With all of that in mind, I would like to point out that all source quotes—people interviewed by me or my researchers—are written in the present tense (“she observes,” “he notes,” “they say”), and quotes from all other sources—newspaper and magazine articles both foreign and domestic, and books—are written in the past tense (“he said,” “it was stated”). As I pointed out in my acknowledgments, Anna Wintour declined to cooperate with me. Therefore the quotes attributed to her throughout this book come from my sources, from news stories, or from published interviews, and those quotes are in the past tense (“Anna declared,” “Anna said”).
Along with my many on-the-record interviews, two books contain valuable material and intimate details about Anna’s relatively brief editorship of British Vogue and her beginnings at American Vogue. They are Grace Mirabella’s memoir, In and Out of Vogue, and Liz Tilberis’s autobiography, No Time to Die. Quotes and thoughts attributed to them by me are from their books and from press interviews Tilberis and Mirabella gave. Tilberis had died by the time I began researching this book, and Mirabella pointed me to her own tell-all, diplomatically emphasizing that she had “no more to say on the subject of Anna Wintour.”
As I have noted, reports in a number of newspapers and magazines about Anna’s life and career, mostly from her Vogue years forward, were valuable resources. Among them are, in London, the Guardian, The Times, The Sunday Times, the Daily Mail, The Mail On Sunday, The Evening Standard, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, The Observer, Private Eye, Harpers & Queen, Tatler, and Time and Tide. In the United States, the publications included The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal the New York Post, the New York Daily News, The New York Observer, The Houston Post, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Women’s Wear Daily, New York magazine, Time magazine, Texas Monthly, Talk, Spy, Savvy, Viva, and Vogue. A number of Web sites were also informative, among them , BFI.Org.UK, Lookonline.com (Daily Fashion Report), Photography.About.com, Totallycool.net, Fashion-weekdaily.com, Sixtiespop.com, and Hintmag.com.
Index
Note: “AW” stands for “Anna Wintour.”
Abbey Road Studios, 21
Ad Lib (club), 37
Adolfo, 331
Adriano’s (restaurant), 249
Adweek (magazine), 209
Agnew, Patti Gilkyson, 5, 54, 312, 323–24
AIDS, 222
Aitken, Max (Lord Beaverbrook), 6–10, 32, 97
Alaia, Azzedine, 331
Alexander, Hilary, 327
Alexander’s (store), 142
Allen, Woody, 39, 101
Allure (magazine), 204, 299–301, 302, 316, 324
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, 325
Amis, Martin, 53, 142
Anderson, Dame Kitty, 48
Annabel’s (club), 37, 82
Arbus, Diane, 325
Architectural Digest (magazine), 269, 272, 287
Armani, Giorgio, 333
Armstrong-Jones, Antony (Lord Snowdon), 52
Astley, Amy, 351
Astor, Brooke, 267
Auden, W. H., 13, 47
Austin, Stephen F., 337
Australia, 59
Australian Women’s Weekly, 133
Avedon, Richard, 67, 89, 102
Bachrach, Judith, 352–53
backgammon, 83
Bagley, Mark, 356
Bahrenburg, D. Claeys, 305
Bailey, David, 89, 258
Baker, Anna Gilkyson, 2, 78–79
Baker, Ralph Jackson, 2, 78–79
Baker family, 2, 55
Bancroft, Anne, 127
Bantry, Brian, 192
Barkin, Ellen, 221
Baron, Fabien, 304
Baron, Fred, 337
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 127
