When Anna Wintour Wore Sweatshirts, Gold Lame and Mesh...
Anna Wintour: somewhere along the years her name became as synonymous with clean, classic, consistent chic as it has with Vogue, the magazine she oversees. So what a severe shock to the senses - and frankly, my spirit - to see our girl in the following photos.
These pics, which were sent to me via email by a friend, show a circa 1990s Wintour unabashedly wearing a color block skirt, sheer mesh top, gold lame, a sweat shirt, and overzealous accessories. I am very confident that when these shots were taken, these ensembles were the very height of fashion. But the ravages of time have rendered them, (oh how I agonize at saying this....) tacky.
And that's why I love the outfits. Or, more to the point: Anna Wintour wearing them.
Like the recent projects the legendary editor has fronted (The September Issue documentary and Fashions Night Out), these photos of Wintour, a fashion Goddess, making the same style faux pas us mere mortals would, simply feels good - even if it doesn't look it.
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good lord! shocking!.....just absolutely shocking!....NOT what she is wearing on her body, but what she is wearing on her face.......A SMILE!....i have not seen a shot of her smiling like this in 10 years. she almost always has a very dry sourpuss on. cant believe there was a time when you could get 4 shots of her at different times with a genuine smile on her face....INCREDIBLE!!
Sweet...loved the nineties!! Wish I had kept my sheer top! Every piece she's wearing has made a comeback at some point....just not all at once. but seriously...how many of friends have tried to talk her into a new hairstyle?! It's cute but that's a long time to have the same har'do...not counting dye jobs.....
Ewww...flapjack canyon to the max!
This was probably before Anna started drinking her own kool aid and taking herself way too seriously.
She should go back to that carefree tacky girl.
She had a great smile.
Tacky maybe, but so much more beautiful and approachable.
she looks happy and cute.
She was until Vogue sucked the life from her.
wow she looks so happy and cute !
really sexy , I like this Anna .
What strikes me about the photos is not the fashion faux pas, but the fact that Ms. Wintour looks happy and relaxed ... which she never seems to be these days. I'd take happy and relaxed wearing bad fashion over tense and mean wearing high couture any day.
Ladies....PLEASE....never underestimate the power of UNDERGARMENTS.
Bingo!
You can wear these type of things while young, but she has switched to age appropriate now. She always knew what to wear. She looked young and beautiful in these shots. Always model thin, looking after her figure.
I think that she is trying to look like the greatly talented and beautiful actress, Lee Grant. Sorry. It's a no go.
F.I.E.R.C.E.
The last get up isn't that bad but the first three... have mercy!
I'm seeing so much press dedicated to her lately that I was intrigued with her past. Eye for trend - absolutely. Taste level, so not there.
Very cool!
It's easy for us to sit here now and say that her outfits are hideous. But who hasn't fallen victim to fashion disasters? Shoulder pads of the past have been revamped as a strong shoulder and were all over the Spring 2010 runways.
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