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"Giorgio Armani attacks Vogue's Anna Wintour

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Giorgio Armani attacks Vogue's Anna Wintour

The Italian designer Giorgio Armani set fashion tongues wagging after he criticised the industry's reigning queen Anna Wintour.

Speaking at a press conference to promote the upcoming Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition Superheroes, which he is co-chairing with Ms Wintour, Mr Armani said he could not understand why so many people dislike the US Vogue editor, claiming he was "indifferent" to her.

Not content to leave it at that, Mr Armani detailed what he thought sparked this dislike, referring to her championing of the US and French fashion industries and alleged lack of support for Italian fashion.

Standing with Ms Wintour, who supposedly once declared the Armani era over, he said: "I was told she said that, I hope that she didn't," according to reports in The Guardian.

Distancing himself further from his co-chair, he said they had different taste in clothes.

It was not immediately clear what inspired Mr Armani to break ranks with the traditionally more subtle air-kissing and back-stabbing atmosphere of the fashion world by criticising the industry's most powerful journalist to her face, but Ms Wintour's recent request that Italian designers group their shows more closely together to help US editors save money was not met with joy.

The top Milan shows once stretched over seven days but have now been compressed into four, leaving some lesser-known designers unable to attract top international editors to their shows.

Ms Wintour, whose dragon-like image was caricatured and brought into the mainstream in the film The Devil Wears Prada, based on a thinly-veiled roman à clef written by her former assistant, wields significant power in the fashion world and is often the brunt of criticism.

English-born Ms Wintour, who projects an image of fierce calm from behind her large sunglasses and sleek bob, has dominated the fashion industry for nearly two decades.

Mr Armani's work will appear alongside designs from John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Thierry Mugler and others in "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy", a show that highlights the use of comic book imagery in fashion design. The exhibition opens in New York in May - assuming the co-chairs are still speaking to each other.



155 comments to “Headline of the Week Weak”

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  1. erica says – reply to this
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    first?

  2. FIRST says – reply to this
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    I WANT TO THANK MY MOMMA, MY SISTER AND ALL WHO HELPED ME TO BE FIRST!!
    ALL THE WAY FROM EUROPE BABY

  3. me says – reply to this
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    first?

  4. bcxnb says – reply to this
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    first

  5. cirs says – reply to this
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    first

  6. Melons UK says – reply to this
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    Barack Obama for President!

  7. heather says – reply to this
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    shes fugly!

  8. WTF says – reply to this
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    Wow, it's Katie Holmes in 10 years.

  9. mariah says – reply to this
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    zomg

  10. mariah says – reply to this
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    zomg

  11. mariah says – reply to this
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    zomg

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    zomg

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    zomg

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    zomg

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    zomg

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    zomg

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    zomg

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    zomg

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    zomg

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    zomg

  21. mariah says – reply to this
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    zomg

  22. mariah says – reply to this
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    zomg

  23. whoa says – reply to this
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    love armani

  24. mcflygrlusa says – reply to this
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    1stttttttttttttttttt

  25. Aimée says – reply to this
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    Sounds like he had good reason to be critical of her. Both Armani and Wintour have huuuuge qualifications under their belts dealing with fashion, so neither is wrong and neither is right. The article seems like it's making something out of nothing, and just telling us what we already know: the Italians know fashion, and Wintour can be a bitch sometimes.

  26. SarahJane says – reply to this
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    FIRST!

    Anna Wintour's a bitch, easy as that…

  27. nat says – reply to this
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    whatever..

  28. j says – reply to this
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    lame.

  29. tyler says – reply to this
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    1st

  30. june says – reply to this
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    first?

  31. Fashion Slut says – reply to this
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    Meow meow meow! Cat fight at the Met!!!

  32. maila says – reply to this
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    its not like she can't afford to be taken down a peg or two… wonder how her high horse is feeling right now?

  33. NO LIFE! says – reply to this
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    FIRST!

  34. hanna says – reply to this
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    1st

  35. Christina says – reply to this
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    LOVE it.

  36. blondie says – reply to this
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    Good for him, i HATE this fugly bitch ANIMALS KILLER.

