Film That Put Designers in Terror of the Wintour Chill ; Meryl Streep Denies Icy Fashion Boss Role Is Based On Fearful Vogue Editor
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AMERICAN Vogue's Anna Wintour is not the model for the haughty Miranda Priestly of The Devil Wears Prada, insists the author, Lauren Weisberger. It is difficult to believe, however, that the fictional editor-in-chief of a New York glossy magazine isn't at least partly inspired by fashion's Queen Bee.
Wintour is the most powerful woman in fashion, feared and revered by the industry. And Weisberger, 29, worked as her assistant for 11 months in 1999.See the full content of this document
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Film That Put Designers in Terror of the Wintour Chill ; Meryl Streep Denies Icy Fashion Boss Role Is Based On Fearful Vogue Editor
The book may be chick lit, but the Wintour connection gave it an added frisson when it was published in 2003.
Now the fashion world is waiting to see whether Meryl Streep's version of editor-in-chief P...See the full content of this document