Bass, Ann, 335
Bass, Curt, 199
Bass, Serena Shaffer, 199–200
Basso, Dennis, 331
Baumgold, Julie, 186, 206, 318
Bayou Club, Houston, Texas, 354
Beatles, the, 20–21, 38, 238
Beaverbrook, Lord (Max Aitken), 6–8, 9–10, 32, 97
Beck, Paul, 311
Beckinsale, Kate, 318
Beene, Geoffrey, 309, 331, 333
Beer, Claude, 91–93, 155, 168
Bendel’s (store), 112, 198
Bennett, Alan, 163, 170
Bennett, Tony, 55
Benson, Dianne, 167, 198, 199, 200, 225
Benson, Irving, 200
Bercu, Michaela, 287–88
Berg, A. Scott, 247, 248–51
Bergdorf Blondes, The, 327
Bergen, Candice, 23
Berk, Lotte, 107
Biba (boutique), 37, 42–44
Black, Cilla, 43
Blackburn, Robin, 53
Blackwell, Chris, 106–7, 153
Blair, Tony, 238
Blanche, Andrea, 182–83, 211–13, 230, 244–45
Blass, Bill, 101, 309, 331, 332
Bloch, Peter, 116–17, 124, 125, 149
Bloomingdale’s (store), 310, 330
Blow, Isabella, 157, 226–28
Bobroff Stephen, 56–58, 64, 72
Boman, Eric, 81–82, 200
Boone, Mary, 187
Boosey, Georgina, 239, 241
Booth, Pat, 72
Boston, Massachusetts, 4
Bosworth, Patricia, 117, 325–26
Bowes-Lyon, John, 267
Bowles, Hamish, 328
Bradshaw, Jimmy, 249, 260
Bradshaw, Jon, 83–95, 97, 99, 100, 105–6, 114, 116, 118, 119, 132–34, 139–41, 156, 158–59, 167, 171, 201–2, 247–52, 336, 346, 347
AWs reliance on, after breakup, 201–2
decline, death and funeral of, 247–52
Bradshaw, Shannon, 249, 250
Breslin, Jimmy, 176
Brinkley, Christie, 221
“Briterati,” 12
Brodovitch, Alexei, 104
“Brogue,” 236
Bronze Star, 5
Brooks, Joe, 124–25
Brooks, Louise, 19
Broughton, Lady Diana, 226
Broughton, Jock Delves, 226
Brown, Bobby, 348
Brown, George Hambley, 293
Brown, Tina, 204–5, 269, 270, 293–96, 301, 305, 308, 316, 324, 352–53
Browne, Leslie, 127
Brush, Stephanie, 121, 123, 126, 131, 135, 142
Bryan, Alexis, 339
Bryan, Ashley, 339
Bryan, James Alexander, 340
Bryan, James Perry “J.P.,” 337
Bryan, James Perry “J.P.,” Jr., 337, 354, 356
Bryan, John Austin, 340
Bryan, Katherine Gurley, 335, 340, 345–46, 349–50
Bryan, (John)Shelby, 91, 286, 335–42, 345–46, 348, 349–50, 352–57
Buchsbaum, Alan, 221–22
Buck, Joan Juliet, 68–69, 212
Bullock, Sandra, 322
Burnett, Carol, 54
Bush, George H. W., 270, 322
Bush, George W., 354
Bushnell, Candace, 321
Byblos, 289
Cahan, Dr. William, 276–77
Caligula (film), 138
Callan, Paul, 7–8, 37, 40–41, 52, 349
Cambridge University, 2, 47, 52
Campbell, Jeremy, 76–77
C&C Music factory, 310
Cantwell, Mary, 325
Caprice (restaurant, London), 17
Carrara, André, 130
Carson, Carol Devine, 163, 170
Carter, Ernestine, 66
Carter, Graydon, 353
Case, Margaret, 280
Cash, Johnny, 55
celebrities, on Vogue covers, 321–22
Central Intelligence Agency, 13
Cerne Abbas, 3–4
Chan, Charlie (haircutter), 238
Chanel, 156, 207, 310, 329, 331, 333
Chanel, Coco, 316
Charles, Prince of Wales, 13, 238, 295
Chatelaine, Alex,
71
Chelsea Hotel (New York), 197, 198, 200
Chelsea Piers (New York), 343
Cher, 23
Chic Happens (Web site), 340, 354
Chow, Michael, 233, 237, 267, 270
Chow, Tina, 169, 233
Christiaan (hairdresser), 272
Christie, Julie, 38, 43
Churchill, Winston, 4, 241
Clair, Bernard, 349
Claridge’s (hotel), 304
Clarke, Julie, 133, 143
Cleave, Maureen, 19–21, 22, 61
Clement, Dick, 250
Clemente, Francesco, 204
Clermont (club), 82
Clift, Montgomery, 325
Clinton, Bill, 284, 286, 322–24, 335, 350
Clinton, Hillary, 45, 319, 322–24
CM Ranch, 310–13
Coddington, Grace, 237, 239, 241, 257–60, 287, 304, 315
Cohn, Nik, 84, 116, 140
