Why do you think Anna Wintour is such an enduring source of fascination?
But you could tick those boxes off for other well-known women and you’d still find an extra level of fascination for her. Is it because of her reserve, a sense of something withheld? Oh yeah, maybe. She’s very discreet. Yeah, they never quite get enough. Do you still like going to parties? Yeah! But I suppose … I do …but not every single night. I think it’s really awful not to go to any … then it gets really dreary. It’s really nice to dip into all those fashion parties whenever I want but, I have to say at a certain point in New York, before I had written Bergdorf Blondes, I really had done it for nearly five years, going out every night and getting dressed up. I was really, really tired – not tired of it, just really tired. The hair and the makeup, and you’ve got to have a different dress every night. It has to be exhausting. The pressure to look good is very tiring. On Monday I went to this party for Mr. Valentino, who wasn’t here, but anyway it was for his company or something … an
