Anna Wintour Appears on Vogue Cover With Streep
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- Anna Wintour appears on the cover of Vogue alongside Meryl Streep in a double portrait timed to the 'Devil Wears Prada 2' press tour, despite not appearing in the film.
- Meryl Streep told Vogue interviewer Greta Gerwig that the fashion industry 'was afraid of Anna on the first one, so we couldn't find any clothes' for the original 2006 film.
- Wintour presented at the Oscars in March alongside Anne Hathaway and Streep, even though she has no creative role in the sequel — she was only its inspiration.
- Vogue's profile positions Wintour as having called Streep to ask if the sequel 'was going to be all right,' an unorthodox setup for marketing a satire's sequel.
- Wintour recently ascended to global editorial director of Vogue, handing day-to-day control to protégé Chloe Malle, yet appears as cover subject of a magazine she no longer runs directly.
- The piece argues Wintour's 'seeming omnipresence' on the Prada tour is 'blotting out the potential for the movie,' as she interrupts Streep anecdotes with familiar reflections on fashion's importance.
Why it matters: Wintour placing herself as cover subject of Vogue — a magazine she no longer runs day-to-day — sets a precedent her Condé Nast predecessors Tina Brown and Graydon Carter never crossed, blurring editorial journalism and personal branding at one of the world's most influential publications while overshadowing the very film she inspired.
