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VREELAND | WINTOUR 101

HARPER'S BAZAAR

Question: Which Designer was Diana Vreeland wearing while dancing at the St. Regis roof when she was first recruited to work for US Harper's Bazaar by Editor-in-Chief Carmel Snow?
Answer: She was wearing her favorite Coco Chanel white lace dress with a bolero, and roses in her hair.

Question: What was the name of the column that Diana Vreeland first wrote for Harper's Bazaar?

Answer: "Why Don't You..." It was an escapist tip sheet to indulge Depression-era fantasies.


Question: Which First Lady and President was Diana Vreeland a style advisor to, and responsible for first putting in Harper's Bazaar?
Answer: Jacqueline and John F. Kennedy

Question: Which model did Diana Vreeland discover and star on the cover of Harper's Bazaar during WWII that later went on to become a famous sultry movie star and wife of Humphrey Bogart?
Answer: Lauren Bacall

Question: Why did Diana Vreeland leave US Harper's Bazaar for US Vogue?
Answer: Despite her success, the Hearsts, which owned Harper's Bazaar, paid Vreeland a relatively small salary of $18,000 a year in 1936, with a $1,000 raise finally in 1959. Harper's Editor-in-Chief Carmel Snow told the Hearsts when she retired, "Don't allow her to be Editor-in-Chief, you need an older, experienced editor to control Diana." So after being passed over for a promotion at Harper's, and feeling slighted and underpaid, Vreeland joined Vogue in 1962, only to become Editor-in-Chief of Vogue from 1963-1971. 

DIANA

Question: Where was Diana Vreeland born?
Answer: In Paris, France.

Question: Where did Diana Vreeland live in NYC?

Answer: 400 Park Avenue and then later 550 Park Avenue.


Question: What did Diana Vreeland eat every day for lunch?
Answer: She ate a whole-wheat peanut-butter-and-marmalade sandwich, washed down with a shot of scotch. "Peanut butter is the greatest invention since Christianity," she said. 

Question: When her eyes began to fail her, what was Diana Vreeland's favorite book that she had her protege Andre Leon Talley recite to her?
Answer: The only thing Diana loved more than Fashion was Reading, and her favorite book was Moby Dick.

Question: What brand luggage would Diana like to travel in-style, on vacation?
Answer: Lots of luggage- all Louis Vuitton-with a leopard throw, and ironed crisp, $1 and $5 bills in her wallet.

ANNA

Question: What is Anna Wintour's favorite sport?
Answer: Tennis

Question: What have the press given Anna Wintour as her nickname? 

Answer: "Nuclear Wintour" / "Ice Queen" for her frigid demeanor

Question: What does Anna Wintour eat for breakfast? And what is her favorite dish?
Answer: Salmon and Eggs. Chicken Pot Pie. She mainly eats a high-protein diet with no carbs.

Question: Which American Fashion Magazine did Anna Wintour get fired from? 

Answer: Anna was fired from her styling job at US Harper's Bazaar. She says it was character building.  


Question: Who was the only staff from Vogue that was invited to Anna Wintour's 1st wedding, other than her assistant?
Answer: Fashion Editor Andre Leon Talley. His just released memoir "The Chiffon Trenches" is currently on the NYT Bestseller's List.

SEPTEMBER ISSUE

Question: Which French sportswear brand does Anna Wintour appear to be wearing while she is at home with her daughter Bee Shaffer?
Answer:
She is wearing a Lacoste tennis shirt, which can be recognized by its green crocodile logo. Renee Lacoste, the company's founder, first introduced the shirt in 1929, and was nicknamed "the Crocodile" by fans because of his tenacity on the tennis court as a pro tennis player. 



Question: As a Cambridge graduate in England, what newspaper did Anna Wintour's father work for? 
Answer: Charles Wintour worked for the London Evening Standard as Editor-in-Chief.


Question: Who is the Fashion Editor paired with Photographer Mario Testino to shoot the "September Issue" Coverstory starring Actress Sienna Miller?

Answer: Model turned Vogue Fashion Director (since 1999) Tonne Goodman. (Earlier on in her career, Tonne was a special assistant to Diana Vreeland at the Met Costume Institute and eventually worked as Fashion Director at Harper's Bazaar as well). Her Memoir "Point of View" (2019) is out now in hardback. 



Question: Which Fashion Editor had the most antagonistic relationship with Anna Wintour in the "September Issue" and was also hired the same day Anna was hired?  
Answer: Model turned Vogue Creative Director Grace Coddington. The movie turned a publicity-averse Grace into a sudden, reluctant celebrity overnight. Grace's palpable engagement with her work brought a rare insight into the passion that produces many of Vogue's most memorable shoots. Make sure to check out her book "Grace: A Memoir" (2012).  



Question: For Anna Wintour's first American Vogue cover, which French Haute Couture Designer did she pair with a pair of Guess Jeans shot by Peter Lindbergh?

Answer: A $10,000 embellished cross Christian Lacroix Jacket on Model Michaela Bercu, Nov. 1988.



EYE HAS TO TRAVEL

Question:
What would Diana Vreeland love to rub on her ears and cheeks?


Answer:
Her signature, Kabuki-like Rouge, which according to her was "the color of a child's cap in any Renaissance portrait."


Question: In the "Eye has to Travel," Elsa Shiaparelli's granddaughter introduces Vreeland's work at the Met Costume Institute in an introductory video clip. What is her name? 

Answer: American actress and Vogue model Marisa Berenson who also starred in Stanley Kubrick's period drama movie "Barry Lyndon."


Question: Who was the British rockstar that Vreeland first published a photograph of on the pages of Vogue?
Answer: Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones

Question: After leaving Vogue, how old was Diana Vreeland when she found her greatest calling for the "Next Big Thing" as the driving force and special consultant of the Met Costume Institute?
Answer: 69. Vreeland brought excitement and extravagance to Vogue, but it had been a financial gamble for Conde Nast. The times were changing, and unfortunately, without someone like Carmel Snow to reign Vreeland in... she was let go (fired). She was still a fashion genius- if that's not a contradiction in terms. 

Question: How many exhibitions did Diana Vreeland co-curate at the Met Costume Institute with Stella Blum?
Answer: Diana Vreeland mounted 14 exhibitions over the next 14 years to become one of the Met's top curators, bringing in millions of visitors. Some notable exhibitions include "The 18th Century Woman," "The Glory of Russian Costume," and "Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design."