  37. Ashley says – reply to this
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    FIRST!!!!

  38. emily says – reply to this
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    haha. wonder whats going to happen next..

  39. hater 1 says – reply to this
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    who cares. yawn

  40. hater 1 says – reply to this
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    Re: mariah – do you have turrets or what? give us a break, post once wiil ta ,will ya, will ya, will ya, will ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  41. janessa says – reply to this
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    Wintour is looking pretty heinous…keep the sunglasses on, lady! What's with the squinty eyes?

  42. jimmyjazz says – reply to this
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    NOT AS MUCH OF A "SNAP" THAT I WAS WAITING FOR….BUT LOOK AT HER ENSEMBLE IN THIS PICTURE! THAT PURPLE THING? IS THAT FAKE FUR? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE POINT OF FAKE FUR. THE IDIOTS WHO THROW PAINT ON THEM ARE TOO STUPID AND CLASSLESS TO KNOW IF IT'S REAL OR FAKE……HI PAMELA!!!! OH NO I DIDN'T ………….NOW….THAT…..WAS A SNAP!

  43. Leinohr says – reply to this
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    wow, I thought she was Katie Homes at first. Maybe that's what she'll look like in 20 years.

  44. Jenn says – reply to this
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    What's the big deal with having "first" when leaving a comment. Most aren't even first. DUMBASSES ! Love ya Perez!!!

  45. LOL says – reply to this
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    Re: FIRST – um, your not the" first " DUMBASS some erica was the first :)

  46. Jenn says – reply to this
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    Are there certain rules when posting a comment?

  47. j says – reply to this
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    she looks like a dead animal

  48. JJ says – reply to this
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    Does she not realize she's wearing a cat, dog or racoon skinned alive from China?

    (and no i don't wear leather, wool, slik etc or eat animals or animal products)

  49. anita says – reply to this
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    Please report the news right.
    Mr Armani said that many years ago Miss wintour told him that He was done, He replied the other day by saying that after 25 yrs in this business I am still here as you Anna.
    Sometimes you make mistake also by predicting others about their future.
    I heard him say that because he was all over the news in Italy and I do watch Italian news.

  50. whisky says – reply to this
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    My mom was visiting NYC from Europe. We went to the Met and lunch, then walked down 5thAve along the park. NYC celebrity sighting came up in conversation, and I said, "Look, Mom! There's Anna Wintour!" and she replied, "I dont know who that is." Anna heard her reply as she was getting into a limo, and nearly got whiplash to glare at my mom. I nearly fell off the curb laughing. Had to share that.

  51. kristen says – reply to this
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    that was not an attack, you fat fag !!!!!

  52. me says – reply to this
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    To actually comment on the piece:
    I think it is about time for Anna to step down. "One day your in, and the next… your out." I think she is out. Do not get me wrong, the woman has taste and an eye…but come on. 20 years?!? Oh, and that outfit she has on…wow. I would not put that on my grandmother. It is horrendous, especially for a "cutting edge" fashionista as she is supposed to be. Go home and retire bitch!

  53. Boooo says – reply to this
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    No one reads [American] Vogue. Anna Wintour is boring and her models are worthless. She should be fired and American Vogue should be dismantled.

  54. Christopher Leevi says – reply to this
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    Anna Wintour is an icon and is fashion… she pioneers what we will be wearing tomorrow i feel that she should definetly have a say in what is what and who is who in fashion. And Armani did say that he HEARD that she said something about him and we all know that when things get passed through word of mouth things get crossed.

  55. nicole says – reply to this
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    Anna Wintour always looks like she has a yeast infection

  56. Zima says – reply to this
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    To be honest- I don't see how Armani was being that "critical." There's far more of this journalist's opinion in this article than actual quotations from Armani. And he said that he "could not understand why so many people dislike" her, and just commented on why he thought people might dislike her. Maybe there was some very subtle criticism, but it sounds more like this reporter is causing dramaaaa.

