Anna Wintour dodges question on Melania Trump's fashion: Michelle Obama 'is the example that I admir

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Anna Wintour dodges question on Melania Trump's fashion: Michelle Obama 'is the example that I admire'
By Aris Folley - 07/23/19 04:30 PM EDT

Legendary Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour sidestepped a question about first lady Melania Trump’s fashion choices in a recent interview to offer praise to Michelle Obama, saying the former first lady is “the example that I admire.”

In an interview on "The Economist asks” podcast over the weekend, host Anne McElvoy pressed Wintour about what she thought of the current first lady’s style decisions during the Trumps' recent state visit to the United Kingdom.

“She did come to the UK and I think very consciously wanted to see herself as an ambassador for British fashion in this case or transatlantic ambassador,” McElvoy said of Trump's style during the visit. “Do you value that?”

“Well, I think first lady Michelle Obama really was so incredible in every decision she made about fashion," Wintour responded. "She supported young American designers. She supported designers from all over the world. She was the best ambassador that this country could possibly have in many ways, obviously, beyond fashion."

“But she’s not the first lady now. So what about the one you’ve got now?” McElvoy said.

“To me, she is the example that I admire,” Wintour said, referencing Obama.

McElvoy then asked Wintour if she would give fashion advice to President Trump if he were to call, to which the editor responded: "I think he's unlikely to call."

At another point in the interview, Wintour was asked why Melania Trump hasn’t been asked to appear on the cover of Vogue since becoming first lady, and whether it’s been a conscious decision for the Vogue to “lift up the portrayal of Democratic women.”

“I think it’s important for Vogue to support women who are leading change in this country,” Wintour said.

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/454382-anna-wintour-pivots-to-michelle-obama-when-asked-about-melania

[PeteS in CA]

“Well, I think first lady Michelle Obama really was so incredible in every decision she made about fashion," Wintour responded.

I've seen Michelle Obama's "fashion choices" and many of them were quite hard on the eyes, maybe even hideous in a few cases.

[austingirl]

The Emperor's New Clothes.

[rustynail]

[Cyber Liberty]

Talk about a hostile interviewee.

[Sanguine]

Argh!  I decided to be kind and not post that one.

[Cyber Liberty]

I've seen Michelle Obama's "fashion choices" and many of them were quite hard on the eyes, maybe even hideous in a few cases.

Like mother, like daughter.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

The fashion of Anna Wintour

[mountaineer]

Oh come on, we all know the boob belt look is iconic, right up there with Jackie's pillbox hat.

[mountaineer]

 July 22, 2019
Anna Wintour Declines to Acknowledge That Melania Is First Lady
By Hannah Gold


Some trends are cyclical, while others never appear to go out of style. First Ladies, being serial, don’t abide by this formula, but perhaps given Anna Wintour’s recent comments it’s time to reconsider.

During a recent interview for The Economist’s podcast the storied Vogue editor politely (as is her fashion) declined to acknowledge that Melania Trump is our First Lady, preferring instead to insist that Michelle Obama still sort of is, in the sense that she’s the one Wintour almost certainly wishes were residing in the White House.

In a clip from the interview that went viral, The Economist’s Anne McElvoy asks Winter to comment on Melania’s wardrobe, pointing out that there is “something so visual about the Trumps” and positing that the First Lady is better dressed than her husband. To this, Wintour replied, “Well, I think First Lady Michelle Obama was really so incredible in every decision she made about fashion. She supported young American designers. She supported designers, indeed, from all over the world. She was the best ambassador this country could possibly have, in many ways, obviously way beyond fashion —”

McElvoy cut in here to persuade ever-so-gently, “But she’s not the First Lady now. What about the one you have now?”

“And for me, she is the example I admire,” continues Wintour, completely unmoved by The Economist’s entreaties. ... https://www.thecut.com/2019/07/anna-wintour-doesnt-acknowledge-melania-trump-is-first-lady.html

[goatprairie]

I've seen Michelle Obama's "fashion choices" and many of them were quite hard on the eyes, maybe even hideous in a few cases.

Typical politically correct statement from a white liberal about a black liberal. I personally didn't give two pieces of fecal material about what Michelle wore.
But because she was the wife of a black liberal president, naturally all the fashion mags were going to fall all over themselves about how great her choices in clothes were.  Michelle could have worn burlap sacks, and the praise would have been the same.
"Nobody has worn burlap as well as  Michelle has" would have been coming out of their pieholes.

[mountaineer]

[txradioguy]

So Anna’s “example” is a dude in women’s clothes?

[Cyber Liberty]

So Anna’s “example” is a dude in women’s clothes?

Not just Anna.  All these Redbook types hate Melania Trump.  Probably the least deserving of scorn in the bunch.

[Hoodat]

“Well, I think first lady Michelle Obama really was so incredible in every decision she made about fashion," Wintour responded.

And this, boys and girls, is why you shouldn't smoke crack.

[Cyber Liberty]

And this, boys and girls, is why you shouldn't smoke crack.

Indeed.  I'll bet she saw God in that splat-painting the Obamas had hanging in their dining room in the White Hut.  Now, that's fashion!

[bigheadfred]

The fashion of Anna Wintour

Throw rugs, drapery, upholstery, tarps. Doesn't matter. Michelle is a pig.

[Wingnut]

Throw rugs, drapery, upholstery, tarps. Doesn't matter. Michelle is a pig.

[edpc]

[Right_in_Virginia]

Two of my favorites ...

At the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony:



Boarding Air Force One for New York:




The prosecution rests. 

[Maj. Bill Martin]

I wonder if the elitist lefties like Wintour understand how much their attitudes lead people to increase their support for Trump even if they don't always agree with him.  There's a good chunk of me that wants to support Trump as a giant "FU" to all those elitist who believe that the opinions of lesser folk shouldn't count.  I want him to win just because I so detest those people, and want to piss them off.  Again.

[EdJames]

I wonder if the elitist lefties like Wintour understand how much their attitudes lead people to increase their support for Trump even if they don't always agree with him.  There's a good chunk of me that wants to support Trump as a giant "FU" to all those elitist who believe that the opinions of lesser folk shouldn't count.  I want him to win just because I so detest those people, and want to piss them off.  Again.

I doubt that they understand that aspect at all....  they pretty much live in bubbles...  it is difficult for them to even imagine that the masses don't agree with their "wisdom."  Many of them view themselves as "thought leaders" or the more current, "influencers," that are helping the masses to learn how they should think....  I don't believe that their egos allow them to consider the blowback....