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Is Anna Wintour human?

21 May 2022

9:00 AM

21 May 2022

9:00 AM

Anna: The Biography Amy Odell

Allen & Unwin, pp.464, 20

Apparently Anna Wintour wants to be seen as human, and Amy Odell’s biography goes some way to helping her achieve that aim. Nearly all the photographs show her smiling, looking friendly, even girlish. And the text quite often mentions her crying. On 9 November 2016 she cried in front of her entire staff because Hillary Clinton lost the election.

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