Colacello, Bob, 172
Collins, Judy, 325
Condé Nast, 29, 35, 89, 173, 204, 207, 213, 216–17, 225, 230–31, 244, 262, 263, 265–69, 272, 273, 275–83, 293–96, 298–99, 301–6, 311, 330, 332, 351, 352
Condé Nast Tower, New York City, 357
Conran, Shirley, 98
Conran, Sir Terence, 30, 98
Cooper, Amy Gross, 298, 301
Cooper, Art, 298
Cosmopolitan (magazine), 117
Costume Institute Gala (New York), 333, 348
Crawford, Cindy, 321–22
Criner, Susan, 355, 356
Cristina, 152, 155–57
Cristophe (hairstylist), 323
Croix de Guerre, 5
Cronkite, Walter, 286
Crow, Elizabeth, 302
Crum, Bartley, 325
Cunningham, Bill, 96, 310
Cunningham, Merce, 127
Curran, Elen, 48
Daily Express (newspaper, London), 36, 39, 40, 116, 306
Daily Express (newspaper, Manchester), 9
Daily Mail (newspaper, London), 21, 39, 40–41, 91, 99, 230, 250, 262
Daily News (newspaper, New York), 350
Daily Racing Form (newspaper), 292
Daily Republican, The (newspaper,
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania), 2
Daily Telegraph, The (newspaper, London), 174, 239, 327, 342, 353–54
Daisy Chain, 152
Daly, Barbara, 80
Danes, Claire, 322
Daniel, Alice, 160
Daniels, Judith, 158–63, 168, 169–71
Da Silvano (restaurant), 175–76
David, Elizabeth, 198
Davis, Lorraine, 286
de Bendern, Emma, 40
de la Renta, Oscar, 89, 101, 267, 309, 323, 329, 350
Della Femina, Jerry, 270
Demarchelier, Patrick, 130, 304, 307
Democratic Party, 335, 353
Dempster, Nigel, 36–41, 59, 81, 84, 85–87, 91–92, 99, 116, 195, 230, 249, 250, 294
Devil Wears Prada, The (by Lauren Weisberger), 326-28
Diamond, Edwin, 305–6
Diana, Princess of Wales, 17, 295–96
Dianne B. (boutique), 121, 167, 184, 191
Dingemann, Joanna, 44
Dior, Christian, 331
Dobell, Bryon, 132–33, 134, 171
Dobson, Miss, 15
Dolly’s (club), 38
Donovan, Carrie, 101, 108, 109–10, 209, 297
Doonan, Simon, 298
Doppelt, Gabe, 235, 241, 267, 286, 298, 301–2, 311, 314, 326
Doyle Dane Bernbach, 82
drugs, AWs avoidance of, 37–38
Duff, Susan, 122, 123–25, 135–36, 149
Duka, John, 176
East Village (New York), 233
Ecart International, 222
École Internationale de Genève, 196
Edmiston, Susan, 168, 171, 195
Eisenhower, Dwight, 5
Elaine’s (club), 141, 249
Elder Dempster Lines, 36
Electric Circus (fashion company), 198
Eliot, T. S., 47
Elizabeth II, Queen, 86
Elle, American (magazine), 274–75, 280, 288, 289–92, 303, 309, 330
Elle, French (magazine), 274
Elle Home (magazine), 269
Elliott, Tony, 82
Emeline jewelry, 81
Encounter (magazine), 13
Entertaining (book by Martha Stewart), 203
Epstein, Brian, 20
Erroll, Lloyd, 226
Ertegun, Ahmet, 348
Ertegun, Mica, 348
Esquire (magazine), 117, 132
Esteban, Michel, 114, 152–55, 158, 174
Evans, Harry, 352
Evening Standard (London) (newspaper, London), 6–7, 9–11, 19–21, 26, 29, 39, 42–43, 47, 53, 57, 59, 61, 62, 76–77, 86, 90, 97, 98, 216, 229, 241, 243, 255, 260–61, 293, 341, 349
Farb, Diane Lokey, 339
Farndale, Nigel, 174
fashion, in New York in 1970s, 100–101
fashion industry
gossip in, 340
Vogue’s support of, 320, 331–34
fashion magazines, rivalry among, 291, 303–10
Fashion Week, 289, 333, 342
Fashion Weekly (newspaper), 261
Felker, Clay, 159, 176
Ferrière, Adolphe, 196
Fielding, Willie, 90
Fleet Street reporters, 36–37
Flowers, Gennifer, 322
Forbes (magazine), 274
Ford, Eileen, 200
Ford, Tom, 332, 358
Fortnum & Mason (restaurant, London), 17
Foster, Roseanna, 31
Four Seasons (restaurant), 281, 295, 343
