the star's visit to the program Monday night. Berry left very little to the imagination in her cleavage-bearing Reem Acra mini-dress. [ Los Angeles Times ] Ann Wintour has gotten a promotion. Conde Nast will announce that the editor of Vogue and editorial director of Teen Vogue will be the new artistic director of the company. Wintour will continue her duties at Vogue and Teen Vogue but will take over some of the tasks Si Newhouse, Conde Nast's 85-year-old chairman, used to oversee more regularly.

Halle Berry's dress kept "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno more than engaged during the star's visit to the program Monday night. Berry left very little to the imagination in her cleavage-bearing Reem Acra mini-dress. [ Los Angeles Times ] Ann Wintour has gotten a promotion. Conde Nast will announce that the editor of Vogue and editorial director of Teen Vogue will be the new artistic director of the company. Wintour will continue her duties at Vogue and Teen Vogue but will take over some of the tasks Si Newhouse, Conde Nast's 85-year-old chairman, used to oversee more regularly.

There's buzz that Anna Wintour, the powerful editor of Vogue magazine, is being considered by President Obama for the prestigious post of U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom-- correctly known as ambassador to the Court of St. James's. When White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was asked about this at a news briefing, he wouldn't bite. But it is that time of the postelection season when plum assignments are being bestowed upon supporters, and when ambassadors who got political appointments in Obama's first term are stepping down.

Perhaps nowhere is it more clear that this year is no 2007 than in the new documentary "The September Issue," directed by R.J. Cutler, which goes behind the scenes for the production of the massive 840-page issue of Vogue magazine for September 2007. By focusing on the magazine's longtime editor, the enigmatically imperious Anna Wintour, and her less well-known but no less headstrong creative director, Grace Coddington, the film charts the intersection of art and commerce with a perhaps inadvertent eye for an excess that wasn't to last.

There's buzz that Anna Wintour, the powerful editor of Vogue magazine, is being considered by President Obama for the prestigious post of U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom-- correctly known as ambassador to the Court of St. James's. When White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was asked about this at a news briefing, he wouldn't bite. But it is that time of the postelection season when plum assignments are being bestowed upon supporters, and when ambassadors who got political appointments in Obama's first term are stepping down.

GraceA Memoir Grace CoddingtonRandom House: 416 pp., $35 If the name Grace Coddington is familiar, you've probably seen the 2009 documentary film "The September Issue" about Vogue magazine's Editor in Chief Anna Wintour, the most feared and revered woman in fashion. Now Coddington, the longtime creative director of Vogue, has her own star vehicle, an engaging memoir titled "Grace," co-written with Michael Roberts. For anyone with a passing interest in the fashion industry, it's worth a read for the name-dropping alone.

Jerry Oppenheimer is no hagiographer. His unauthorized portraits -- of such celebrities as Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters and Jerry Seinfeld -- don't exactly cast a flattering light. His biographies are filled with juicy, scandalous tidbits, the stuff of which gossip is made. It's no wonder that many of his sources are the anonymous and the disgruntled. If some of the revelations he uncovers seem a bit familiar, well, that doesn't make them any less titillating.

It's a safe bet that when Anna Wintour dropped out of school at age 16, even her nearest and dearest didn't predict much success in her future. Certainly not that the once willful, rebellious teen known for her micro minis, club-hopping and rogue boyfriends would go on to reign as High Priestess of Fashion for 25 years and counting. But Wintour fooled them and became top editor at Vogue magazine and one of the most glamorous and powerful individuals in the world's $160-billion fashion industry.

"Girlie heaven!" actress Sienna Miller exclaims, stepping into the Times Square digs of Vogue for her stint as cover girl. "The September Issue," a slight, if often riveting, behind-the-scenes documentary, is equally awed by the office's racks of haute couture. But beyond the cutting-edge froufrou, the film is also a portrait of unapologetic girlie power: smart, talented, competitive women working hard at their jobs, beginning with the famously inscrutable and perfectly coiffed Anna Wintour, the magazine's editor in chief for 20 years.

GraceA Memoir Grace CoddingtonRandom House: 416 pp., $35 If the name Grace Coddington is familiar, you've probably seen the 2009 documentary film "The September Issue" about Vogue magazine's Editor in Chief Anna Wintour, the most feared and revered woman in fashion. Now Coddington, the longtime creative director of Vogue, has her own star vehicle, an engaging memoir titled "Grace," co-written with Michael Roberts. For anyone with a passing interest in the fashion industry, it's worth a read for the name-dropping alone.

