Pietro Sassi reveals what can be read on Anna Wintour’s face.
“Icy Bitch!” Three syllables. And every single one of them leaves Anna Wintour cold. The she-devil doesn’t give a damn about the opinions of others. Her standards are set higher anyway. She admires her father Charles Wintour – “one of the greatest editors of the second half of the century” – a man to be feared, and her siblings (James Charles, director general of Gravesham Borough Council, Nora Hilary, director of Public Services International in Geneva, and Patrick Walter, editor of The Guardian), all of whom do more than decide whether or not the popped collar will be worn again this year. For 23 years, Wintour has been the boss of American Vogue. She is considered the most influential woman in the fashion industry, plunges millions of girls into anorexia and teaches designers to fear. “Yes is yes and no is no,” says colleague Lagerfeld about the 61-year-old. This means that Anna Wintour not only has the last word in the fashion industry.
1. the bridge of Anna Wintour’s nose is broad, which suggests that the Brit is very good at handling pressure. Under other circumstances, it would hardly be possible to publish issues that are 840 pages thick and weigh a good two kilos, such as the September issue of US Vogue in 2007.
2. The eye level is high, Wintour thinks quickly. “Sensible. Intelligent. Dynamic.” Within seconds, the New Yorker-by-choice gets to the heart of the latest collections that designers present to her – in the hope of being able to count on her support. Marc Jacobs, John Galliano, Stella McCartney and Alexander Wang have made their careers because she decided so.
3. nose tip edges in successful people – not a rarity, they stand for a perfectionist character. Wintour is a classic optimizer, only the best is good enough for her. An attitude that helped her win the title of “Editor of the Year”.
4. R.J. Cutler, the director of “September Issue”, observed the fashion journalist at work for eight months and noted, among other things: “Anna’s meetings usually start five minutes before the scheduled time. If you arrive five minutes late, you run the risk of missing everything, because meetings that last longer than seven minutes are considered long.” No wonder her transition from forehead to nose is smooth – common among people who are considered impatient.
5. astonishing: Wintour’s claim to dominance is not particularly pronounced, the distance from the tip of the nose to the upper lip is small. The fact that the London-born actress is nevertheless so good at blowing the whistle is down to her upbringing – her father Charles told pretty much everyone what to do.
6 The fashion journalist’s lower lip is prominent and slightly overlapping, in this case an indication of her tendency to be a workaholic. Since starting her career at Harper’s Bazaar, Anna Wintour has been considered to be extremely ambitious, and she rose from Junior Fashion Editor to a permanent member of the editorial team in just nine months.