Frazer, Jackson, 144
Frazer, Phillip, 144
Freeman, Robert Elliot, 112, 252
Frieda, John, 357
Fullenweider, Don, 349
Fur Information Council of America, 330
Furstenberg, Diane von, 101, 356
Fury, Kathleen, 161
Galiano, John, 329, 332
Gandee, Charles, 286
Gaultier, Jean Paul, 309, 358
Gere, Richard, 142
Gianoti, Marco, 331
Gilbert, Ruth, 177–78
Gilkyson, Delia, 312
Gilkyson, Eliza, 55, 312
Gilkyson, Hamilton H. “Terry” III, 55
Gilkyson, Nancy, 55
Gilkyson family, 55, 312
Gilliam, Terry, 91
Gitterman, Peter, 52–53
Givenchy, 101
Givhan, Robin, 319–20
Glamour (magazine), 117
Glorious Foods (caterer), 298–99
Goldsmith, Clio, 186
Goode, Jim, 146
Goodman, Tonne, 108
Goodman, Wendy, 108
Goude, Jean-Paul, 139
GQ (magazine), 298
Graham, Katharine, 320
Granta (literary magazine at Cambridge), 3
Greenwich Village (New York), 221–22, 334
Griggs, Barbara, 42–43
Gropp, Lou, 263, 267, 271, 277
Gross, Amy, 207, 219, 226, 286
Gross, Michael, 243–44, 262, 285, 333–34
Grosvenor, Lady Leonora, 90
Grove, Valerie, 20, 29, 31, 98, 154
Guardian, The (newspaper, London), 231, 322, 323, 330, 347, 353
Guccione, Bob, 116–19, 125, 130, 133, 135–38, 145–46, 148–49
townhouse of, 135–36
Guinness, Catherine, 146–47
Gunn, Georgia, 121–23, 126, 150, 152–53, 156, 160, 162, 170, 178, 224
Habitat (store), 30
Hachette (publisher), 330
Haden-Guest, Anthony, 59, 87, 167, 173–74
hair styles, 20–21
Hall, Jerry, 23, 129
Hamill, Pete, 174
Harper’s Bazaar, American (magazine), 101–10, 117, 161, 209, 280, 290, 303–9, 330
Harper’s Bazaar, Bri
tish (magazine), 63, 66
Harpers & Queen (magazine), 57, 63–75, 79, 80–83, 89, 90, 94–97, 99, 101, 123, 189, 224, 236
Harriman, Averell, 102
Harrison, George, 21, 38
Harrods (store), 51–53
Harry, Debbie, 152, 348
Harry Cover (shop), 154
Harvard University, 2
Hayes, Ed, 342
Hearst corporation, 101, 303–6
Hefner, Hugh, 39, 136
Hernandez, Lazaro, 332
Hewitt, Jennifer Love, 348
HG (magazine), 176, 269–73, 277, 278, 280–81, 282, 286–87, 294, 297, 301, 315
Hicks, Sophie, 259
Hill, Pat, 121, 125–28, 140, 150
Hirschfeld, Al, 305
Hitchens, Christopher, 53, 270
Hobson, Jade, 130, 217–19, 231–32, 279, 286
Hocking, Jennifer, 63–71, 73–74, 77, 80, 94–95
Hockney, David, 162, 270
Hodin, Annabel, 80–81, 82, 88–89, 92, 148, 194–95
Hogg, Min, 95–97
Holman, Libby, 247, 251
Hopper, Dennis, 270
House & Garden (magazine), 222, 263–71, 277, 278, 281, 286
Houston, Texas, 338–39, 349, 354–57
Houston, Whitney, 348
Howell, Georgina, 308–9
Hulanicki, Barbara, 42–44
Humphries, Barry (“Dame Edna Everage”), 13
Hurley, Elizabeth, 322, 348
Hyde, Nina, 320
Idle, Eric, 141
IGC Communications, 335, 350, 354
Ikida, Shig, 130
ImClone, 212
Intelligencer (gossip column), 341
Interview (magazine), 146, 171–72, 176, 298–99
Irwin, Helen, 145–49
Isabell, Robert, 297
Israel, Marvin, 104
Jackson, Wyoming, 311–13
Jacobs, Marc, 298, 309, 329, 332, 358
Jagger, Mick, 23
James, Oliver, 31, 212
James of Rusholme, Lord, 48
Janklow, Mort, 279
John, Elton, 61
Johnson, Rowan, 124–26, 128, 131, 164
Jones, Grace, 139
Jones, Laurie, 174–75, 206, 322, 324–25, 326–28, 344
Jones, Paula, 324
Josey, Gretchen Smith Bryan Chandler, 337–39, 355
Josey, Jack, 338
Kahn, Ben, 331
Karan, Donna, 309, 320
Kazanjian, Dodie, 267
Keaton, Diane, 101, 221
Keeler, Christine, 47
Keeton, Kathy, 117, 119, 125, 126, 130, 134–37, 145–49
Kennedy, John F., 3
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