President Obama got the Hollywood treatment in Connecticut on Monday as movie mogul Harvey Weinstein opened his home for a swanky fundraiser in support the president's reelection campaign.  Weinstein and fashion-designer wife Georgina Chapman welcomed about 60 guests to their Westport digs with a co-host committee that included actress Anne Hathaway, writer Aaron Sorkin and Vogue editor Anna Wintour. After thanking his host couple for "doing so much for us" during the current election and the last one, Obama launched into praise for Hathaway's portrayal of Catwoman in "The Dark Knight Rises.

"Girlie heaven!" actress Sienna Miller exclaims, stepping into the Times Square digs of Vogue for her stint as cover girl. "The September Issue," a slight, if often riveting, behind-the-scenes documentary, is equally awed by the office's racks of haute couture. But beyond the cutting-edge froufrou, the film is also a portrait of unapologetic girlie power: smart, talented, competitive women working hard at their jobs, beginning with the famously inscrutable and perfectly coiffed Anna Wintour, the magazine's editor in chief for 20 years.

Perhaps nowhere is it more clear that this year is no 2007 than in the new documentary "The September Issue," directed by R.J. Cutler, which goes behind the scenes for the production of the massive 840-page issue of Vogue magazine for September 2007. By focusing on the magazine's longtime editor, the enigmatically imperious Anna Wintour, and her less well-known but no less headstrong creative director, Grace Coddington, the film charts the intersection of art and commerce with a perhaps inadvertent eye for an excess that wasn't to last.

"The September Issue," opening in New York this weekend and in L.A. on Sept. 11, is director R.J. Cutler's documentary on Vogue and its queen bee, Anna Wintour. Before Cutler got swept into the whirlwind of premieres, the L.A.-based director had friends over for a dinner party at his new outdoor kitchen and alfresco dining room. The Times played the role of fly on the stucco wall, watching the evening unfold and getting a peek inside Cutler's remodeled indoor kitchen as well. Look for the story next week in Home.

Anna Wintour, editor in chief of Vogue magazine, was hit with a tofu pie by anti-fur demonstrators as she attended Paris fashion week. Dan Mathews, vice president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said the vegetarian tofu tart was retaliation for Vogue's decision to run fur ads while refusing to use PETA's anti-fur messages. The animal rights group offered to pay the same ad fee, Mathews said. Wintour, editor of the U.S.

"The September Issue," opening in New York this weekend and in L.A. on Sept. 11, is director R.J. Cutler's documentary on Vogue and its queen bee, Anna Wintour. Before Cutler got swept into the whirlwind of premieres, the L.A.-based director had friends over for a dinner party at his new outdoor kitchen and alfresco dining room. The Times played the role of fly on the stucco wall, watching the evening unfold and getting a peek inside Cutler's remodeled indoor kitchen as well. Look for the story next week in Home.

Anna Wintour, editor in chief of Vogue magazine, was hit with a tofu pie by anti-fur demonstrators as she attended Paris fashion week. Dan Mathews, vice president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said the vegetarian tofu tart was retaliation for Vogue's decision to run fur ads while refusing to use PETA's anti-fur messages. The animal rights group offered to pay the same ad fee, Mathews said. Wintour, editor of the U.S.

It's a safe bet that when Anna Wintour dropped out of school at age 16, even her nearest and dearest didn't predict much success in her future. Certainly not that the once willful, rebellious teen known for her micro minis, club-hopping and rogue boyfriends would go on to reign as High Priestess of Fashion for 25 years and counting. But Wintour fooled them and became top editor at Vogue magazine and one of the most glamorous and powerful individuals in the world's $160-billion fashion industry.

Jerry Oppenheimer is no hagiographer. His unauthorized portraits -- of such celebrities as Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters and Jerry Seinfeld -- don't exactly cast a flattering light. His biographies are filled with juicy, scandalous tidbits, the stuff of which gossip is made. It's no wonder that many of his sources are the anonymous and the disgruntled. If some of the revelations he uncovers seem a bit familiar, well, that doesn't make them any less titillating.