  57. eloise says – reply to this
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    i love this bitch

  58. TonyS says – reply to this
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    Puleeeeze…
    The Bitch is so OVER!…Vogue is the bible of the fashion nobodies…SOOOOO Over and tired..Let all these victims keep kissin each others asses cause that is all they got going for themselves…Really…Tired Old Bitches. Didn't anyone tell them that fashion is dead anyway?

  59. MacKenz!e says – reply to this
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    Dear Mr. Armani,

    Keep your fucking mouth shut.
    Or I will kill you,
    skin you,
    and make a coat out of your skin.

    Sincerley,
    Anna Wintour

    jk!
    lmfao!

  60. r0bz says – reply to this
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    I thought it was fergie at first glance!

  61. Hanapan says – reply to this
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    I was going to say she looks like Katie Holmes in 10 years, but a lot of you already said it. Saying that, do you really think Holmes will age that well being a forced Scientologist?

  62. dean says – reply to this
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    he's fuckin right

  63. DevilWearsPraada says – reply to this
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    Anna Wintour is a Pig. Who gives a fuck what her opinion of fashion is? She didn't design the fucking clothing.

  64. Gazzer says – reply to this
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    Anna Wintour is a skank..she has single handedly made it impossible for the average woman to purchase and wear high fashion. She has no friends anywhere. Even her family hates her because she thinks they are beneath her. Jennifer Lopez should edit Vogue.

  65. fabulousmoolah says – reply to this
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    Armani's just mad because a few years ago the house said that if their clothes weren't used more liberally on editorial shoots, they might reconsider their advertising spend on that publication. Anna was the only one out of every editor to tell them to piss off.

  66. sTAR says – reply to this
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    Whatever, she looks like a rich bag lady. What do you call it when people with money are weird, have weird taste….oh eccentric. She dresses very eccentricly. It's like a dumping of random really expensive gawdy crap.

  67. hader says – reply to this
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    Re: #50 Whisky,
    Thanks for the story! So funny. My mom would have done that, too, AND she would have added, squinting, "you mean that old lady in the funny coat?"

  68. Why Kill Animals??? says – reply to this
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    SHE IS AN ANIMAL KILLER, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

    I HONESTLY CAN NOT UNDERSTAND HOW ANYONE CAN KILL AN ANIMAL FOR THEIR OWN VANITY.

    EVERYONE SHOULD BOYCOTT HER MAGAZINE FOR WEARING FUR.

  69. Michelle says – reply to this
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    I'm from England and live in the US and I only know who this woman is from your blog (which is brill by the way!) I love Armani though. No one takes American fashion seriously, so she doesn't matter anyway.

  70. Tina says – reply to this
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    This is EXACTLY what Nicole Richie is going to look lie in 20 years.

  71. Tina says – reply to this
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    This is EXACTLY what Nicole Richie is going to look like in 20 years.

  72. ***************** says – reply to this
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    Anna Wintour is a bitch. She is the one to blame for all the stupid trends in fashion industry - leggins, oversized glasses, huge bags and anorexic models. Armani is an amazing desinger - one of the best in the current fashion industry - she has no taste if she doesn't like what he does.

  73. Vogue sucks says – reply to this
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    Anna Wintour is the reason why actresses are forced to be a size 0 in order to be in the cover, she has so much control of the fashion industry when she's not that qualified (she only went to high school). Vogue is a total shame. They promote an unattainable ideal that is not a reflection of the American female population.

  74. KC Rosie says – reply to this
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    I thought it was Victoria Principal.

  75. jaybee says – reply to this
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    Anna W. has lost her relevance, not to mention her looks.

  76. amy says – reply to this
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    WoW Katie Holmes lighter hair color looks scientabulous.

  77. LOU says – reply to this
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    loosers and their 'first'

  78. burt lancaster says – reply to this
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    this is very well written. i like! did perez write this? if, he should defs write longer articles.

  79. ad4msk1 says – reply to this
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    OMG… how scary is