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Anna Wintour Was Asked About The First Lady's Style—And Her Shady Response Is Everything
23 July 2019
Karwai Tang/WireImage // Kevin Mazur/MG19/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue //@JACOBYORK/Twitter
Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour speaks softly, but says volumes.
Wintour reminded everyone of that in a recent interview for the podcast The Economist Asks.
<p>The interviewer, Anne McElvoy, pressed Wintour on her thoughts regarding First Lady Melania Trump's fashion sense and overall style.</p><p><strong>Wintour's answer proved that class and shade aren't by any means mutually exclusive.</strong></p><p>Instead of commenting on Melania Trump, Wintour pivoted to praising former First Lady (and<a href="https://secondnexus.com/news/politics/yougov-poll-most-admired-obama-trump/" target="_blank"> most admired woman in the world</a>) Michelle Obama.<br></p><p><strong>Listen below:</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="e6f86" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="CTHMQU1563916952"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1152873440191418369" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Which first lady wore the role best? Anna Wintour talks politics and fashion with @AnneMcElvoy on “The Economist as… https://t.co/18UCr5T5fn</div> — The Economist (@The Economist)<a href="https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/statuses/1152873440191418369">1563701422.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p>"I think first lady Michelle Obama really was so incredible in every decision she made about fashion," Wintour said. </p><blockquote><em>"She supported young American designers. She supported designers, indeed, from all over the world. She was the best ambassador that this country could possibly have in many ways, obviously, way beyond fashion."</em></blockquote><p><strong>McElvoy reminded Wintour that Obama is no longer FLOTUS, but Wintour gave not one frock:</strong></p><p><div id="c7da91bc-8e44-492f-b7fd-c382c0e55bda"></div></p><blockquote>"To me, she [Obama] is the example that I admire."</blockquote><p><strong>But Wintour didn't even stop there. </strong></p><p>McElvoy asked if it was a "conscious" decision not to include Melania or the President's eldest daughter Ivanka Trump. Wintour answered by praising the Democratic women seeking the 2020 presidential nomination:</p><blockquote><em>"There's so many women in politics that deserve celebration, whether it's Kirsten [Gillibrand] or Senator Harris, or Senator Warren. We just recently ran a piece in our current issue about five of the six political female candidates, all of which I felt deserved a place in </em>Vogue<em>." </em></blockquote><blockquote><em>"And how wonderful that after a lot of naysayers saying that after [Hillary Clinton] not succeeding that it would be very difficult to find a voice in the current presidential campaigns. How wonderful that that is not the case." </em></blockquote><blockquote><em>"I think that both Senator Warren and Senator Harris are among the top candidates right now."</em></blockquote><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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</p><p><strong>People applauded Wintour's masterful answers.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="4fac4" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="23Z1HW1563916952"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1153037247211593737" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@TheEconomist @annemcelvoy Anna Wintour of @voguemagazine is teaching is how to respond to interview questions, del… https://t.co/FrguNfp8QO</div> — Nickclette Izuegbu (@Nickclette Izuegbu)<a href="https://twitter.com/itsnickclette/statuses/1153037247211593737">1563740476.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="a1c15" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="3VW4231563916952"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1153029478798516226" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@TheEconomist @annemcelvoy Anna Wintour when asked about Melania: https://t.co/c7XyJMvUlU</div> — Samara✨🇦🇬 (@Samara✨🇦🇬)<a href="https://twitter.com/MizzSamz/statuses/1153029478798516226">1563738624.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="b57f0" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="TZUAD71563916952"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1153018546462646273" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Melania who??? I don't know her 🤣🤣🤣 The shade of it all... Anna Wintour is the queen of a professional and classy s… https://t.co/JAQEru7Se4</div> — Renee🌺Trini-Southern Belle🇹🇹🇺🇸 (@Renee🌺Trini-Southern Belle🇹🇹🇺🇸)<a href="https://twitter.com/TriniBelleRenee/statuses/1153018546462646273">1563736018.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="fabd6" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4M58701563916952"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1152990111132336129" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Interviewer: What do you think of Melania Trumps appearance and presentation in international affair
Anna Wintour:… https://t.co/oSFUNVBpKF</div> — Kiliko (@Kiliko)<a href="https://twitter.com/_R0ZE_/statuses/1152990111132336129">1563729238.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="ecaaa" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="JPHX2L1563916952"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1152938819085320198" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">She is officially the queen of shade 😂😂😂 https://t.co/804Jm0Ftfg</div> — JACOB YORK (@JACOB YORK)<a href="https://twitter.com/JACOBYORK/statuses/1152938819085320198">1563717009.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><p>We stan.</p><p>The documentary <strong><em><a href="https://amzn.to/2Y938fb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The September Issue</a></em></strong>, available <em><strong><a href="https://amzn.to/2Y938fb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a></strong></em>, follows Wintour as she gets the most important issue of the year for <em>Vogue</em> to press.</p>
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