Wintour Of Fashion Quotes & Sayings

'Vogue' is the best of everything that fashion can offer, and I think we point the way. We are, you know, a glamorous girlfriend. — Anna Wintour

Colby Jordan is one of the most fashion-forward and passionate girls I know. She gives me these young Anna Wintour vibes when I'm around her! — Theophilus London

It's important for young women and men coming out of the fashion schools to think seriously before starting their own collections. — Anna Wintour

I'm interested in seeing just the girl on the street because she is unlike any other. I'm inspired by whatever it is she might be wearing. — Anna Wintour

Fashion's not about looking back. It's always about looking forward. — Anna Wintour

Anna Wintour is the most powerful woman in the global fashion industry, the first lady of fashion. She's a politician; I'm a stylist. They are two very different jobs. — Carine Roitfeld

They (fashion editors) have always been our secret weapon. — Anna Wintour

We are devastated to learn of the death of Alexander McQueen, one of the greatest talents of his generation. He brought a uniquely British sense of daring and aesthetic fearlessness to the global stage of fashion. In such a short career, Alexander McQueen's influence was astonishing - from street style, to music culture and the world's museums. His passing marks an insurmountable loss. — Anna Wintour

[The democratization of luxury] means more people are going to get better fashion. And the more people who can have fashion, the better. — Anna Wintour

The notion that Anna would want something done "now" and not "shortly" is accurate. — Anna Wintour

There is something about fashion that can make people really nervous. — Anna Wintour

The Fashion Fund celebrates the real passion that underlies the fashion business, not the frothy world of glamour and celebrity that so often surrounds it. — Anna Wintour

One doesn't want fashion to look ridiculous, silly, or out of step with the times - but you do want designers that make you think, that make you look at fashion differently. That's how fashion changes. If it doesn't change, it's not looking forward. And that's important to me. — Anna Wintour

Create your own style ... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others. — Anna Wintour

It's very important to me that I look good when I go out publicly. I like looking at my clothes rack in the morning and deciding what to pick out. I enjoy fashion. — Anna Wintour

It's always about timing. If it's too soon, no one understands. If it's too late, everyone's forgotten. — Anna Wintour

The whole process of being one of the 10 finalists for the 'Vogue' Fashion Fund award has to be my biggest achievement to date. Meeting Anna Wintour, Diane von Furstenberg, etc., has been an amazing experience that even now gives me goose bumps when I think about it. — Simon Spurr

I saw young women in the street dressing in a way that I thought was influencing the designers. Fashion was being influenced by all sorts of different people, and culture and also across the street. So I saw more as a trickle up, than a trickle down influence. When I came to Vogue, that's what I wanted it to reflect. — Anna Wintour

Who will remember Anna Wintour in the history of fashion? No one. — Azzedine Alaia

You either know fashion or you don't. — Anna Wintour

I'm always looking for a cover subject that reflects the magazine, an interest in fashion, in culture, in society. We're trying to bring the world into the pages of 'Vogue.' We do that by tapping into the zeitgeists with our cover subjects. — Anna Wintour

'Vogue' is a fashion magazine, and a fashion magazine is about change. — Anna Wintour

Even if I'm completely unsure, I'll pretend I know exactly what I'm talking about and make a decision. — Anna Wintour

It is important always to have really original talent. There are lots of good designers that make attractive clothes and make women look beautiful. But at the same time, one doesn't want to lose the idea that there is someone out there who can change the way you look at fashion. — Anna Wintour

Fashion is a reflection of our times. Fashion can tell you everything that's going on in the world with a strong fashion image. — Anna Wintour

Fashion is not beautiful, neither is it ugly. Why should it be either? Fashion is fashion. — Anna Wintour

Fashion today is available to everybody in a way that it's never been before: you've got every designer you've ever heard of working for H& or Target. That's fantastic. — Anna Wintour

Anna Wintour hadn't been to any of McQueen's shows, and McQueen didn't like it. McQueen said American Vogue could borrow the dress only if they flew it to New York and back, in its own seat, with an escort. It was a fuck-you and they took it, and the dress was shot by Richard Avedon. "Fashion people haven't got any brains," McQueen said. — Maureen Callahan

If you can't be better than your competition, just dress better. — Anna Wintour

People constantly make the mistake of comparing London with New York, Milan and Paris and that's not what it's about. London has its own fashion identity. You come here to find the next Alexander McQueen or John Galliano. — Anna Wintour

If you look at any great fashion photograph out of context, it will tell you just as much about what's going on in the world as a headline in The New York Times. — Anna Wintour

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. — Anna Wintour

Fashion goes in only one direction -forward- and I am a firm believer in thinking that way too. — Anna Wintour

I'm an ice queen, I'm the Sun King, I'm an alien fleeing from District 9 and I'm a dominatrix. So I reckon that makes me a lukewarm royalty with a whip from outer space. — Anna Wintour

Previous first ladies seemed to feel the need to wear a sort of uniform, whereas Michelle Obama likes fashion and is very comfortable in fashion. She's happy to mix high and low, and she loves emerging designers. That will do nothing but good for our industry. — Anna Wintour