Fashion is a reflection of our times. Fashion can tell you everything that's going on in the world with a strong fashion image.
Interpretation
Fashion serves as a mirror to contemporary society, showcasing cultural and social dynamics.
This quote by Anna Wintour emphasizes the idea that fashion is not just about clothing but is deeply intertwined with the social, political, and cultural landscapes of the time. It suggests that what we wear can reveal insights about our values, struggles, and collective identity, making it a potent form of expression that captures the essence of the era.
In practice
In a speech about the impact of style in modern life.
It would be ridiculous to ignore the speed and possibilities of the digital landscape - you absolutely need to have fast-moving news online, but if you want to build a large audience over time, you absolutely have to take a risk on the big challenging stuff.
With all the new media outlets out there, with all the noise, a voice of authority and calm like Vogue becomes more important than ever. The more eyes on fashion, the more opinions about fashion, the more exploration of fashion around the world, the better it is for Vogue. Vogue is like Nike or Coca-Cola—this huge global brand. I want to enhance it, I want to protect it, and I want it to be part of the conversation.
'Vogue' and 'Vice' may appear to some to see the world through different lenses. But in my view, both are fearless and breathtaking, with unquenchable curiosity and vigor.
Fashion is not beautiful, neither is it ugly. Why should it be either? Fashion is fashion.
I think what I often see is that people are frightened about fashion. Because it scares them or makes them feel insecure, so they just put it down. On the whole people that may say the mean things about our world I think that’s usually because they feel, in some ways, excluded or, you know, not a part of ‘the cool group’ so as a result they just mock it.
I think we're living, in terms of media, in a very democratic age, but I think that we still look at everything through the lens of 'Vogue' and through our own point of view.
Major writing is to say what has been seen, so that it need never be said again.
To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul, to give it its final blow the coup de grace for the painter as well as for the picture.
To be true to life, a novel must have an ending that is inevitable given the specific personalities of the characters involved. The novelist must not impose an ending upon them.
The number of people who read a poem is not as important as how the poem affects those who read it.
Poetry, whatever the manifest content of the poem, is always a violation of the rationalism and morality of bourgeois society.
Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.
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